Ok, let's talk about anonymity. AP must have anonymity. The very industry that we play goes to great lengths (and expense) to identify us and stop us from playing. We see new examples of this all the time just read Alan's thread about Boyd casino's new policies specifically targeting AP's.
We aren't hiding behind anonymity as per our claims and experiences. We aren't running from anything. That is why most of us use the same handle, or slight variation throughout numerous forums. AND many in the community either personally know one another or at least know of one another including real names. I, myself am not big on meeting other AP's and some in the community look down on me for that. As a matter of fact, that is one of the issues that has kept me off a very private forum, run and populated by top blackjack AP's, including many of the BJHoF guys. I just am not comfortable with that. There are too many people, including AP's that have switched sides over the years, including people that I like or respected like Shackleford and Stanford Wong, among others. I weigh everything in terms of risk vs reward and mixing business with pleasure currently presents too much risk at this stage of my career.
Ok, so I got a little further into that than I intended, but anyway. People and/or players that are not concerned about anonymity and use their real names, are likely not real AP's in this day and age. The exception is some of the older guys, like a Don Schlesinger. Some use names that are not their real names but they are known by or publish under, like Munchkin, Dancer ect. I am not sure why or how Shackleford missed the boat on this one and chose to use his real name. But then again, I am not all that sure of how much Shackleford depends on APing for income or ever did. He doesn't talk about it and I just don't know.
Now being that Singer's real name is well known, because he is so obnoxious that different people took it upon themselves to find out and make it known, it is fair to use that information. This is actually my position on hole-carding. I don't seek out that information, but if I know it, I am going to use it. So anyway, I suggest people look up Singer's real name, read the information that is publicly available because this guy is NOT who he says or claims. Almost nothing about him is as he says it is. And that should tell anyone interested all they need to know about all his other claims. All nonsense, alternative reality.
Remember one of my favorite sayings "It doesn't take all that much to figure out who knows what they are talking about and who is just talking"? Well for those that missed the boat on seeing that ("doesn't take all that much") or simply didn't want to see it for whatever reason, maybe you too don't like AP's or some of the particular AP's on this forum, I suggest you use the information available and spend a few minutes looking into this troll and his agenda. If you honestly do, all your questions will be answered.