Mr. Jacobson,

I'm not really a fan of your career arc, but I did want to comment on the author of the forward to your book. A very good friend of mine worked with Zender in Las Vegas and says they learned a lot from him. Zender was a helluva expert and teacher, so if he's vouching for you, you must be a helluva expert and teacher.

My question is this -- did you go full-in dark side because you were in competition for assignments and dollars with somebody like Zender? Or did you ever consider just teaching basic math and how to stop cheaters as opposed to stopping advantage play? In other words, did you commit to full dark sider all at once, or was there a process where you helped stop cheats, then consulted on math, then eventually started undercutting honest advantage players?