Arnold Snyder's Blackjack Forum articles

      Infer what you may, I stand by what I posted. - "You say - "Does that mean that those who don't start with a large bankroll are forever shut out of most meaningful blackjack (and video poker) advantage play? Yep. That's why so many people are so bitter about it." -- I believe that the bankroll comment, while important, is just one of the reasons people are bitter. Throw in 6/5 blackjack payoffs, shallow penetration, lousy rules, backing off players who count cards, high minimums, etc., these are other reasons for bitterness. (As far as video poker goes, removal of playable games and the poor payback of the remaining games is also another reason for bitterness.) - Taken all together, there is justification for "bitterness".

Repeating something that's in error--"standing by" what you say, even though it's wrong--is neither noble nor brave, nor is it rational. But you're entitled to cling to any opinion you wish. I know that you "stand by" a numbef of things that are flat-out false. Once again, it's your right to do so.

You may have the last word, as you must, and another thread is down the toilet. Thank you.

      Anyone reading all of the posts here knows who has put  this thread "down the toilet".

Yeah, both of you have put the thread down the toilet, as always.  While I agree with one of you politically, both of you act like children, and certainly don't bring anyone around to your way of thinking.

  I did not put anything here anywhere. Reread what I posted. I don't consider defending what I said as acting like a child. I also was not trying to bring anyone anywhere. 

Well, I told David that the way he thought was OK, in the futile hope that that would be the end of it, and it was pretty dumb of me to expect that. So I consider this to be my.fault. as it would be if I let a toddler drive my car and he crashed it.

I don't think there was anything political here, though.

Certainly the current casino environment with all the countermeasures in place is more restrictive than that when the majority of these articles were written. Yet Snyder addresses the necessity of a huge bankroll to withstand negative variance / flux and just how difficult it is to become a lifetime or career winner as a blackjack AP. He and his peers in this series of articles don't attempt to sugarcoat it nor make it appear easy to accomplish..or that it's a fun way to make a living. In truth, way less than 1% of all BJ players ever attain this lofty position and maintain it. After a period of time most give up / quit because of bankroll issues or inability to withstand actual results that are outside expectations ( losses that should be winners according to the 'math').

Series of articles illustrating common pain :

https://www.lasvegasadvisor.com/blog/those-damn-fluctuations/

https://www.lasvegasadvisor.com/blog/you-won't-win/

True, many who didn't succeed ended up writing books or selling systems ( but there are exceptions to that commonality, too).

In 1983 on the first page of his Blackbelt in Blackjack, Arnold Snyder admitted that the best ways to make money on the game were to own a casino or write a book about it. 

So it was never easy.