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Fishercat 4168 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Jerry Springer Show Guest" 08-03-04, 00:34 AM (EST) "Andy Bloch" I was watching The Casino tonight (nothing else on), and I watched the Card Counter story line. I heard the name "Andy Bloch" and I knew it sounded familiar. I Yahoo'd (or Google'd) his name and found his blog. Interesting note Tonight at 9pm Eastern/Pacific I'm going to be on Fox's reality show "The Casino." (This time for real!) Back in December I'd been introduced to the casting people for the show. (Yes, they use casting people for reality shows!) At first, they seemed very interested in having me and a team of card counters on the show, but lost interest -- either because the legal department decided it might violate their contract with the Golden Nugget, or because word got leaked to the casino owners and they nixed the idea. I asked my contacts on the show if I should try to play anyway and they said yes (unofficially). In between some poker tournaments I had a weekend free and invited a couple of MIT Blackjack Team alumni to play with me. I told someone from the show to look for me that night. Trusting them was probably a mistake! We'll see in a few hours. Andy Bloch is a well-known poker player, which is where I heard his name from. I believe he has participated in the World Series of Poker and the World Poker Tour. He is now advertising (with many other players) Full Tilt Poker (I think I got that right). Interesting that they actually go after real card counters considering how fake everything else is. --- <== A Missionhockey21 creation   Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Subject     Author     Message Date     ID    RE: Andy Bloch mmm_link 08-03-04 1  MIT Blackjack team Bucky Katt 08-03-04 2    RE: MIT Blackjack team Smooth23 08-04-04 3        RE: MIT Blackjack team Bucky Katt 08-04-04 4            RE: MIT Blackjack team janey 08-05-04 5                RE: MIT Blackjack team mistyrose52 01-12-08 7                    DO NOT TEST HERE Bebo 01-13-08 8                        RE: DO NOT TEST HERE kidflash212 02-26-15 9                            RE: DO NOT TEST HERE Agman2 03-05-15 10        RE: MIT Blackjack team Agman2 03-05-15 11  RE: Andy Bloch Agman2 02-22-16 12

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mmm_link 426 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Daytime Soap Guest Star" 08-03-04, 07:58 AM (EST) 1. "RE: Andy Bloch" It was too obvious when cameras followed him around a casino (supposedly a place where people don't want to be filmed) catching your every move. I thought the idea of the guy losing $1,000,000 and only paying back $200,000 was hiliarious. An $800,000 haul was not bad for one night. No wonder those guys are idiots at running a casino. I don't understand how come I have not seen one person with an "out of focus" face on the show. Any sort of serious gambler would not want to take the chance at getting any face time.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Bucky Katt 3146 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Car Show Celebrity" 08-03-04, 10:10 PM (EST) 2. "MIT Blackjack team" I recgonized him from poker too - although I didn't know he was originally from MIT. I just finished reading a great book about the MIT students who took Vegas for a few million in the 90s. It is called Bringing Down the House by Ben Mezrich. What I don't understand is why the GN doesn't just get automatic card shufflers. Most of the casinos around here already have them. It serves two purposes, it prevents card counting and it eliminates the down time that occurs when dealers are shuffling. "How 'bout a birdy? I got a little birdy right here."   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Smooth23 1244 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Politically Incorrect Guest" 08-04-04, 03:20 PM (EST) 3. "RE: MIT Blackjack team" Shuffling the cards wont eliminate card counting   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Bucky Katt 3146 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Car Show Celebrity" 08-04-04, 07:04 PM (EST) 4. "RE: MIT Blackjack team" An automatic card shuffler will. After two or three hands the dealers put the discarded cards into the shuffler - thus there is always at least 5 of the 6 decks in the shoe. Card counters get a big advantage only when more low cards have been shown then high cards and there are few decks left in the shoe. "How 'bout a birdy? I got a little birdy right here."   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

janey 7 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "American Cancer Society Spokesperson" 08-05-04, 03:21 PM (EST) 5. "RE: MIT Blackjack team" If the GN wants to be "old Vegas" they better stay away from the card shuffling machines, which have caused much bad publicity for the casinos that have them.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

mistyrose52 795 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Fitness Correspondent" 01-12-08, 02:52 PM (EST) 7. "RE: MIT Blackjack team" Testing   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Bebo 20899 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 01-13-08, 02:38 PM (EST) 8. "DO NOT TEST HERE" Do not post tests of pictures - that's what the preview button is for.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

kidflash212 4522 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Stuff Magazine Centerfold" 02-26-15, 12:31 PM (EST) 9. "RE: DO NOT TEST HERE" you tell her, Bebo   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Agman2 1978 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Herbal Healing Drugs Endorser" 03-05-15, 06:19 PM (EST) 10. "RE: DO NOT TEST HERE" Darn right....He!! ya   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Agman2 1978 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Herbal Healing Drugs Endorser" 03-05-15, 06:20 PM (EST) 11. "RE: MIT Blackjack team" No, only Smith and Wesson can do that!   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Agman2 1978 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Herbal Healing Drugs Endorser" 02-22-16, 02:29 PM (EST) 12. "RE: Andy Bloch" That's not who Andy Bloch is!   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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