In year 4 of my blackjack career, back in Atlantic City, I joined up with a blackjack team for a number of months. It is something I chose not to talk about for many years until someone else brought it up, because I thought it might be identifying. Different players were doing or attempting to do a variety of things, from card counting, to shuffle-tracking to hole carding. I, one of the lower level players, was mostly involved in card counting.Originally Posted by redietz
So do you know why I was accepted on that team? It isn't because I was a great card counter. They would take just about anybody. They needed throw-away players, that once they used them up, they could discard them and replace with some more throw-aways. In blackjack what that means is burned out their face.
And THAT is what Billy Walters and other successful sports bettors did with runners. You weren't anything special to him. You were a throw-away. And that is why you lasted 6 months.
I lasted even shorter time as a throw-away, because I knew going in what the deal was. I had struggled my first 3 years barely getting by, but not really building my bankroll, which I needed to do to move forward. So I joined this team for a short time, just long enough to make a little bit of money to bump up my bankroll, and then took off and never looked back.
But the moral of the story is, your time with Walters, you were a throw-away nothing "runner" He didn't consult with you. Give me a break.
Your problem Dietz is the same problem as this Mdawg character. You think you can just say shit, that isn't the way things work and no one will question it. You think people on these forums, real players, don't know. Mate, you are NOT the smartest person in the room like you think you are and you are fooling no one.
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