Blackjack makes more money than any other card game, precisely because people know it could be beat. They players who think they're doing low card counting don't want the house a couple of times in 99% of all those money. The casinos eventually gravitate back to making the game be beatable at the edge - as long as it's only beatable by small number of people,. Right. That is a problem but that's brilliant. What you're saying is that they use their vulnerability as a market tool. Come on in and play. You got a better chance here. I just started feeling like it was kind of pointless. It sounds like we really made that much money. It
What does it take to count cards? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly explore blackjack, quantitative thinking, and the journey from MIT blackjack player to angel investor with Semyon Dukach, Managing Partner at One Way Ventures.
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