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That's an amusing story, Bob--not least because it's such a beautiful
example of brain-dead casino management behavior.
But it's also a great example of something every AP encounters
repeatedly--attitudes casting aspersions on all kinds of things that we
do to earn a living. We get it from family members, non-gambling
friends, other players at the table. From casino management we expect
it, of course, and from that direction it's simply hypocritical and
self-serving. But think of the civilians who think that counting cards
is cheating, who cluck their tongues like chickens if a dealer shoves a
hole card in your face, and tell you you can't pay attention to it, who
will actually stand with 17 when the whole table knows the dealer has 18
because she just flubbed the deal and flipped the hole card face up.
It's incredible how many have a Miss Goody Two-Shoes attitude, when it
should be obvious to everyone that the casino gives no quarter.
I realize that APs tend to push the envelope pretty hard. There are
plays on the ethics of which reasonable minds may differ. But we are
surrounded by so many people who never even ask themselves that
question, who just consider it all players' duty to behave exactly as
the casino would want. Soldiers think only other soldiers understand
them, etc.
WRX
Posted by: WRX <wrx144@gmail.com>
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