Originally Posted by
redietz
I have issues with what Vegas Vic says here -- if you're going to write autobiographical stuff, then don't leave out the failures, for one. Or does writing under a pseudonym allow you to just make s*** up? Leaving crucial information out is just as dishonest as inventing stuff. Secondly, while Dancer's teachings may have turned "a lot of so-so players into much better players," this statement can be counterbalanced by asking the question whether, on the whole and in totality, do Dancer's students win or lose? Because if they lose, then he's doing the casinos, not the players, a service. Plus, by providing entry level skills via his classes, he has sent gamblers on a track that, with the current state of video poker, is not likely to result in winning.