Blackjack hall of fame

so far the official list is:

Al Francesco
Peter Griffin
Tommy Hyland
Arnold Snyder
Dr. Edward Thorp
Ken Uston
Stanford Wong
Keith Taft
Max Rubin

with two new members elected annually until the total reaches 21, then only one person annually.
For 2005, I think Don Schlesinger and Julian Braun deserve to be nominated. I can't belive Braun wasn't included in the first, WTF?
He was only the fist person to corrctly calculate basic strategy.
Then you have to go with Don, with his I18 work and numerous informative articles.

Braun wasn't included in the first ...
He was only the fist person to corrctly calculate basic strategy.

Baldwin, Cantey, Maisel, and McDermott essentially had it in 1956. After that, Thorp improved it quite a bit, Braun a little more. Nobody had it 100% right, even up through Griffin. I THINK we have it all straight now, but you never know ...

But I agree, Braun should be on the list.

ETF

Mr. Braun was never considered a player. He was only involved in the research aspect of the game. The major portion of Revere's life was devoted to gambling and Blackjack in particular. I would choose him over Braun any day. I am always suspicious of people who advance an argument but won't back it up. Thorp's in the same category.

How successful you are as a player, is one consideration. What you have done to contribute to the game is another. If one or the other, or both marks significance, it's good in my book.

multiple pair splitting is a lot of work.

I totally agree on Lawrence Revere. It's hard to believe he isn't there.

I was glad to see that my hero and all of yours was there, though. I am convinced that SW is the blackjack god, and that PBJ is the bible.