"It's hard, right? It's really hard to pull off," he says. "My father was a gambler and I don't mean like he gambled." He adds: "There were times I would see him make a crap ton of money ... And then there were times that led to him being divorced from my mother"
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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