This is a rare but timely guest-blogger contribution, penned by renowned Las Vegas attorney Robert Nersesian, the top counsel representing players who run into legal problems involving casinos including (famously and on many occasions) James Grosjean. (For more of this, check James’ own guest contribution to Arnold Snyder’s now-defunct Blackjack Forum publication.)
Posts in category Advantage Play
Mr. Marty
In 1986 I got a phone call from a friend named Alan. He told me there was a really great blackjack game at Walker Hill casino in Seoul, S. Korea. I forget all the rules, but the game had early surrender vs. 10, and 6 cards was an automatic 1/2 win. All in all the […]
The Phil Ivey case
For those not familiar with the Ivey case let me give you a brief recap. In August of 2012 Phil Ivey, and a partner named Cheung Yin Sun played Punto Banco at Crockfords in London. He won 7.7 million pounds over 2 days. (Spoiler alert – he was edge sorting.) Crockfords said they would wire […]
Help from the media
I get calls or email occasionally from people in the media. They want to know something about card counting, or they are writing a story about Phil Ivey or some other aspect of gambling. I’ve always felt that the media could be a tremendous asset to players, but no one has really figured out how […]
How Casinos Cheat, Part I: The Last Mechanic, W...
Probably every month, some rookie counter posts online about some horrendous loss, and then says, “I wonder if I was cheated.” Hmm, you’re playing a game that with perfect execution is a super-marginal grind, and in any other scenario is negative or just pure variance, so what did you really expect to happen? What does […]
What happens in Vegas?
We’ve all heard it right? “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.” I’d rather it didn’t stay in Vegas. I’m starting a new podcast series where I will interview people about the craziest things that have happened to them in Las Vegas. So if you have a crazy story, email me and I’ll set up […]
How We Do It: Going through an Airport
I remember where I was on 9/11 (or 20010911, as a programmer would write it)—I had pulled an all-nighter playing and scouting Vegas, and I was just settling into my cozy bed at the Budget Inn downtown, across from the Greyhound bus station. On the TV I saw the live footage of the smoking World […]
Blackjacknesia
My old BP “Santi” made a comment about one of our fabulous comeback wins, a quality game where we were down to the felt—no chips, no cash, no time. Well, almost. We had a little cash, a little time, and a big edge. It really was a phenomenal comeback, a fun time, and a happy […]
Negative Variance, Juicy Count Games, and Ishni...
In a previous post, I criticized the loser’s mentality of counters. The belief that hardening oneself to pain is a necessary and advisable part of the AP career is counterproductive. Many counters spend ridiculous amounts of time and emotional energy trying to answer the question, “How unlucky was I?” Instead of calculating how many standard […]
Eye and the Grinder
About 2 years ago I interviewed surveillance expert T Dane. You can read that interview here. T Dane wrote a book called, Behind The Black Dome: An Advantage Player’s Guide to Casino Surveillance, which is well worth picking up. Well the man is at it again. He has started blogging at Eye and the Grinder. […]
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