My name is Michael, please. I’m not taking liberties with your name, I ask that you show me the same respect.
Why would we bet on something other than what’s in dispute? You claim that the player should split 10’s against a 6, and should not split 8’s against a 10. I disagree. So that’s what we should be betting on. Why on earth would we bet on some other game that has nothing to do with what we’re actually talking about?
If you’re in Toronto (where your domains are registered), then Montreal is not far from you, and the Casino Affiliate Convention will be held there in September. We could conduct the bet there, with as many witnesses as you like. With so many webmasters there it would get no lack of coverage on the Internet, if it’s a big audience you seek.
Getting back to the dispute itself, you’re adamant that your analysis is correct, and the others are wrong. That raises several questions:
(1) Are you actually claiming that your math skills are better than that of a UNIVERSITY MATH PROFESSOR, who teaches a course specifically on gambling math? Are you really saying that you’re right, and this world-renowned expert is wrong? Your math trumps that of a professional math expert? Is that what you’re saying?
(2) Are you aware that every single other bona-fide blackjack expert has taken the exact same position as the Wizard? (And by “expert” I’m talking about people with advanced university degrees or who undisputably made their living playing blackjack professionally.) Do you know that there is 100% unanimous agreement among the experts about the position the Wizard (and Nolan and I) are taking?
(3) Those experts include Dr. Edward Thorp, Lawrence Revere, Ken Uston, Ian Andersen, Dr. Olaf Vancura, and Stanford Wong. Are you saying that each and every one of these (rather famous, successful, and well-educated) blackjack experts is wrong, and *you alone* have the correct analysis that all these experts fail to comprehend? Are you, Nick777, really smarter than all these people? You’ve figured it out, while all the blackjack pros and math professors are wrong? Is that really what you’re saying?
(4) Can you name even one person who supports your position who either (a) makes their living at blackjack, or (b) has an advanced degree in math? (And for (a), it should of course be someone who is willing to put their money where their mouth is by accepting a wager.) Can you name even one such person on the face of the whole planet?