Some of the most successful card counting strategies include working with others as a team. Of course, casinos aren’t happy about successful card counters, so you might run into some trouble. Robert J. Marks and Sal Cordova discuss card counting, statistics, and gambling.

Show Notes

• 00:07 | Introducing Sal Cordova
• 00:23 | Team Play
• 09:47 | The Big Player Model
• 15:47 | Holy Rollers
• 22:47 | Pascal and Gambling
• 26:17 | Final Question: Should you count cards?

Additional Resources

• Thorp, Edward. “A favorable strategy for twenty-one.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 47.1 (1961): 110.
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• Who was Blaise Pascal?
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