I agree with mission. This is the stupidest post Rob has ever made. And that is saying something because many of his posts qualify as stupid and are in contention.

Don Johnson has absolutely nothing to do with card counting. I don't know why anyone would bring up Don Johnson's advantage play in the same breath as card counting. Johnson's advantage came from the lucrative rebates that he negotiated with the casinos. What he did has little to even do with blackjack. He could have played almost any casino game under those terms and played with a huge advantage. He chose blackjack because it has one of the lower house edges, under 1% in most cases.

AND Rob is wrong as he almost always is, in that Johnson could not do this year after year. His play lasted about 6 months, in 2011 and that was the end. Casinos stopped giving him that rebate.

Obviously this thread was Rob's answer to my thread and posts discrediting his video poker claims. The difference is that I used mathematics to prove Rob's claims impossible. He came up with some weird story that isn't even about card counting and got most of the facts wrong.

Oddly enough, the only useful thing I see so far in this thread, is a comment by Alan Mendelson of all people. Giving credit where credit is due, I am quoting the comment, below.

Originally Posted by Alan Mendelson View Post
Card counting is proven to work. The question is can you do it undetected long enough to make enough?
In a rare moment of clarity (maybe the blind squirrel theory), Alan is 100% correct. Card counting is proven to work. And the challenge in today's environment is to figure ways to be able to get play in. But it is less about being "undetectable" than it is about identifying what tolerance and comfort levels are. This has to do with betting levels, session lengths and session wins, which all tie in together. Short sessions at moderate levels takes care of everything.....at least for now.

But I do worry about how long I, or any other card counter really has. Time and technology are definitely working against us. BUT players have been saying that since the day I started and that was 15 years ago. I think we have another 5 years. No guarantees after that.