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[Boz]

I don't understand the point of this thread. I hate the implication that an AP doesn't care if he loses his entire bankroll, so long as he had +EV! It's so trite and wrong. I don't care about +EV, I care about actual results. I know there are some people who track their EV--which makes no sense to me. Why? Stats junkie? EV is a math tool used to achieve those positive results. Just like any ploppy, I'd take luck any day. Unfortunately, I have the knowledge that luck has a way of evening out and not actually existing, unless you wanna equate luck with variance.

I've never noticed an attachment to money being an actual handicap to a newbie. It's thinking card counting is a get-rich-quick scheme--that's the handicap. They have a $200 bankroll and they bet $70 per hand, and they don't think perfect basic strategy is important enough to learn because the counting part is what's important. I'd say not being attached enough to the money they have is a handicap. It takes discipline and patience. And that's what the newbie lacks. All these sucky non-"AP's" don't lose money to the casino because they are too attached to their money--it's because they read a paragraph in a book about card counting and pissed away a bunch of their money for no good reason.