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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (459038)	2/24/2009 1:30:40 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574439

What were his tricks? I could think of a few, but this is coming from an amateur: Ten It was amazing. So in-your-face. It was clearly a hit-and-run, but he had a great act -- still, there was no way he could have covered what he was doing had the pit not just been missing it altogether. The player was standing at the table, looking around as though he was just shocked to be winning. He was grinning and carrying on with everyone watching from behind him and the surrounding tables. There is just no way I could keep my composure (and the count) under those circumstances. It takes a pretty cool personality. I had counted there for a few years, pretty much indiscriminantly, and never had any problem, so I don't think counting was that much of a concern to them at the time. I never really had an act like a pro would, but I don't play high stakes, either. It was interesting, though, that by playing green you had the sense he wasn't getting a lot of money on the table -- but by the time he put out a good stack on multiple spots, he had a lot of dollars out. The boss was a long-time friend of my brothers, so I recognized him. He was dashing back and forth between the table and the phone, staring at the player, with a real look of concern -- almost panic -- in his eyes. It was fun to watch. By the way, have you seen the movie "21" with Kevin Spacey? Go rent it if you feel like reminding yourself just how much Hollywood doesn't get it. Yeah, we watched it. There were rumors for years that Kenny Uston had sold his story for a movie, but it had never made it to the screen, so I thought this knockoff of the MIT team story might be interesting. It was at least as bogus as I figured it would be. I was always a big fan of SD and DD, and occasionally found a 6D game I wanted to play. But with all the 6/5 games, it is hardly worth the effort anymore (you can still find some decent games off-strip in Vegas, but it is getting tougher every month). By the way, here is a review of "21" by Andy Bloch, an original MIT team member. Pretty interesting to here his take on it... bj21.com