Until they outlaw thinking, it will be impossible for Counting Cards to be illegal.
But somehow, this is the most common misconceptions I encounter. My neighbor of 6 years finally got up the courage to ask me (whispering), “So, IS card counting illegal?” Continue reading “Dear Media (and Casinos): Counting Cards is NOT Illegal!” »
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We love our loyal Blackjack Army soldiers, and haven’t given anything away for free in the past few weeks. So as a token of our appreciation to our loyal followers, we wanted to give out 10 free copies of our Pro Blackjack Trainer iPhone App. Continue reading “Giving Away 10 More Copies of Blackjack Trainer iPhone App… Just Because” »
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Hey guys, we wanted to let you know all the details about the bootcamp we’ll be holding in August.
Who: 10 people that want to learn from us what it takes to be a Professional Card Counter. Because we want the quality to be high, we’re keeping it to only 10 spots.
Where: VEGAS! We will have a suite at one of the major Las Vegas casinos. That’s all we can say for now. Continue reading “August Bootcamp Details!!!” »
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Hey fellow Soldiers! I hope you’ve been out in the trenches, making your own set of war stories at the casinos! I’ve started a journal of my favorite card counting stories so that I don’t forget them over the years; maybe I’ll turn them into an e-book one of these days. You should be doing the same! Continue reading “BJA News, Next Bootcamp Date, and Story Time” »
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Originally, we were going to give away 5 codes, but because of the barrage of requests, we ended up giving out over 30 promo codes within the first hour. But we are all out of free codes!
BUT we don’t want people to miss out on the app, so we are going to put it up for sale for $0.99 to BJA members for the next 48 hours. We want to give you guys an opportunity to check it out, let us know what you think, and get any additional feedback before we make changes to it.
Continue reading “All out of Free iPhone Blackjack Trainer Codes” »
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Recently, I got the opportunity to talk to several of the most successful Blackjack card counters and blackjack team managers of all time. We spent several hours swapping stories and talking shop. And one of the most valuable things I took away from the discussion is that we’ve all had times when we weren’t winning like we should, and it came down to one simple problem: we lowered our standards.
Continue reading “Don’t Sell Yourself Short! (in Card Counting or in Life)” »
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OK. So it’s been far too long since my last installment of “How to Practice Blackjack”.
In Part I, I talked about Basic Strategy being the foundation of being a card counter. In Part II, I discussed some tips on keeping the running count accurately and quickly. Today, I’m going to give some practice tips for getting from the running count to the true count.
Continue reading “How to Practice Blackjack Pt. III- Getting to the True Count” »
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