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@Jeremybtc It’s a good story, but it’s not the full one….

𝗔 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗸 $𝟭𝟱 𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗔𝘁𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗼𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁. > After the 2008 financial crisis, Atlantic City casinos were so desperate for action they started cold calling high rollers just to get people through the door. > Don Johnson was a professional horse racing analyst who ran a computer wagering company. > When the casinos called to invite him to play, he told them their deal didn't work for him. > The casino manager asked what would work. > Johnson told him exactly: a 20% rebate on any losses over $500,000 > The dealer forced to stand on soft 17, the right to re-split aces and a hand-shuffled 6-deck shoe. > The casino ran the numbers. House edge was still 0.263%. They said yes. > What their computers missed: Johnson had no minimum play requirement on the rebate. > That single detail meant if he ever lost $500,000, he could stop, pay only $400,000 after his rebate, and walk away. > But if he won $500,000, he kept every dollar. > He was playing a coin flip where heads he won $500K and tails he only lost $400K. > He had PhD mathematicians verify the math before he sat down. > He also negotiated $50,000 in daily "show-up money." Cash just for walking through the door. > He bet $100,000 per hand. > In one session at the Tropicana he sat down and 12 hours later had won $5.8 MILLION. > A record single session loss for that casino to this day. > Borgata cut him off at $5 MILLION. Caesars cut him off at $4 MILLION. > All three casinos banned him. One casino CEO lost his job. The entire industry rewrote its rebate policy overnight. > Total: $15.1 million in 6 months. Zero cards counted. Zero laws broken. He didn't beat the casinos at their own game. He made them agree to a different game entirely, then beat them at that.

@tru3AP As long as Mekon Rusk accepts the only way to fund it is through aggressive taxation on billionaires and tech companies, I’m all for it

the concept of UHI is something i’ve been daydreaming about for a while now. in this type of society, i’d imagine a huge shift from moneymaking/hustling culture into one where art and creativity are more praised and prioritized. i’m all for it

@tru3AP @MWM_1110 Or just leave animas alone 🤷‍♂️

@MWM_1110 i want to eventually hunt a black bear with a recurve once i get way more experienced. still working on getting my shots on target within 30 yards though, baby steps haha

the collection is growing fast! i’m curious where it’s gonna be a year from now. learned a lot about how to optimize my purchases these past two weeks, also got to network with a few friendly buyers. very optimistic about this so far, we’ll see how it goes in a few months 😅

@StevenBridges You should approach them about live-streaming a playing session and BO

They're definitely not embracing all content creators 😅

@rxgamble Just ordered a copy. Unfortunately it looks like physical copies won’t be available in the UK so I’ve plumped for a Kindle copy and I’ll pick up a hard copy in the States… Double royalties for you 😂 Good luck with the launch, I hope you smash it 💥

My book Advantage Player is already on pre-sale! Wild times, you guys. Cracking top 20 in White Collar Crime would be amazing. 🙌 penguinrandomhouse.com/books/826945/a…

@StevenBridges I have a feeling I know what that story might be :-)

UGHHGHGGHGH, just cut a story from one of the videos we're making. I love the story, but it's just too helpful to casinos if I tell it. They'll learn too much. And the last thing they need is more help with catching counters. In other news, the edit is going really well.

@tru3AP Ouch. Those shoes where the count stays high for a crazy length of time are ones that do the damage… how many units is your max bet?

first blackjack session of the year and lost -500 units after 3 hours, all mostly from one shoe where the count stayed at >TC6 for half the shoe. why didn’t i just stay retired? 😓

@zippkode @StevenBridges The concept you are describing explains 98% of all management decisions in all large organisations

@StevenBridges I don't think they're dumb, but I do think that a lot of them have a personal incentive (keeping their job) that is facilitated by making safe if -EV decisions.

I refuse to believe that the managers of vegas casinos are dumb…. But then they also seem to be consistently making dumb choices.

@StevenBridges I genuinely don’t know what they were thinking. If they were trying to impress you, surely they would know better than to make a comment like that out loud? If they were trying to rat you out, why do it so you could hear?

Loud enough to result in the dealer having a conversation about it where I had to BS for a while.

@DaRealFlamingo3 @ultimate_BJ21 @syntax_BJ @StevenBridges I’ve tried messaging you but X says I don’t have permission. Are you on BJA?

@ultimate_BJ21 @syntax_BJ @EnigmaAPLife @StevenBridges Hey, please reach out ASAP if you guys are interested in collaborating, but I have a BJ play, but at the very least positive .3-.5% EV off the top, most probably significantly more.

@CribJoThe @CribJoThe Sorry man, I must have missed your reply! I tried looking down the back of the couch for him, and behind the fridge but no sign.. He’s probably furiously scripting, editing and producing the next series of BTO… @StevenBridges where are you?

@EnigmaAPLife @EnigmaAPLife bro where is steven? Are yall out there making bangers ?

American AP friends won’t find this funny but to my fellow international APs: They have Drive-Thru ATMs here. Is that not ‘Peak American’?

@StevenBridges Ha, remember me screaming at Joe98 to stop the car as he was pulling out of the parking lot at Chef Kenny’s because I’d just realised my backpack containing my entire trip roll was under the table still? 😂 You’ve caught ‘money-forgetfulness’ from me 😂

I definitely did not just accidentally leave $100k in a public bathroom… nope. Definitely didn’t do that. Definitely didn’t panic and sprint back to the bathroom 10 minutes and find it there. Nope, I would never be so stupid. 
 (I’m taping the money to myself from now on)

@sincitycapital @StevenBridges 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 Firstly, the idea that you think APs ‘can’t win on the Strip anymore’ is literally hilarious. I guarantee that right now, as you are reading my words, an AP is beating a Strip casino. Possibly yours. Also, as I’ve already said… casinos exist in other locations.

@EnigmaAPLife @StevenBridges APs have a short career on the strip these days. They usually only have 1 or 2 sessions before they've been added to facial rec and marked for automatic back off and emails with pictures are sent out. You can't win here anymore

I kid you not, because of 'my mistake', one of these players decided to not split his aces.

@sincitycapital @StevenBridges Bless. Again. This may be shocking information to you, so brace yourself: There are casinos in the world that aren’t on the Vegas strip. Other casinos don’t have the same tech, procedures and policies as yours. Facial recognition tech isn’t all that.

@sincitycapital @StevenBridges Bless. That’s quaint. Haven’t played much, have you?

@rxgamble Civil forfeiture is legalised and state-endorsed piracy

Another day another...

@thejdogg69 Some of the places I’ve stuffed chips you wouldn’t believe…

@EnigmaAPLife Everywhere?

When I used to be a gambler, I thought how amazing it would be to beat casinos and accumulate fat stacks of chips, with strangers gathering around you and cheering you on… Little did I realise one day I’d be stuffing chips everywhere to hide them and avoid attention 😂

@StevenBridges @YouTube Oh shit man, can you contact your account manager at the YouTubez and get it sorted?

WOW! @YouTube deleted my video about card counting online. Not even demonetised…. DELETED! This is insane. It doesn’t ‘promote’ online gambling. If anything, the whole video is a critique of online gambling! Nice.