the story unfolds........


clippet taken from story.......


The Back-Spotter
The Back-Spotter can count cards without even being seated at the blackjack table. When the count gets hot ? meaning the house is at a statistical disadvantage ? this player will signal for the team?s bettors to swoop in.

The Spotter
The Spotter counts cards while playing at the table. Casinos screen for counters by watching for dramatic rises or drops in bets ? a sure sign that a deck has gone hot or cold. A Spotter avoids detection by resolutely sticking to the minimum bet on each hand. When it?s time to start betting big to take advantage of a favorable deck, he tips off his teammates.

The Gorilla
The Gorilla doesn?t count at all: He just bets big, all the time. Typically, he adopts the pose of a drunken millionaire who has green to burn. The Spotters ensure the Gorilla?s ?luck? by steering him to tables where he?s got greater than even odds of winning against the house.

The Big Player
The Big Player appears to be a type well known to the casinos: the high-rolling recreational gambler who?s content to slowly bleed his money away through hours of competent play. In reality, he?s a Spotter with a Gorilla?s bankroll. He?s not only counting cards, he?s tracking the shuffle for the high cards that rob the house of its advantage. A BP always plays a good deck, so he never has to lower his bets by much.



so which one are you? can you keep a straight face :blink:


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jake :D