The main thing is to have a system that works and, after that, to eliminate heat.

I'm playing 5 or 6 days a week.īlackjack Pro: I never carry with me into the casino more than 5 or 6 thousand dollars. I like to mix it up and I never spend a lot of time in any one place. Navin: Are you playing more on the Strip or downtown?īlackjack Pro: I go into 36 different casinos, some out on the Strip and some downtown. Being the biggest bettor at the table didn't used to attract quite the attention that it does now. Top bet these days is 400 or 500 a hand, more than that and the casino manager is called over and the action pretty much stops. The top bet allowed at 21 used to be 25,000. That affected business everywhere and the gaming industry was no exception. What's going on?īlackjack Pro: Well, the casinos have become much more cautious since the 2008 economic crisis. John Navin: Steve, last I heard, the counter measures taken by the major casinos had made it much tougher to win.but you still hit the tables and win. So, I asked him about it and here’s the conversation: Steve says most of that is still true but that the enterprising player can develop methods to circumvent (legally) the discouraging issues. Winning too much leads to offers to stop playing and please leave. Cumbersome to count six-deck tables are mostly in place – and the too easy to beat single-deck and double-deck games, if you can find them, are closely monitored. It surprised me because my sense of it was that the counter-measures had put an end to knowledgeable pros walking off with cash. I hadn’t talked to him in a long time and was surprised to hear, when we finally caught up this week, that he’s still attacking the blackjack games of Sin City. That’s according to Steve (not his real name), my anonymous friend who’s been hitting the 21 tables and profiting, by himself and as a part of a few of the teams that still exist.

It was never easy but now it’s even tougher to win at blackjack what with counter-measures in place these days for years to help deter what the casinos call “advantage” players – but winning can still be accomplished under the right conditions, employing the right kind of tactics.

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