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From Blackjack to Black Monday

Risk of Ruin

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Playing a Shoe Game With Multiple Decks

The dominant card counting system is Hylo and it's beauty lies in its simplicity. The rear count used by Blaier's team was quite a bit more complicated. Al Francesco is said to have studied the tendencies of gamblers, then made his signals out of things people naturally do in casinos. There were counters in big players and when you joined the teamYou became a cure a counter and you had to work your way up.

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