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  1. #1
    Yes, I know this name was used by Kenny Uston. My meaning is a little different.

    Those that know me from Norm's Blackjack Forum and WoV, may remember a pretty popular thread on both sites, entitled "My 10 year, million dollar BJ plan". Having been on a monumental run the past month or so, today, I hit that million dollar mark in career blackjack winnings. It took 14 and half years. (more on that in a moment). I know this will fuel the haters, who will attack and challenge me. I don't care. This is less about bragging, as I will be accused of, and more about marking a milestone important to me.

    It's not about the money. A million dollars isn't some big amount of money any more. Surely members of this very site have achieved that mark, and more in the private world. And just as surely, some of the really good AP's here and elsewhere have topped this mark and probably in far less time. It doesn't set me for life or retirement, but I am 30 years away from retirement. It is just an important milestone for me, because I had that 10 year plan (that things worked out very different from).

    I want to clarify that this is just blackjack winnings. I actually toped the million dollar mark in total AP winnings several years ago. This includes winnings from machine play, contests and drawings won, hole-carding, the big six wheel and one other AP play that I am not going to mention. But when I made that 10 year plan back in 2004, I had no idea of these non-BJ plays. That original plan was about Blackjack card counting. And today, counting only my blackjack card counting winnings, I hit that number....and yes, I am proud of this.

    So obviously it took me considerably longer than that original plan. Four and a half years longer. I really didn't understand how slow the early years would be, while I was building my bankroll and how long I would be playing at that lower stakes level barely making ends meet. THIS part took longer than I anticipated.

    And what I am most proud of, is after 5 and a half years playing Atlantic City, most of that very low red chip level, almost as soon as I build a bankroll that allowed me to move up in stakes to green to black levels, Atlantic City basically shut me down, with bet restricting and half shoeing counter measures. That could have been a death blow to my career and goals, but it wasn't. I regrouped, came up with a new plan, which involved moving to Las Vegas and a much larger rotation of games and more importantly, implementing a plan and style of play, that would be better tolerated. And I am really proud of that and that is why this milestone is so important to me.

    I am sad that my partner wasn't here to share this moment with me, as he was with me during almost all of this run. I am also sad that circumstances, some my own doing, some other's doing....prevents me from sharing this experience at more legitimate AP type forums, where some of the members could better relate, some having achieved such milestones, others currently on their own journey. But it is, what it is! So I share it here, where the anti-APers and haters can attack and challenge. So have at it.
    Last edited by kewlJ; 09-11-2018 at 11:14 PM.

  2. #2
    Congratulations on your milestone.

  3. #3
    Originally Posted by Alan Mendelson View Post
    Congratulations on your milestone.
    Thank you Alan.

    You know it is funny, back when I started my career and came up with this plan, just shy of legal age to gamble, I thought a million dollars was a lot of money. Like set for life kind of money. Of course it is not. But we are talking about a 20 year old who had $4300 to his name back then.

    Plus, I don't currently actually have a million dollars. My net worth is roughly half of the 1.2+ million that I have earned. The rest went to 14 years of life.

    So, while I am proud of this milestone, what it really means is I have to keep plugging away just like everyone else, for many more years. Who knows if there is many more years of BJ AP left. Hopefully. I know there is a few more years anyway.

  4. #4
    If kew got a nickel from every anonymous character who's written about how they've "just done so well and won tons of money gambling" then he truly would be wealthy. That's why the BS meter immediately goes off once one of these people makes the claim. The first thing they say is "I don't care who believes me" and it's followed up by "and don't ask me to prove anything" thinking that will instantly mitigate the obvious.

    The sniff test says right here, from the various ongoing dubious kew rants, that none of his claims are true. These anonymous "AP's" who claim winning ways are a dime a dozen on the forums. Yet not a single one has ever been willing to prove any of their self-proclaimed prowess in any way. But oh yes....the wordy window dressing is there.

  5. #5
    So typical of welfare rob to forget that KJ once challenged him to a bet over income and robbie boy ran for the hills.
    "More importantly, mickey thought 8-4 was two games over .500. Argued about it. C'mon, man. Nothing can top that for math expertise. If GWAE ever has you on again, you can be sure I'll be calling in with that gem.'Nuff said." REDIETZ

  6. #6
    Kew making up that story is not that far from what mickey constantly does. Neither has any kind of real life to speak of, so they craft some sort of anonymous virtual existence for the internet.

    Here's a flash: if any if these anonymous "AP's" truly didn't "care" if anyone believes them or not, they wouldn't be writing about it in the first place. What kew did here amounts to nothing more than another of his "Look at Me!" "Look at Me!" rants, in an effort to gain relevance and respect, because he knows he gets none of that, really, from anybody anywhere other than from the mercy-folks.

    Wise up.

  7. #7
    "Look at me!!! Look at me!!! I run marty's on sucker video poker games and win!!!! Look at me!!! Look at me!!!"
    Rob Singer

    tick....tock....tick....tock. Not much time left, chickenshit rob.
    "More importantly, mickey thought 8-4 was two games over .500. Argued about it. C'mon, man. Nothing can top that for math expertise. If GWAE ever has you on again, you can be sure I'll be calling in with that gem.'Nuff said." REDIETZ

  8. #8
    Originally Posted by kewlJ View Post
    It's not about the money... It is just an important milestone for me, because I had that 10 year plan (that things worked out very different from).
    :
    Oh, c'mon.

    It's ALL about the money.

    You don't count cards for the intrinsic pleasure of doing so, nor to flatter your ego: you do it to earn your daily bread.
    What, Me Worry?

  9. #9
    Congratulations on your skills. Congratulations on having the patience to use your skills in a real environment for real results.

    Most important, congratulations on winning.

  10. #10
    I am setting the over/under at 88 months for the next million.

  11. #11
    Originally Posted by MisterV View Post
    Originally Posted by kewlJ View Post
    It's not about the money... It is just an important milestone for me, because I had that 10 year plan (that things worked out very different from).
    :
    Oh, c'mon.

    It's ALL about the money.

    You don't count cards for the intrinsic pleasure of doing so, nor to flatter your ego: you do it to earn your daily bread.
    True....it IS about the money Mr V. Let me re-phrase. I was trying to convey that THIS milestone isn't about the money. No real difference from Today waking up having earned a million dollars in my career playing blackjack and last week, waking up having earned 980 some thousand. That milestone doesn't mean much in THAT sense, but it does have meaning to me, particularly because I set that as a goal, 14 and a half years ago and while the journey to get here, went quite a bit different than I planned or envisioned, I still made it.

    For a lot of AP at my level it really isn't about the money though. Almost all other AP's, once they are playing a level making upper 5 figures to 6 figures a year, could well be earning more doing something else. I think I am the exception here. With no college degree and having left a low level retail job at 20 years old to pursue this career, if I was not an AP, I think my best case scenario would be that I was some sort of lower level management in retail somewhere, probably making 30-40 grand. I don't even know? So financially, I think I am doing as best I can, doing what I am doing.

    I guess now that I have a little money, I could go into some sort of business for myself and if successful, make decent money. But that is probably even a much greater risk than even what I am doing now as an AP.

  12. #12
    Originally Posted by mickeycrimm View Post
    So typical of welfare rob to forget that KJ once challenged him to a bet over income and robbie boy ran for the hills.
    I see no sense in wasting any more time with this person, or the one or two others that support him that are completely detached from reality.

  13. #13
    Originally Posted by kewlJ View Post
    Originally Posted by mickeycrimm View Post
    So typical of welfare rob to forget that KJ once challenged him to a bet over income and robbie boy ran for the hills.
    I see no sense in wasting any more time with this person, or the one or two others that support him that are completely detached from reality.
    I don't feel detached from reality. All I ever asked was the number of decks now played since it's been years since I even tried blackjack. I even studied a book popular at that time on how to win counting cards, etc. I was only curious as to how it was possible now as they play more than the usual decks and can reshuffle at any given time. At that time I was pretty efficient and even broke the banker at our golf course game nite.(I know-nothing spectacular.) I just happen to be particularly fond of the artt strategy as it makes my freeplay last longer and usually gives me enough left over to pay for gas, pick up free meals, and sometimes a good win.

  14. #14
    Blackjack, vp, anything....it's completely obvious kew's life is focused on building some sort of virtual gambling brute personality on forums all over the internet, when in actuality to those who have the facts, he's desperately seeking relevance in a real world that's proven to be way too overwhelming for him.

    He chose the right city to live in.

  15. #15
    Originally Posted by Rob.Singer View Post
    Blackjack, vp, anything....it's completely obvious kew's life is focused on building some sort of virtual gambling brute personality on forums all over the internet, when in actuality to those who have the facts, he's desperately seeking relevance in a real world that's proven to be way too overwhelming for him.

    He chose the right city to live in.
    Decisions, decisions. Argentino doesn't visit Las Vegas because:

    (A) he just cannot huddle with the unwashed minority masses and valueless cretins.
    (B) he has untold personal debts and is on the wrong side of certain individuals and has also been banned from Las Vegas gambling by his family.
    (C) His secret G2E roundtable was so popular once it was posted on youtube that he's a veritable rock star and can't go out in public because he would be mobbed by people seeking his secrets to winning.

  16. #16
    Congrats, KJ, most especially given the obstacles you appear to have overcome.

    I'd keep on counting and playing as long as it lasts, and when things become unfavorable then look into a "Plan B."
    What, Me Worry?

  17. #17
    Originally Posted by kewlJ View Post
    Originally Posted by Alan Mendelson View Post
    Congratulations on your milestone.
    Thank you Alan.

    You know it is funny, back when I started my career and came up with this plan, just shy of legal age to gamble, I thought a million dollars was a lot of money. Like set for life kind of money. Of course it is not. But we are talking about a 20 year old who had $4300 to his name back then.

    Plus, I don't currently actually have a million dollars. My net worth is roughly half of the 1.2+ million that I have earned. The rest went to 14 years of life.

    So, while I am proud of this milestone, what it really means is I have to keep plugging away just like everyone else, for many more years. Who knows if there is many more years of BJ AP left. Hopefully. I know there is a few more years anyway.
    Congrats on hitting your goal kewJ. Now that you have accumulated some assets, if you invest somewhat wisely you may find that those assets will help you achieve another million faster than you may think.

    FAB

  18. #18
    Congrats on reaching your goal, KJ.
    #FreeTyde

  19. #19
    Originally Posted by MisterV View Post
    I'd keep on counting and playing as long as it lasts, and when things become unfavorable then look into a "Plan B."
    That is pretty much the current plan MrV. Keep on...keeping on...as long as it is doable. I have a blackjack partner these days, in my younger brother. And I would really like to register some continued success for both of us.

    At the end of every year, I sort of do a re-evaluation of where things are, as far as BJ card counting opportunities in Las Vegas. I look at what if any games have changed negatively and I have lost from my rotation. This means things like games that went to 6:5 payouts or CSM's, as well as evaluating heat, back offs and attention that I personally have received for the year. And each year, I conclude that I believe there is at least another 5 good years left. Probably longer, but minimally 5 years. And that's where I see it today. At least another 5 good years.

  20. #20
    Just what forum's love to see....a bunch of anonymous personalities congratulating another anonymous personality whom they have zero knowledge of. Just blab in the same language they blab and you're nothing but pure gold within their blinded eyes.

    And now we have baby bro thrown into the mix. Imagine how many of our tax dollars are going into supporting this lazy family.....

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