- Beyond Counting : Exploiting Casino Games From Blackjack To Video Poker Pdf
- Beyond Counting Exploiting Casino Games From Blackjack To Video Poker Pdf
- Beyond Counting : Exploiting Casino Games From Blackjack To Video Poker
These can be found in his influential book, ‘Beyond Counting: Exploiting Casino Games from Blackjack to Video Poker,’ released in 2000. Grosjean is best known for his legal battles that contributed to the demise of the Griffin Agency, the much hated group responsible for compiling player databases of suspected cheats, card counters. Any player deliberately exploiting errors, malfunctions, or bugs in the Casino games will have their bets and winnings cancelled. Casino Management’s decision is final. Usage of bots or advantage play software is strictly prohibited in the casino and the poker room, breaching this rule may result in games being void, and your account closed. Read the book of James Grosjean Beyond Counting to understand what is meant here. The subtitle of the book is 'Exploiting Casino Games from Blackjack to Video Poker' its not a beginners book, and is not even easy to use, however it is indeed worth the price tag of $40, at least for the serious casino players.
The information in a single chapter of this book won me $10,000 in 14 days.
I know another player who won over $100,000 thanks to a different section.
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Review of Beyond Counting
Reviewed by Nick Christenson
November 5, 2000
There are several well known ways a player can gamble in a casino with a positive expectation. Certainly, Blackjack card counting, skilled Poker play, some full pay Video Poker, and sports betting are the most familiar. Others may know about more esoteric methods like Blackjack shuffle tracking, Roulette wheel clocking, and advantageous slot play. There are even those who go further, looking for house mistakes in calculating payoffs in games like Keno or Sic Bo. In Beyond Counting, James Grosjean pursues this topic further than anyone I have yet encountered, looking for edges in such strongly negative expectation games as the Big Six Wheel and Three Card Poker, as well as classical games like Blackjack and Craps.
After various introductions to the author and the book, we told about the strange hierarchy of casino advantage players. Grosjean tells us how the Blackjack basic strategy player won't understand what a card counter is doing, how a card counter won't see how a shuffle tracker is playing an advantage, and a shuffle tracker won't understand many of the actions of a hole card player. We come to understand the casino as a series of layers of potentially strange behavior. Who is doing what, and why?
Grosjean then performs some interesting mathematical analysis surrounding card counting. Some of his exercises aren't likely to be directly useful to the advantage player, but many of them are. His information will be at least somewhat useful to the non-mathematical readers, but those that are not math-adverse will get much more from Beyond Counting than those who are. The math is well explained, so that these examples, even when they are used to calculate something that may not be important, are good patterns for the reader to follow when they want to perform their own calculations.
Grosjean analyzes the math of partner play, discusses casino dealers, cheaters, and spotters. Some of this has been written on before, but much was new to me, at least. Grosjean goes into depth on some of these topics in a way that I believe is new to the literature. Some of it sounds a bit fantastic to me, and I don't know how often these situations come up, but maybe I just haven't been looking hard enough.
In addition to some general traveling tips, Grosjean covers advantage play at other games, such as Caribbean Stud Poker, Craps, Let It Ride, and others. His information on Craps I've heard before, but he provides major information about Three Card Poker and the Big Six Wheel that is, in my opinion, ground breaking. The Three Card Poker information, like much of what Grosjean covers, requires the ability to read the dealer's next card before it comes off the deck. Unfortunately, the author doesn't provide us with a lot of information on how to become skilled at this task, but it may be that this would be information difficult to impart through the printed word. The book concludes with some parting thoughts by the author, a glossary, and some additional charts and tables.
Purely on a price-to-words ratio, the reader comes out quite nicely on this exchange. Since Beyond Counting is printed in an 8 1/2' by 11' format with 10 pt. type, there are more than double the number of words per page than one gets with many gambling book formats. The ideas are generally new and clearly imparted by the author, the math is reasonably well explained. I believe this is one of the most intriguing gambling books I've seen in a while. Those readers looking for new ideas in advantage gambling should look here, especially if they're not afraid of a little math.
Capsule:
Beyond Counting contains some of the most intriguing new ideas in advantage gambling I've seen in a while. This is a good place to learn about areas which may be fertile ground for advantage play, and for a good set of examples on how to apply mathematical methods in order to gain an edge at many games. Those who are looking for an easy route to gain an edge, and those who are deathly afraid of math may want to skip this book, but anyone who is willing to work a bit will find something of value here. This is not an introductory book.
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James Grosjean isn't just a professional blackjack player. He's a master card counter, author, and member of the prestigious Blackjack Hall of Fame.
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Grosjean started playing blackjack professionally while studying as a graduate student in the University of Chicago's Department of Mathematics. It wasn't long after that James spotted his first dealer hole card at a table and began calculating original analysis of how to best exploit the opportunity. Since that time, he has never looked back. And the world of blackjack has never been the same.
He is perhaps best known for his book Beyond Counting: Exploiting Casino Games from Blackjack to Video Poker (2000). This book has become a bible for any serious gambler and made Grosjean's name recognizable all over the world.
In his book, Grosjean performs mathematical analysis of card counting, most of which will be especially useful to numerically minded readers. The calculations are well explained and should help readers formulate their own numbers in the future. He also examines the math of partner play and discusses cheaters, dealer, and spotters. Grosjean also provides travel tips for weary gamblers who must shuffle from casino to casino in city after city. In addition, he covers advantage play at games such as Caribbean Stud Poker, Let It Ride, and many others. He also covers Craps, Three Card Poker, and the Big Six Wheel (which many consider groundbreaking information).
James has also collaborated with Keith Taft on a blackjack computer which was used in a situation where computer play was legal. Taft, himself a member of the Blackjack Hall of Fame, called Grosjean's programming and calculations 'brilliant.'
Beyond Counting : Exploiting Casino Games From Blackjack To Video Poker Pdf
Legal Battles
In gambling circles, Grosjean may be best known for his legal battles against casinos and investigation agencies. To card players who use legal means to beat the house, Grosjean's victories in court have been a boon to the entire gambling community.
On September 13th, 2005, Griffin Investigations was forced to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy due to legal costs and damages stemming from a successful defamation lawsuit against the company by Michael Russo and James Grosjean. Griffin Investigations had long worked for the casinos, compiling information on cheaters, card counters, and other 'undesirable' casino patrons. In many cases, casinos would detain or ban customers based on the information provided by the firm. The lawsuit stated that Russo and Grosjean had both been improperly detained, labeled as cheaters, and arrested, all due to information provided by Griffin Investigations. In July of 2005, a jury in Clark County District Court issued a $45,659 judgment on behalf of the two gamblers. Russo was awarded $25,000 in damages and $15,000 in punitive damages, and Grosjean was awarded $25,000 in damages and $10,000 in punitive damages.
Needless to say, the downfall of the hated Griffin Investigations was celebrated throughout the gambling community, making James a most beloved figure and leader in the fight for gambler's rights.
But the lawsuit against Griffin wasn't the only legal case that James would file and win. While he has lawsuits pending against both Caesar's Palace and two Nevada Gaming Control Board agents, he also won a $400,000 verdict against the Imperial Palace in a wrongful imprisonment suit.
Grosjean contended that he was detained at Caesar's Palace in April of 2000 and later at the Imperial Palace. Grosjean and a friend were detained at Caesar's Palace for five hours, accused of cheating, then arrested and taken to the Clark County Detention Center. While his friend was released the next day, Grosjean was held in custody for 4 1/2 days. While they were charged with cheating, Grosjean maintains that the sloppy dealer had been continually exposing the hole card. Despite numerous surveillance devices, the casino could offer no proof to substantiate their claims of wrongdoing.
Beyond Counting Exploiting Casino Games From Blackjack To Video Poker Pdf
Several weeks later, Grosjean visited the Imperial Palace and found himself confronted by a security guard. 'I wasn't even playing,' Grosjean was later quoted as saying. 'I noticed a guard watching me, so I left. But he followed me, and he did get physical. He put his hands on my chest, and he blocked me from leaving.'
Grosjean was then handcuffed and taken to a holding cell by six guards. His pockets were emptied, and he was then interrogated and threatened.
Beyond Counting : Exploiting Casino Games From Blackjack To Video Poker
A jury in the Clark County District Court found that Grosjean's rights were violated by the Imperial Palace, and he was awarded $500,000 in punitive damages. A statutory limit, however, limited the award to $300,000. But James also received $99,999 in actual damages, bringing his winnings to $399,999, not to mention the $18,000 in interest, as well as undetermined reimbursements for legal fees and related costs.
Thanks to his legal and literary accomplishments, James Grosjean was inducted into the Blackjack Hall of Fame in 2006. As the most recent member, he joins legendary inductees Al Francesco, Max Rubin, Peter Griffin, Tommy Hyland, Arnold Snyder, Edward O. Thorp, Ken Uston, Stanford Wong, Keith Taft, Julian Braun, and Lawrence Revere.
Grosjean continues to play blackjack in casinos around the world, but these days he often wears disguises to keep the casinos guessing as to his identity.
He will be competing in the second week of the Ultimate Blackjack Tour. His opponents will be Jimmy Pine, Antonio Esfandiari, David Matthews, Robert Blechman, Joanna Wlodawer, and Eric Bloore. This 10-week series is televised nationally every Saturday on CBS.
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