Legendary 2+2 poker author David Sklansky was recently the victim of a home invasion robbery committed by what appeared to be several armed individuals. According to the local NBC affiliate,
“‘The guy burst into the bedroom, it was dark but I did see what appeared to be a gun,'” home invasion victim David Sklansky recalls.
Sklansky was asleep in his bedroom when two men broke into his home near Wigwam and Bermuda shortly after 3 am Thursday morning.”
Thankfully, no one was hurt. Sklansky’s cool-headed (some might say robotic) personality surely helped in that regard:
“‘During the time he was there, my main focus was to make sure that he didn’t think that I was panicking or that I would do something silly,'” Sklansky explains. “‘The advice is the same as in a poker game; you try and figure out what the other guy is thinking and then act accordingly. I can imagine if he was doing this same robbery with someone who didn’t’ behave the way I did it could have turned out terribly.'”
I think it’s particularly funny that the article doesn’t in any way explain Sklansky’s involvement with poker, so I’m sure that quote comes across as bizarre to those who don’t know who he is.
Based on his forum posts, Sklansky seems to be taking it remarkably well, though in characteristically oddball fashion:
“I have no personal animosity toward these guys. They used the absolute lowest level of force necessary to accomplish their purposes. In one of my books I wrote that there is not enough difference in the punishment of criminals who harm victims and those who don’t, using Steve Wynn’s daughter’s kidnapping as an example. I’m not going to change my mind just because I am now one of those victims. In this case I doubt they will be caught anyway since I never saw them and they let the other person in the house sleep through it!
Meanwhile if this is being read by the robbers or someone who knows them I would request that they mail me those few things (photos, etc) that are of no value to them but are to me.”
Early reports indicate that the parrot is unharmed.
