As Alan has continued to periodically bring up my tracking of two blackjack tables (in the little snippy way that he does), someone recently suggested that we contact Richard Munchkin about this technique. (I want to say it was Axel that made that suggestion, but I am not going to go back and look right now).

Below is my email to Richard Munchkin, followed by his reply.



On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 1:01 AM Kewl J <kewljvegas@yahoo.com> wrote:

Hi Richard,

Kewlj from the forums here.

On a forum I participate at, I mentioned that I track multiple BJ tables when I can, playing one table and tracking a second neighboring table. One of the benefits of employing a simple level one count, but that's another discussion. lol Sitting in one of the middle seats, you have only one seat at each neighboring table that would possibly block your view, the next to last seat if looking at a table to your right and the second seat if looking at a table to your left.

So anyway, my claim was met with skepticism to such a degree that a member off the site, ran out to several strip casinos and took blurry photographs of tables from the wrong seats and everything else, in an attempt to prove me wrong.

Several other experienced blackjack players chimed in that they have tracked a second tale while playing one, at times. But still the skepticism guy was not convinced. He wanted to take a video of me at a casino counting two tables. lol I am sure it won't surprise you that I declined.

So when I tried to tell this guy that tracking two tables was nothing new or groundbreaking, that experienced BJ players have been doing so, for decades, it was suggested and agreed upon that we contact you and ask you.

So two parts: 1.) Have you heard of or are aware of any blackjack players that tracked a second table while playing one? 2.) If you are not aware of anyone doing so, could you give your opinion of the possibility of doing so? Obviously it is not always possible, but if the second table isn't too crowded.

One of the big arguments is concerning missed cards (seen). I contend that I can miss a few cards. That has the same effect as less seen cards or penetration. All I am really looking for is a situation where the second tale has a count more advantageous than the table I am playing. You don't need to be all that precise to determine that.

Appreciate your opinion.

kewlJ




From: Richard W. Munchkin <rwmunchkin@gmail.com>
To: Kewl J <kewljvegas@yahoo.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 8:35 AM
Subject: Re: tracking two blackjack tables

I have definitely done this many times, and talked about it on the air. I know many many people who have done this going back almost 40 years. As you correctly point out missing a few cards is not a big deal. It is the same as if those cards were behind the cut card. They are just "unseen cards". I recall one friend who would do 3 tables at a time, standing behind one and counting the tables on his right and left. He was playing for a team that did a lot of big player call in.

I plan to talk about this on an upcoming episode but it will probably be a month out when we have our next listener questions show.


This technique is NOT new! As Munchkin points out, experienced players have been doing this for decades. For anyone not aware, Richard Munchkins supports himself from AP these days, although has moved on far beyond card counting. Prior to this he was involved with Hollywood in some capacity an wrote a number of books, one entitled Gambling Wizards, Conversations with the World's Greatest Gamblers, where he had access to and interviewed some top blackjack players, so he would certainly know about this technique and who was employing it.

Unfortunately on this site, the trolls are never satisfied and I suspect won't be here either. Alan and the other anti-AP deniers, will just set about attempting to discredit and smear Munchkin now.