Playing blackjack is not gambling if you are a skilled counter. This gent seems to have his back against a wall and is thinking of taking it to the streets. My first reaction to him is to tell him to go semi pro and keep his day job. I prefer many streams of income, which include in this order, a day job, internet blackjack, internet team play, mutual funds in RRSP accounts, and table play when the boys want to go for a hoot and a holler.
The Mayor is right, if he doesn't know he isn't ready, and should not be considering going pro. Stranger things have happened and worked out, but the odds are not in your favor just yet sir. I suggest you look in the newpaper for a day job first, get some scratch together to play online where you have a bigger more solid chance of winning (see Barry Meadows book Crushin the Internet Casinos) then see if you still want to grind your life away in a smoke filled hole in the wall for comps and chips under the glaring eye of "The Boss."
Nice disguise Eliot. It gives you, shall we say, a bit of a sleazy Vegas look instead of the school boy gone peppermint look. Dazzling I must say.
