Interview with BJA Member “Joe748”
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by admin
1y ago
We’ve started a new monthly series for members of our Forum, where we’re highlighting a different BJA Member to hear their story. As a special treat, I wanted to share our interview with “Joe” because I enjoyed it so much. If you take the time to read it, I guarantee you will learn from his experience and be inspired by it! Profile of a Card Counter: “joe748” 1. How did you get into card counting? Before I knew card counting even existed I’d always like playing low stakes blackjack. During college we’d take trips to Atlantic City and the first time I ever played blackjack my roommate and I pl ..read more
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Split Double Destroy – My Most Aggressive Backoff
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by admin
2y ago
Once and only once did someone put their hands on me in an aggressive manner in an attempt to backroom me. Who could have guessed as I slipped into the casino that night I would soon be in the strong black arms of a woman named Tanya? Within minutes of sitting down at the large riverboat casino, they knew who I was. My reputation had found a way to precede me: phone calls, whispering to the dealer, half-shoeing. It was heat city. Of course there is always a way to duck the heat for a while. Don’t jump into the shoe until the cut card has gone in; ask the dealer a thousand personal questions ..read more
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Split Double Destroy – The Crying Pit Boss
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by admin
2y ago
The Casinos are big. But they are built on the power of people, who can be much more flexible, personable, and even fragile. I found a small casino that offered a good double deck game.  I hit it time and again for months. The rules started to change in an attempt to limit my play. I always managed to find a way to continue making the game beatable. In the meantime, because it was a small casino, I generally always saw the same female pit boss. I probably came off as standoffish to her at first, but over time we began to talk about all kinds of things—weather, kids, life. We even talked ..read more
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What are Blackjack Deviations?
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by admin
2y ago
We get a lot of questions about Blackjack Deviations. Deviations are, arguably, the most misunderstood part of the game. So I thought I’d bring some light to the subject, based on the most common questions we receive. So what are blackjack deviations? Deviations are simply times where you will alter your play. They are always mathematically driven, meaning they are never based off of a hunch or a pattern of wins or losses. There are 2 kinds of deviations: Playing Deviations and Betting Deviations. TIP: There is an comprehensive section on Blackjack Deviations in our Card Counting ..read more
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Blackjack Hero – Tommy Hyland
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by admin
2y ago
Biography of Tommy Hyland Thomas Hyland is a professional blackjack player and card counter. He is well known for his expertise innovative card counting techniques and also is one of the seven inductees into the Blackjack Hall of Fame. Hyland began his career in the late 70’s upon reading Lawrence Revere’s book Playing Blackjack as a Business. While in college, in 1979, Hyland began contemplating what he was going to do for a profession when he got thrown into the world of blackjack. After becoming very enthusiastic about the game and the idea of making it a full time job, he began recruiting ..read more
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Blackjack Hero – Richard Munchkin
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by admin
2y ago
Biography of Richard Munchkin Richard Munchkin is a prolific writer, director, producer, radio host, and professional gambler. He is known for his book Gambling Wizards, which narrates the history of some of the most well-known blackjack players of all time. Growing up in the town of Des Plaines, Illinois, Munchkin took a liking to strategy games at a very young age. By the age of three, he was proficient in the games of chess and gin rummy. It was by the age of twelve that Munchkin fancied the idea of playing games in order to when money. It was at this time that he began backgammon and poke ..read more
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Blackjack Hero – Kevin Blackwood
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2y ago
Biography of Kevin Blackwood Kevin Blackwood is a professional blackjack player, card counter and author who is famous for his best-selling book Play Blackjack Like the Pros. He has played in the World Series of Blackjack and the Ultimate Blackjack Tour. Born in the state of Maine, Kevin Blackwood had humble beginnings as he was brought up in a very conservative devout-Baptist background for nearly two decades. Upon traveling off to college, and transferring a few times to different universities, Kevin was able to successfully complete his undergraduate and masters degree by the year of 1981 ..read more
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Split Double Destroy – Casino Heat and Men in Suits
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by admin
2y ago
I have developed an unhealthy fear of every middle-aged white guy in a suit. Stocky, slicks his hair back—you know the type. I assume he wants to stare daggers at me and whisper into a phone. I assume he is about to cross his arms and stand off to the side while watching every hand I play and every card that comes out of the shoe. I assume he feels like mopping his brow and flipping through a binder of surveillance photos; that he yearns to invite me to pick up my chips and step back from the table; that he has a hankering to inform me that I am more than welcome to play slots. I assume too ..read more
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Split Double Destroy – Flyered in New Orleans
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by admin
2y ago
As I write this post, I am circling the pit looking for an opportunity to strike.. My left leg itches from the ten grand I have stashed inside my sock. I check the other leg for the other ten. Got it. Fifteen in my left pocket, fifteen in my right. Twenty in the money strap hidden in my waistband. Whenever I stand or sit I pat myself down to make sure it is all still there. This happens whether I am packing or not—a nervous tic picked up from being in my line of work. Even as I write, I am keeping perfect count of the cards as they come out of the shoe. Who am I? I am a card-counting foot-so ..read more
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Blackjack Hero – Max Rubin
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by admin
2y ago
Biography of Max Rubin Max Rubin is a professional gambler and is well known for his book Comp City: A Guide to Free Gambling Vacations. Rubin has traveled the nation with diverse speaking engagements and seminars, and now is a consultant for many casinos teaching staff how to spot card counters. Growing up in a family where his father was a professional cross roader, Max was exposed to the gambling life at an early age. As a young eighteen year old man, Max hitchhiked out to Las Vegas where he began working his first “job”. As someone who would get into fights outside of various casinos, Rub ..read more
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