Originally Posted by mickeycrimm View Post
Originally Posted by redietz View Post
And mickey, you should visit LV in a week. Dr. Beck taught college probability for the social sciences, so you could discuss some math issues with him that I'm too dumb to handle.

No, don't thank me. I'm always happy to put great minds in touch with each other.

But let me get you to clarify one thing, mickey. I'm not a "math guy." Is Richard Munchkin, in your view, a "math guy?" What makes a "math guy?" Now, for example, I got a 740 on math SATs, and I review, lesson by lesson, a Texas college probability course each year. But I am no "math guy." Dr. Beck, a full professor, taught math-oriented courses for the social sciences, but I'm not sure that makes him a "math guy." Shackleford, who's not a full professor, taught similar courses. Is he a "math guy?" What makes a "math guy?"

The guy I go to for programming help got an 800 (perfect) on his math SATs and he does his own programming, and I think he has an MBA to boot. I suspect he's a "math guy." But I'm not sure he fits your definition, which I'm sure is much wiser than mine. Can you help me out with this? What is your definition of a math guy?

I'd hate for me to be consulting people who had perfect math SATs all these years, or who taught college probability, and discover that according to mickey crimm, they are NOT "math guys." Help me out, buddy.
I don't care about probability as it relates to social science. I only care about probability as it relates to gambling. It was dice gamblers asking questions to mathematicians that started the branch of mathematics known as probability theory. Probability is thoroughly rooted in gambling.

You are not a math guy because I have never seen you put up even one equation on this or any other forum, that pertains to gambling. All you've ever done is conflated about reading probability books and having friends with degree's in math. That don't cut it.

Richard Munchkin doesn't have to be the math guy. His running partner, James Grosjean is the math guy. The Grosjean Cup at the Blackjack Ball is named after him. He's banned from the gambling knowledge contest for winning to much. The guy can find edges where so called experts like you say they don't exist.

The Ball is not just about blackjack. Every form of gambling is represented. I would love for you to give a treatise at the Blackjack Ball on how EV doesn't apply to sports betting I think you will find some highly knowledgeable people that disagree with you.

I know what your response will be, "blackjack players don't know jackshit about sportsbetting." But there are lots of pro sports bettors at the Blackjack Ball. So find another obfuscation.
If you're not experts, why are you misleading readers? I could sit here and blather on about machine play all day like you blather about sports betting. If you'll notice, I don't. Why would I? I'm not qualified.

My only conclusion regarding why you type so much about something you don't know is that you like to see yourself type. Good hobby. But you should put that little footnote after each post -- * Not an expert. Very little experience. No corroborated history of winning at sports betting.

Not hard. Just use an asterisk.