Our guest this week is a professional card counter named Joe. Joe is a young blackjack player with the expressed goal of getting kicked out of every casino in the country. We are also joined by Colin Jones, who was in town for a Blackjack Apprenticeship boot camp.
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Show Notes
[00:42] The Irish Roulette player
[03:29] Joe’s goal in the beginning
[04:11] Joe’s origin story
[07:08] Building the bankroll
[10:49] 200hr losing streak
[14:57] Team play and thoughts on counting systems
[18:37] Heat, overplays, and tourism
[30:14] Tipping
[33:35] Playing internationally
[39:09] Betting less for longevity
[40:59] Joe’s two experiences with illegal detainments
[43:35] Wearing disguises
[46:28] Casinos in the U.S. that Joe hasn’t played yet
Blackjack Apprenticeship: https://www.blackjackapprenticeship.com/
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This was one of my favorites. As a fledgeling counter it’s nice to get perspective from someone who has started in the last few years as well.
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Playing a double deck game with 1/2 a deck cutoff doesn’t sound like a good game to me on your second bankroll of $10K. That seems like a shitty game to me. I would be pissed off at the dealer for giving a shitty game unless the dealer would was giving away hole card info, definitely a No tip situation for the dealer when they want to be stingy.
Getting kicked out of 100’s of casinos doesn’t seem like a badge of honor to me. Joe gets a failing grade for cover and longevity of play. 🙁
I guess if you hate casinos but can’t resist the urge to gamble, i.e. gambling addiction, getting trespassed is the solution. Many casinos will let you request yourself to be excluded on the grounds that you have gambling addiction, of course many casinos will also just send you more offers once they suspect you have gambling addiction and typically the exclusions are on a temporary basis and expire after a certain time period.
This was a great interview: a Pro tells how he got started, his success3s and failures along the way, living on the road from casino to casino. What dedication. Excellent sharing. Thank you.
Oh, boy, I can’t believe you haven’t caught hell for this, Richard. A casino located in Dublin, Ireland is not in the United Kingdom. My advice, don’t say that in a bar in Dublin, some feathers would definitely be ruffled.