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My point is that most people treat
Vegas like Disneyland, a place where fantasies come true. Who can blame them. Where the Strip and Downtown were once the province
for die hard gamblers, since the 1990’s Vegas has become more family
friendly. Offering every amenity from
amusement park rides at the casinos, to celebrity chefs and headline
entertainment, is it any wonder why millions of people are sucked in by the Vegas
glitz? It’s only after these same tourists board
their plane for their flight home that they come to find out the hard way what
the town is really all about.
Let’s look at the numbers:
Like it or not, winning and
losing in any casino comes down to the numbers.
A slot player on a quarter
machine set at only a 7% house edge is looking at an average loss of $120 per
hour. Even if your slot of choice is
video poker set at just 5%, your average loss per hour is going to be somewhere
in the neighborhood of $60.
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Think baccarat is
better? Think again. Bet on Banker at a $10 table (if you can find
a $10 table) and you are looking at an average loss of $70 an hour. Bet on Player and it goes up to nearly $90 an
hour. Where’s James Bond when you need
him?
Even blackjack is not without
a few thorns. A hunch player on a $5
table could easily drop $100 or more in any given hour. Even a player using perfect basic strategy on
a 6-deck game can expect to part with an average of $25 per hour. The only way to turn house edge on its head
in blackjack is to learn how to count cards.
Card counters can earn anywhere from $25 - $100 per hour at this game
depending upon their system and their skill.
So, why don’t more people
count cards? Especially in Vegas where
there are hundreds of casinos, you’d think it would be like a candy store to
card counters. The problem with card
counting is that the casinos have most people bamboozled into thinking that
learning how to count is only slightly less complicated than nuclear
physics. This is not the case. In fact, learning a simple card counting
system is actually easier than learning basic strategy. If you can add 1 and subtract 1
or 2, then you can learn how to count with a few hours practice.
Mission Impossible?
That being said, the casinos
don’t like it when the public does to them what they do to everyone else, which
is extract an income from the game. This
means that casinos reserve the right to evict a player for any reason from
their establishment. In some cases, a
player will be barred from reentry. This
means that he or she will have their photo taken as they are escorted to the
cashier’s cage, then out the front door.
If they player returns to that casino again, they can be arrested for
trespassing.
While that sounds kind of
extreme, bear in mind that in more than 20 years of counting cards at a professional
level, I have never been barred from play.
The secret to being a success at counting is being able to get away with
it. This is something you won’t find in
books.
In both our Blackjack Express and Big Game Blackjack card counting courses, we not only show you how to
successfully employ card counting in any casino, we also show you how to
camouflage your ability from the pit boss.
Contrary to popular opinion, 99% of pit bosses don’t know how to count
cards. What management teaches any pit boss
is to look for certain telltale signals that indicate a counter is present.
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Therefore, the trick to
getting away with counting is not to look like a typical card counter. Card counters typically never talk or drink
when they are seated at the table. Their
eyes follow each and every card as it hits the table. They never ask for a comp. These are some
serious dudes. They are also easy to
spot. What we teach our students is how
to play like a counter and look like a typical sucker. This involves a number of tactics that
include counting the comeout in 1 calculation, instead of having to count every
card. We also teach them how to hide in
plain sight and look like a progression player, which casino management loves,
as opposed to a card counter that every pit boss hates. Learning these skills is as important as
learning how to count, especially if you want to make money for years on end.
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We also teach our students
how to maximize their comp potential. If
you are going to travel on a junket and stay in expensive hotels, eating at high
priced restaurants, why pay for the privilege when they are giving the stuff
away to rated players. Having made my
living by playing blackjack in casinos around the world, I can tell you with
authority that if you really want to start enjoying your casino trips, you need
to start learning how the casinos really work.
The last place you are going to do this is in a casino. Keep playing
into the casinos hands and you will be forever relegated to visiting your
money. Now you know what they really mean when they say, “What happens in
Vegas, stays in Vegas.”
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I have heard the phrase what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, so do you teach in Vegas?
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