looked somehow questioning to me what Ive read here. i posted in another yell(ow) -
"You fellas own casino stocks? Noticeable u take positions favorable to casinos… liker follow the bj rules blindly (bs)… and trust the automatic shuflers…
you must have good retirements "

I had my own experiences quite recently. i played against ASms i deviated heavily from bs. I read a startling fact in patent papers and marketing documents. ASMS assure special deistribution of cards that beat counting and BS. It was better for me overall disregarding bs (sometimes).

The worst reaction came from another player at the same table. He shouted at me every time i made my bad moves! I helped dealer avoid bust a couple of times but equally i forced them to bust. No doubt it turned out better for me. that player turned out to be an employee I saw him discussing with heat to another employee who wore a badge. He then saw me going to pee and both guys turned about and entered a no access room heh?

An older guy was years back a mafia guy. he played only baccarat. He told me bj counting was a fake involuntarily created by Thorp. Bugsy Siegel invented Las Vegas, Thorp created the bj mirage. The casinos took off to the sky after Thorp’s book on counting cards.

Thor never played blackjack for real… he was exposed in several books and newspapers. He admitted to another famous gambling writer Scarne that he thor couldnt apply his counting system. ‘Its only for computers not players’ he admitted to Scarne.

No wonder Thorpe gave up bj counting even before he started. he became a stock analyst with stocks in the casino business according to the old mafia guy. Thor is assured of great retirement thanx to the casino industry. Casinos worship Thor and said counting is a magnet for their business, the old guy said… thats why he never got into counting. But I sez xounting is good sometimes like 4 insurance and doubling. One must combine counting with progressive Kelly.

Anyhow I bet u entire Vegas that many guys here and other gambling forums have serious stock in casinos. u betcha they’ve never played bj but always advise people to count cards and even trust the mechanic shufflers. I always keep that in mind when I read all kinds of posts….