2011 - Blackjack Apprenticeship

Archive: 2011

  1. You Can’t Get Rich Quickly

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    Card-Counting-Meme.001If you want to beat casinos at blackjack for profit, I’ve got good news and bad news…

    The good news is that card counting works.

    For nearly a decade, I have provided for my family through beating casinos at a card game. I put my wife through school, we bought a half-million dollar house, rental property, and I haven’t had a job ever since I became a professional blackjack player at 23. (more…)

  2. Split Double Destroy – My Office

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    The money moves fast. When I lose count of the chips stuffed in my pockets or the cash I have extracted from them, or just when I need to dodge a little heat, compose myself, or strategize, I retire to my office—the casino bathroom. (more…)

  3. Split Double Destroy – Asking Made All The Difference

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    I was at a casino recently that didn’t offer surrender—not in the reports, not in the posted rules, not in the signage. Nevertheless, at my first 16 against a dealer’s face card I asked if I could surrender it and get half of my bet back. The dealer shrugged. The pit boss shrugged. Then he said, “Okay.” (more…)