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This article will explain four of the most common blackjack math terms used by card counters and advantage players, as well as  how they affect advantage play and card counting. (New to card counting? Start with our comprehensive “How to Count Cards” page!)

Holy Rollers: The True Story of Card Counting Christians, documents several years of the blackjack team I co-managed. Upon it's release, it was one of the top 5 documentaries and independent films on iTunes and resulted in media attention and interviews from CNN, New York Times, and even the Christian [...]

How Don Johnson took several Atlantic City casinos for millions WITHOUT card counting Don Johnson didn't use card counting, but that's not to say he wasn't an advantage player. He actually used a technique that we used to grow our first team's bankroll massively in a short period. We explain [...]

I don't blame people for knowing very little about card counting, or the life of a card counter. Most people assume that if you say you're a card counter then what that really means is you're some sort of super-genius who can turn $100 into a million dollars in a [...]

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.

If 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 […]

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.

I 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.

Not everyone is fortunate enough to start their card counting careers with a large bankroll.

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. […]