Our guest this week is blackjack pro Loudon Often. Loudon was the biggest money winner on the Church Team which was featured in the documentary “The Holy Rollers.”
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Show Notes
[00:00] Introduction of blackjack player Loudon Often
[00:41] How did Loudon start playing blackjack?
[03:21] Playing with the Church Team
[04:41] Loudon’s background in writing and theology
[09:49] Barring stories and back rooms
[12:04] Working on BlackjackApprenticeship.com‘s Blackjack Bootcamps
[14:55] Playing solo versus team play
[19:14] Long losing streaks
[21:05] How many hours per month does Loudon play?
[22:17] Loundon’s wife and family
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[31:56] Stories about Stumpy from surveillance
[37:14] Other interactions with surveillance
[40:12] Traveling with large amounts of cash
[44:08] Loudon’s short stories and website, daviddruryauthor.com
[45:30] Recommended – LongReads.com, Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton, Jojo Rabbit
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Books Referenced:
Bringing Down the House by Ben Mezrich https://amzn.to/3fH9lYB
Recommended:
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Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton https://amzn.to/3fAZxPu
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