Zeno,
Someone, perhaps a wiser man than me, gave me the following advice regarding this episode:
First off, there's no question that you are correct about the poker strategy involved. I think what's best is for you not to comment any more. Your points have been clearly made... It should be clear to everyone that Barron is a little on tilt and isn't completely clear in his thinking when responding to you.
I've decided to take those words to heart and just let my statements in the other thread stand. I summarized a number of my thoughts (and enumerated a number of Barron's) regarding this issue in
this post in the other thread. At this point, I'm sure Barron is both unwilling and unable to see the error of his ways in the face of overwhelming reason and rationality from all sides, so I don't plan to comment any further in this matter.
You, of course, are welcome to try.