Andy Block

You just have to

be able to keep your wits about you when you're at the table, and not make too many mistakes.

Once I got known as a part of the MIT blackjack team, it became hard to play, and I would get kicked out of just about anywhere I tried to play.

And sometimes I would take friends there.

They just wanted to see me get kicked out of someplace.

Play for a little bit.

After, you know, 15 minutes, an hour, they'd come over and ask me to leave.

Yeah, I've heard a lot of crazy systems about blackjack.

You know, the best myths are the ones that are based in fact.

And it is a fact that you can beat blackjack.

You can actually beat the casinos.

And the idea that it's possible to beat the casino is what made blackjack so popular.

It's not a complicated thing.

You don't need a great memory.

You don't need to know how many queens are left in the deck.

You just need to know that one number.

So minus one, zero, plus one, plus two, plus one, plus two, plus three, plus two.

Plus one.

You're sad when tens and aces come out, especially when you don't get them.

You know, it's been another good quarter.