{"id":124638,"date":"2023-01-26T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/?p=124638"},"modified":"2023-01-26T10:14:39","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T18:14:39","slug":"podcast-throwback-episode-kelly-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/podcast-throwback-episode-kelly-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast – Throwback episode Kelly Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This is a throwback episode originally recorded in 2017. Our guest this week is Kelly Sun. The media dubbed her the “Queen of Sorts,” and her team mates called her a “baccarat machine.” You know her as the mysterious Chinese woman behind the Phil Ivey edge sorting cases in London, and Atlantic City. Also on this show is Michael Kaplan, who has written about Kelly for the NY Times, and Cigar Aficionado, and Lori Chang.  Lori is a former member of the MIT blackjack team, and friend of Kelly. Kelly sometimes has trouble with English, and Lori came along to help translate, and share a few stories of her own. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We welcome your questions – send them to us at gamblingwithanedge@gmail.com, or you can find me at @RWM21 on Twitter or https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GamblingWithAnEdge<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Show Notes<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[00:00]\u00a0 Introduction[02:35]\u00a0 Edge sorting at baccarat<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[03:44]\u00a0 Kelly’s backstory[06:15]\u00a0 Gemaco and other brands of cards<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[08:22]\u00a0 “The Macau way”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[09:20]\u00a0 Automatic shufflers, reusing cards, mini baccarat, cards, and dealers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14:33]\u00a0 Edge sorting in blackjack<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16:14]\u00a0 Developing the baccarat strategy[19:39]\u00a0 Playing in Las Vegas, playing with Phil Ivey<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25:30]\u00a0 Playing in Macau[27:28]\u00a0 Foxwoods[30:43]\u00a0 Casinos taking freerolls[32:00]\u00a0 Don Johnson sees Kelly and Phil at The Borgata<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33:43]\u00a0 Different rules in baccarat[34:44]\u00a0 Eddie stories<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38:51]\u00a0 Funny stories about frugality[43:04]\u00a0 Commercials<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44:36]\u00a0 Kelly’s nicknames[48:24]\u00a0 Court cases in New Jersey and London<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50:35]\u00a0 Playing video poker in Lake Tahoe[52:26]\u00a0 Edge sorting in baccarat versus blackjack<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53:43]\u00a0 Exploiting stereotypes[58:27]\u00a0 Can Kelly still play?<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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Books Referenced:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tales from the Felt<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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