Schoonmaker reveals mercenary S+M!!

[Rushmore]

In the current issue of Card Player, Alan Schoonmaker's excellent article on poker psychology revealed soemthing very interesting about HPFAP:

Apparently, the esteemed authors had originally wanted to entitle this lovely little romantic mystery story Holdem Poker For Professional Players, or Professional Holdem Poker or Texas Holdem Poker For Those Who Are Professionals, or something. You get the idea.

Anyway, the rationale behind adopting the eventual title of Holdem Poker For Advanced Players was, apparently, the fact that everyone believes he is an "advanced player."

Does this recently-revealed disingenuosity for the sake of book sales detract from the overall value of the masterwork itself?

Can we start a 12-Step program for those of us whose lives were shattered by the realization that we were mere dupes, nothing more than financial fodder for the mercenary and ruthless publishers who toyed with our emotions and bilked us out of our $39.95 plus S+H?

Guess I just had, like, a "recovered memory."