Story of the Week Archives - Blackjack Apprenticeship

Advantage Play: Mindsets, Expectations and Misconceptions

By BJA Member "GreaseMonkey" I’ve started and stopped writing this post for over two months. A single blogpost can’t summarize everything listed above. And even if it could, it would be a novel. The collective wisdom of the forum covers absolutely all of the above. Six months worth of posts [...]

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What a Trip – My 300 Hour Card Counting Adventure in the US

Story by BJA Member “Ultimate” What at first sounded like a strange idea became true: After a year of reading, training and playing small stakes as a test, I came over to the US from overseas: Three months of playing Blackjack as an extended vacation, taking a break from work. I […]

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Member Story Time – Getting Backed Off by the Legend, Max Rubin

This is an awesome story we received from a card counter friend of ours, “HitA7”.  After reading this story, make sure to read our recent interview with him! Here’s a picture of me earlier this week after being backed off at Barona, with the man himself Max Rubin!

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