Originally Posted by
Alan Mendelson
Kewlj.
2. You're a coward for not meeting up with me at the casinos to show me how you can even see the cards at other tables. That my photos were blurry means nothing. You're a coward.
Is that what this is ALL about Alan? You are somehow hurt that I have no desire to meet up with you and hangout? You feel slighted? Get over it.
Alan, I am going to explain something to you. You won't listen because you don't listen to what you don't want to hear.
I am an AP, an advantage player. I play blackjack for a living. The very industry that I must play against, wants nothing more than to stop me from playing. They go out of their way hiring database companies and consultants to try to identify AP's. Entire new industries have sprung up in the database companies like OSN, biometrics and other database companies as well as all the consultants, most phoney and taking advantage of the casino industry by feeding them a load of shit about the amount AP's really cost the casinos. But that's another story. Anyway the casino industry spends dollar(s) for every penny it saves fighting AP's.
Now this is all AP's, but many times worse for table game AP, whether it be blackjack or some of the other carnival game players, because unlike machine players we must interact with casino personnel regularly.
Now on top of an entire industry trying to identify me and out me, I have members of different websites that I participate on, attempting to out me. Here, at the previous site I was on, and even at Wizard of Vegas nearly 2 years after I was off the site, someone posted requesting my real name, address, phone number and a picture.
Alan, do can you understand that real AP's must protect their identity. We are very careful who we meet. I have met exactly 2 AP's off a forum in my time in this community. And I have turned down some opportunities of meeting some people that I respect and learned a great deal from. A couple times I turned down such an opportunity to meet with two guys that had a big influence on me, even though I knew they were in failing health and that would be my one and only chance to meet them. THAT is how guarded I am.
So tell me Alan, keeping all that in mind, why would I want to meet up with you.....a guy that has been hostile to me since the day I joined this site, repeatedly trying to discredit me. Why would I want to do that Alan?
You can call me whatever names you like, whatever makes you feel better. I am an AP. You sir have no idea what that means. But I will protect myself and try to extend my ability to earn a living by these means as long as I can. That is just the way it is.
There may come a time later in my career, as my career is winding down that I can be less guarded. But that time is not now, nor is my career winding down.
It is the same with the book thing. I have had two offers to write a book of my story. Most recent was two years ago, by a gambling publisher here in LV, and I even accepted a significant advance, which is unusual. But as I was getting started I realized this was not the right time for that. I can't tell my story, particularly some of the more recent experiences and ancedotes, without jeopardizing myself right now. So I pulled out of that deal, returned the advance money, creating hurt feeling. And I don't know if I will get another chance after that, but if I do, it will be towards the end of my career, NOT now. Right now my focus is on longevity and I will do everything I can to extend that and protect my identity.
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