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    Documentary about Professional Blackjack Players

    Stumbled across this on Amazon prime the other day. Pretty interesting doc that focuses on this guy who goes on the road and hits up different casinos all across the country.

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B07QMS68TC

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    I've watched that. Pretty good. I was rooting for him.

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    i'll check it out hope he wins

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    i dont have enough money to have amazon prime

    did he win

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    Quote Originally Posted by RudyRuetigger View Post
    i dont have enough money to have amazon prime

    did he win
    u can get a free trial and then cancel after a few days

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    Like many posters at SBR it's been added to the watchlist

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    Quote Originally Posted by RudyRuetigger View Post
    i dont have enough money to have amazon prime

    did he win
    Amazon Prime is great. 1 and 2 day free shipping. Great shows and movies. I got Prime so I could watch the show, Bosch. I've read all the books and wasn't disappointed with the show.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cincinnatikid513 View Post
    u can get a free trial and then cancel after a few days
    but then if you forget to cancel you are fukked

    no thanks

    anybody got a link to a bootleg version?

    I’m trying to watch

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    Quote Originally Posted by cincinnatikid513 View Post
    u can get a free trial and then cancel after a few days
    ive used those up
    Quote Originally Posted by VeggieDog View Post
    Amazon Prime is great. 1 and 2 day free shipping. Great shows and movies. I got Prime so I could watch the show, Bosch. I've read all the books and wasn't disappointed with the show.
    1 and 2 day free shipping on overpriced garbage


    i can find any price better than amazon elsewhere with free shipping and no subscription


    if you want it for the videos/music...ok

    but you are kidding yourself if you think amazon is cheap when it comes to prices

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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Bear View Post
    but then if you forget to cancel you are fukked

    no thanks

    anybody got a link to a bootleg version?

    I’m trying to watch
    yah so bad 12 bucks a month or 120 for the year not too bad

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    Quote Originally Posted by cincinnatikid513 View Post
    yah so bad 12 bucks a month or 120 for the year not too bad
    lol

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    One guy out of 45 million

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    Love the game

    Can't seem to win anymore

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    You can set Prime to cancel automatically after 30 days

    Blackjack is a sucker's game if you can't count

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    Going to watch it for sure---interesting.....anyone who beats the game consistently gets looked at lol......BJ is THE WORST......

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    Quote Originally Posted by PaperTrail07 View Post
    Going to watch it for sure---interesting.....anyone who beats the game consistently gets looked at lol......BJ is THE WORST......
    Counting is easy.

    The skill lies in avoiding detection.

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    I was out west with a couple of friends that got caught in a casino counting, I told them not to juice up the bets so much but they got greedy

    Both got their heads blow off via shotgun on site, pit boss said he was making an example out of them

    Scary stuff

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    I guess....wont be a problem for me.....only way i've seen BJ beat is a dealer helping lol
    Quote Originally Posted by ronald View Post
    Counting is easy.

    The skill lies in avoiding detection.

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    It really isn't anything new. Guy travels around in a motorhome playing blackjack.
    Then he changes his appearance by growing a beard, dressing as a cowboy, cutting his hair, all in order to fool casinos which has been tried about 4 gazillion times... Which is exactly why they now have face recognition techniques and can spot fools like this. Oh yeah I forgot he really 'kills" them when he finds a dealer who inadvertently exposes every hole card as the casinos are scratching their heads trying to figure out how he was winning. YEAH RIGHT....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ph q all View Post
    It really isn't anything new. Guy travels around in a motorhome playing blackjack.
    Then he changes his appearance by growing a beard, dressing as a cowboy, cutting his hair, all in order to fool casinos which has been tried about 4 gazillion times... Which is exactly why they now have face recognition techniques and can spot fools like this. Oh yeah I forgot he really 'kills" them when he finds a dealer who inadvertently exposes every hole card as the casinos are scratching their heads trying to figure out how he was winning. YEAH RIGHT....
    Someone sounds jelly as fuk

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    Hasn't been beatable for awhile

    Even if you are a savant and could eek out a profit it isn't worth the painful cuts and infections on your hands and fingers from the dealers throwing cards at them because you can't tip them AND stay profitable.

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    Ive always thought of it like this.....crap best %....they KNOW dealers make mistakes paying and picking up losers and that dealer can have friends......so say 3% loss to mistakes...THEY STILLL CRUSH LOL......same with BJ.......
    Quote Originally Posted by dlowilly View Post
    Hasn't been beatable for awhile

    Even if you are a savant and could eek out a profit it isn't worth the painful cuts and infections on your hands and fingers from the dealers throwing cards at them because you can't tip them AND stay profitable.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BeatTheJerk View Post
    Someone sounds jelly as fuk
    Jelly explains it all as I'm guessing your 15. I guess it's good to have some young bloods on here who know nothing about what blackjack card counting is ike.
    If you haven't heard the same old story many times over regarding black jack and card counting then go ahead and waste an hour and a 1/2 and watch it.
    But namjoon.

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    IT CAN BE YOU!!!

    I would use all your money and try it out

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    this guy wins every time

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    Can learn the game of 21 blackjack which isn't brain science, just learn when to double down, when to hit and not to hit after the cards are delt..

    Single deck play is the only way to go if you can count cards without being noticed.. Could get an angle then. Other then that's it's just you against the dealer and luck usually has to come into play then..

    JUST THAT SIMPLE!! End thread..

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    Quote Originally Posted by JIBBBY View Post
    Can learn the game of 21 blackjack which isn't brain science, just learn when to double down, when to hit and not to hit after the cards are delt..

    Single deck play is the only way to go if you can count cards without being noticed.. Could get an angle then. Other then that's it's just you against the dealer and luck usually has to come into play then..

    JUST THAT SIMPLE!! End thread..
    In fact, the opposite is true.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ronald View Post
    Counting is easy.

    The skill lies in avoiding detection.
    Ronald I dont appreciate you calling me out yesterday

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    Quote Originally Posted by ronald View Post
    In fact, the opposite is true.
    How is that so Ronny and proven show me the light? I've played BJ for decades in Vegas when I use go all the time and I do know the game well.

    The only other thing I tried to look out for is tables that are jumping which I liked to jump in and REALLY try to avoid the ones that are dead with the Asian dealers dealing the cards..

    Kinda like crap tables when jumping in, always wanna jump into the ones that are hot and energized.. Big stacks showing and gamblers look happy and winning...


    Last edited by JIBBBY; 11-06-19 at 05:15 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BeatTheJerk View Post
    Someone sounds jelly as fuk
    Not at all. I've played thousands of hands of BJ and not once have I seen a dealer expose a hole card; anyone who makes such a claim is probably lying.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JIBBBY View Post
    How is that so Ronny and proven show me the light? I've played BJ for decades in Vegas when I use go all the time and I do know the game well.

    The only other thing I tried to look out for is tables that are jumping which I liked to jump in and REALLY try to avoid the ones that are dead with the Asian dealers dealing the cards..

    Kinda like crap tables when jumping in, always wanna jump into the ones that are hot and energized.. Big stacks showing and gamblers look happy and winning...


    If you believe in "hot and energized" and that Asians somehow impact your EV, then I'm afraid no amount of light will help you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ronald View Post
    If you believe in "hot and energized" and that Asians somehow impact your EV, then I'm afraid no amount of light will help you.
    I believe in Player Prop Play that's where I make my pay dirt Ronny..

    I don't think you could help me with Black Jack play because it's a simple game.. No angles to be had.. Find a weak dealer and play single decks on a full table of play.. Can see the cards being laid down as the deck thins and then work the averages.. Only angle I see..

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    Quote Originally Posted by JIBBBY View Post
    I believe in Player Prop Play that's where I make my pay dirt Ronny..

    I don't think you could help me with Black Jack play because it's a simple game.. No angles to be had.. Find a weak dealer and play single decks on a full table of play.. Can see the cards being laid down as the deck thins and then work the averages.. Only angle I see..
    the "angle" is counting cards to the point where you often have a 5-8% advantage, then betting more when you have a big advantage than you bet when you are at a disadvantage

    multiple decks are better because you have more play, at a full table with a single deck you're never gonna get a big enough advantage, that's only 1 hand per shoe that you can jam a big bet on

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    Quote Originally Posted by milwaukee mike View Post
    the "angle" is counting cards to the point where you often have a 5-8% advantage, then betting more when you have a big advantage than you bet when you are at a disadvantage

    multiple decks are better because you have more play, at a full table with a single deck you're never gonna get a big enough advantage, that's only 1 hand per shoe that you can jam a big bet on
    Not if you are sitting at the end of the table and can see what is being laid down before your cards come.. Come on people!!! It's not rocket science.. I'm not a black jack wiz either but I always held my own at the tables back in the day. I know whats up.. I'm pretty good at math too.


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    Counting cards has been obsolete now for some 20 years at least. Deck penetration is the reason. They simply do not deal enough of the deck(s) to make card counting effective. Casino's could care less if you count cards. In fact, knock yourself out, you'll never win long term

    If you're cutting 10's and aces
    , that doesn't work anymore either, they simply don't show the cut card anymore.

    Bottom line is casino's are not ever going to give the player an edge. If a player finds one it will eventually be taken away.

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