I'm wondering - is it off limits to "question someone's patriotism" who has explicitly said he's not a fan of the US?
I genuinely thought you were making those up.
"but still, blackjack is all about runs, right? You have something like a 44 percent chance of winning each hand. If you're ripping off a marathon blackjack session, you aren't winning money unless you "up" your wagers during those few inevitable good waves … and how do you know when you're hitting a hot streak when every hand is arbitrary?"
Simmons thinks that he gets worse cards from an automatic shuffler than from a human dealer.
???
At least no one had an obscure life-threatening disease in this particular column.
/fixed