Our guests this week are Joe and Semi Pro. They are a young couple who count cards together. We talk about the professional gambling life, and how that effects their relationship.
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Show Notes
[00:00] Introduction of a card counting couple, Joe and Semi-Pro
[00:36] How did Joe and Semi-Pro meet?
[01:54] Did Semi-Pro’s bosses care about card counters?
[03:36] The early stages of Joe and Semi-Pro’s long distance relationship
[07:58] How did Joe train Semi-Pro as a card counter?
[14:00] Semi-Pro’s first real world counting experience
[20:33] Semi-Pro’s 200-hour break-even streak
[22:31] Married money vs bankroll money
[23:28] Joe’s goal to be backed off every casino
[24:33] Do Joe and Semi-Pro play simultaneously?
[39:20] Playing blackjack in Europe
[41:07] Semi-Pro’s cashing out troubles
[44:26] South Point Casino March Promotions: Extra free play, next free video poker classes start in Sept
[45:12] VideoPoker.com: Game of the Week “Stack the Deck”
[46:44] More discussion on investor/player dynamics as a couple
[52:30] Semi-Pro’s $25 tip situation
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When professional “teams” go out to beat the casinos,there is the bank roller who makes the decisions.
In that team,there must be a written contract.
Joe and Semi pro have a verbal contract. They are also a “couple”.
They have such different personalities!
A world traveling BJ pro and a California girl?
Neither is a clone of the other.
Joe wants to be backed off? I wouldn’t.
Thx joe and semi pro for sharing your story. I also work with my gf and we went thru (and r still going thru) all the trials u described. U really put into perspective the level of dedication, compromise, and understanding needed to make a couple team work.