"outclassed & outplayed" -- you really need to put the crack pipe down, man. it's still 1:1 between us, my friend; i don't know where you made up the 'have to win the table' rule; you advanced once & i advanced once. but that's beside the point.
i didn't answer the specifics of your queries because 1. i'm not your -- or anyone else's -- bitch, 2. i thought the joking was getting a little outta hand & personal, and 3. you're like 3 times my age & have had a lot more time to rack up wins & bankroll. I only attacked tournaments a few years ago after it was unrealistic for me to continue counting cards at the cash tables, not to mention an increasingly busy schedule here in Hollywood with my career of choice, acting. Something I'm classically trained in & very good at, if I do say so myself. Next time I do Shakespeare @ the Actors' Gang or a postmodern Ibsen adaptation, I'll be sure to invite you. And yes, i'd feel just fine about going toe to toe with Pacino or Deniro anyday; in fact soon you may see me opposite Kevin Spacey & Tobey Maguire.
But if you want to talk more realistic details about my skill in blackjack tournaments, let's discuss the 'density' of the matter since we are working on separate timetables & bankrolls. I have either won or placed in the money in at least 30% of the tournaments I've played. Many of these were smaller tourneys here in LA or at local casinos in Vegas, but enough of them to allow me to define a winning tournament system that is based heavily on Wong, but takes into consideration many more mathematical & psychological factors. Buy my soon to be published book & you can get all the specifics you need. And I'm sure you're not discounting my incredible showing at the first WSoBJ, the final round appearance on Vegas Challenge, or the 20+ episodes of Celebrity Blackjack where I, among other admittedly less stringent duties, am the resident tournament expert.
Email is a tricky form of communication, as intentions are never as clear as they are in person. Joe, you know I respect your play & regard you as one of the toughest competitors out there; however, you know I also consider myself in the same small crowd & don't really have the urge to try and ballcheck each other to quantify who is better than who. I know how good a player I am & don't need to prove that to anyone. If my previous posts came across as anything more meaningful than just good-natured ribbing, I apologize. It was never my intention to offend you on some personal level. I'd like to think that this has all been just one big misunderstanding, and that both of us got caught up in an inside joke that has obviously crossed out of bounds. So for my part, Merry Christmas. And lets grab a drink together sometime soon --
-holly d.
I dont know who this Hollywood guy is but if the Joep that you are referring to is the JoeP that i know there is nothing about tournaments that you can teach him when he speaks I LISTEN.
