August 2014 - Blackjack Apprenticeship

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  1. How to Lose at Blackjack

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    How to Lose at BlackjackEveryone loses.

    I’m not sure how many sessions of backjack I’ve played in my life.

    My guess is around 1000.

    Far less than many advantage players, even ones that played on our team.

    In fact, if we want to talk about other embarrassing statistics we can talk about how much I’ve won at casinos. Or rather, how much I haven’t won. I was just told by Colin that my lifetime win is actually under $100,000. Good thing there’s multiple ways of calling yourself a “professional” (one is just having a low standard of living).* So, how was I able to start a team and a website that teaches people like you how to extract money from casinos? Well, I was reading a book this last week and I stumbled across a little insight that I think contributed to my success and I would like to share it with you here. It’s how I became good at losing. (more…)