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Originally Posted by JT One (Post 196392)

I think the guy needs to be respected. He is banned from virtually all blackjack tables in the world. Everyone associates card counting with what they saw on "Rainman". But what Andy did was incredible, he was able to statistically anylise every card that passed... As soon as the deck swung in his favour, he would make a bet and beat the house. He is the reason that Casino's have Face recogniction software. A company called Griffin (a now well established casino database) was founded with the specific intention of stopping Andy and his crew from using their system.I can't speak for what he is like as a person, but i do have to respect the guys brains and balls

Actually your facts are a little off, Griffin has been around since the late 60's and there have been many great count teams before Andy and his M.I.T. friends. Griffin was actually founded to inform casinos (subscribing casinos) of card and slot cheats. The importance of card counting didn't come till later. Also you need to grasp the concept of Team play, Andy was usually in the roll of Big Player while another team member was doing the counting. I will admit he was very good and I have had the opportunity of backing hhim off myself.