Happiest of holidays to you from my card counting bunker to yours. I have been hunkered down at the grand opening of a new casino. Continue reading “It’s a Plunderful Life! – Card Counting Story” »It’s a Plunderful Life! – Card Counting Story
January 1st, 2012 Happiest of holidays to you from my card counting bunker to yours. I have been hunkered down at the grand opening of a new casino. Continue reading “It’s a Plunderful Life! – Card Counting Story” »Split Double Destroy [card counting dispatches from behind enemy lines]
October 16th, 2011
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. Continue reading “Split Double Destroy [card counting dispatches from behind enemy lines]” »
Split Double Destroy [card counting stories from behind enemy lines]
September 29th, 2011I was driving to a Tribal casino recently. When the GPS beeped with the announcement that I had arrived at my destination I pulled over and looked around. Continue reading “Split Double Destroy [card counting stories from behind enemy lines]” »
Split Double Destroy [Card Counting dispatches from behind enemy lines]
August 18th, 2011I 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.” Continue reading “Split Double Destroy [Card Counting dispatches from behind enemy lines]” »
I was playing blackjack at a large casino last night I had never been to before. They had multiple pits separated by whole minefields of slot machines. Continue reading “Split Double Destroy [Card Counting dispatches from behind enemy lines]” »
“Who here can tell me how to win this game?” I asked as I bellied up to a crowded blackjack table. Continue reading “Split Double Destroy [Card Counting dispatches from behind enemy lines]” »
Split Double Destroy [real-time dispatches from behind enemy lines]
September 3rd, 2010The player next to me—as is often the case—was tipping the dealer tonight. I—as is always the case—was not. The dealer thanked Mr. Tips more noticeably each time for the table scraps coming his way, and Mr. Tips responded by ever more loudly espousing the eternal virtues of tipping. They were addressing each other, but they were talking at me. Continue reading “Split Double Destroy [real-time dispatches from behind enemy lines]” »
In search of a cheap last- minute flight to a casino destination west of the Rockies, I stumbled upon something wonderful this week. The cheapest flight available—shockingly cheaper than all of the others—involved a nine-hour layover in Las Vegas. Continue reading “Split Double Destroy! [real-time dispatches from behind enemy lines]” »
Here we go again. A brash young pit boss with an itchy trigger finger just backed me off. It’s déjà vu all over again. Listen—no one can know you are a good card counter in the first hour. It’s impossible. Continue reading “Split Double Destroy! [real-time dispatches from behind enemy lines]” »
Split Double Destroy! [Real-time dispatches from behind enemy lines]
February 18th, 2010Here’s a first: I just got comped–against my will.
I arrived at the large tribal casino knowing I had been backed off here before. If I had any chance Continue reading “Split Double Destroy! [Real-time dispatches from behind enemy lines]” »
