MichaelBlueJay, do you think there’s any chance you could ask Michael Shackleford to post here? Just one line would do: “The figures quoted are the total return taking into account resplits and multiple hands, and standing on 10,10v6 is very much better than splitting”
I know it’s utterly pointless, just as this entire thread is, and not in the slightest bit worth his time, but seriously. This is beyond a joke.
I do not physically understand how any human being can be so obtuse. It defies belief.
However, Nick has refused to call Michael Shackleford and the rest an idiot, and it would appear that he thinks that it is us who are in disagreement with the professional mathematicians.
So if we could have a renowned professional mathematician come here and point out the errors, maybe that would lay all this to rest.
I don’t care about nick, but I still worry that there may be independent observers reading this thread and thinking that there’s a possibility that nick is right. That would be a grave injustice.
PS. Nolan, I know you’re a real mathematician so don’t take offence – I’m just not sure what options are left to get through nick’s cranium. Given that Nick won’t call Shackleford an idiot, despite the fact that he will call me an idiot for quoting the same figures, perhaps having a ‘celebrity’ mathematician here would help. Probably still not, but it’d be fun to watch.