Thursday, March 15, 2012

Changing the rules


Really interesting article about the guy who won millions playing blackjack against the Atlantic City casinos. He did it not by counting cards, but by bringing a huge bankroll, playing perfectly, and--most importantly--literally getting the casinos to change the rules of the game. I had read a bit about how casinos will change the payout structures for whales in Double or Nothing, the book about the brief ownership of the Golden Nugget, but this article goes into more detail.

Posted by Rakewell at 8:00 PM

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2 comments:

lightning36 said...

Now if we could only get some of the rules of poker changed for us ...

1) No suckouts on the river
2) Flopped straights can never lose
3) 20% discount if losing with a pair or higher ...

9:52 PM
taximike44 said...

Just a heads up, you might want to check out other works by the author, Mark Bowden, who's written some excellent books, including Killing Pablo, about the fall of Pablo Escobar and Black Hawk Down, the book that the movie was based on.

He's also written a couple of good football books and a few I haven't gotten around to like Finders Keepers, the story of Joey Coyle who found over $1 million in unmarked casino money lying in the road.

1:35 AM

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