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  1. 02-08-2014, 09:26 PM #1
    Dtb239
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    Obviously This Guy Knows Little to Nothing

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCkh...layer_embedded

    Kinda made me laugh.
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  2. 02-08-2014, 11:36 PM #2
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    Old news but interesting, seems like he had bankroll management issues. I don't know why he would knock card counting and say it does not work when he may have worked up a nice bankroll, and he's right back at the $25 tables starting over lmao. This kid goes on to say that when the count is high it's in the dealers favor as well... but what differentiates the dealer from the player is that we can split, double down, and get paid 3:2 on BJ. Plus we can get up and leave whenever we want.
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  3. 02-08-2014, 11:41 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dtb239 View Post
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCkh...layer_embedded

    Kinda made me laugh.
    I could have sworn someone linked to that video on this website a few weeks ago.

    At any rate, it's a classic example of why casinos actually benefit from the existence of card counting. The kid probably watched a movie or saw something on the internet about card counting, learned just enough of Hi Lo, but unfortunately was completely unaware of the necessity of bankroll management and went busto, which is probably what happens to the vast majority of would-be card counters. Movies and such portray card counting as some sort of fortune telling where the counter knows exactly what cards are coming next, so who would need to worry about negative variance anyway ?

    The guy is actually a bit creative here though in a turning lemons to lemonade sense--he goes bust trying to count cards and at the height of blackjack in the media, writes about the "futility" of trying to count and tries to sell his own ridiculous Martingale system, and actually makes bank doing so. Reminds me of the South Park "collect underpants" meme--apparently a new get rich quick scheme should be:

    Step 1: Learn card counting and completely blow your bankroll through overbetting.
    Step 2: Write book of nonsense about going broke.
    Step 3: ?????
    Step 4: Profit!
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  4. 02-08-2014, 11:51 PM #4
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    It appears he skipped the chapter on ROR and spent most of his time reading catch up Martingale systems.
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  5. 02-09-2014, 04:48 AM #5
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    "...with the economy going South and the gas prices going up...". LOL WHAT?

    When the newscaster asks about how much he'd win, he says he was betting $25/hand and he'd win $1,000....and later says he'd win $20,000 in a day. Instant red-flag, as an actual counter would say something like, "I was playing a rate to win $X/hour" or something to that effect.

    What is quite surprising is all the YouTube comments and how informed/educated the responders are. [One said you get paid 2:1 on BJ and another 2:3, but they had the right idea.]
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  6. 02-09-2014, 05:32 AM #6
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    From comments ........." Ever heard of Lawrence Revere's Illustrious 18?"

    So you borrowed that term eh Don??
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  7. 02-09-2014, 11:28 AM #7
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    Not the first time I would be accused of stealing it. Snyder's wife, writing under the pseudonym "BJ Historian," concocted an unbelievable fairy tell around the same premise. Garbage through and through, but, hey, it was good for a laugh, like this one.

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  8. 02-09-2014, 04:21 PM #8
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    any opinions on this video?
    youtube.com /watch?v=1SUBqh_SA2E
    Last edited by Norm; 02-09-2014 at 05:08 PM.
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  9. 02-09-2014, 05:09 PM #9
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    Link removed, but you can still find it. The guy is an idiot.
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