Interesting take on my comments, blackhole, given that I'm just now listening to the interview at this moment. What's most impressive is the fact that being granted the interview means that he's vetted by people who know most aspects of gambling or who have access to experts for those elements with which they are unfamiliar. Mickey passes the vetting tests, and that's something. If mickey says something that is incorrect, he'll immediately or eventually be called on it, and he won't be invited back.

The fact is, mickey is doing something only a handful of people could pull off. Now if you're going to say that very few people would aspire to mickey's life, that's fine. It still doesn't change the fact that 99.99% of the population could not pull it off if they wanted.