{"id":9269,"date":"2019-03-11T14:23:47","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T18:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/?p=9269"},"modified":"2019-03-11T14:34:32","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T18:34:32","slug":"the-game-of-21-four-players-who-reigned-supreme-in-blackjack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/2019\/03\/11\/the-game-of-21-four-players-who-reigned-supreme-in-blackjack\/","title":{"rendered":"The Game of 21: Four Players Who Reigned Supreme in Blackjack"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most people know gambling as purely a game of luck, but not entirely in the game of 21. For many years, blackjack has been played in almost all major casinos around the world. While its origins is still under dispute, the first legalized game in America was played in New Orleans and after Nevada officially legalized gambling in the state, it became one of the most popular games on the strip because of its high odds. From the name 21, the game was officially named blackjack.<\/p>\n

Today, you can play blackjack almost any time and anywhere, thanks to the birth of online casinos that offer www.blackjack.org<\/a> and other games that were only available in land-based casinos before. But before technology came into the picture and blackjack was made accessible to everyone, it was a good old battle between the player and card dealer, a mind game of card counting where these four men used their brilliance in math and analysis to reign supreme in the game of 21:<\/p>\n

Peter Griffin<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>If there is one thing that Peter Griffin was good at, it was mathematics, and he used it as a foundation of his critically acclaimed book, \u201cThe Theory of Blackjack\u201d that tackled the math and analysis behind the game of blackjack. Unlike most players, Griffin didn\u2019t study the game of 21<\/a> for the sake of winning.<\/p>\n

In fact, he was a professor at California State University-Sacramento teaching calculus, statistics and differential equations from 1965 until he died in 1998 from prostate cancer. But Griffin wanted to prove that gambling involved mathematics, which led him to propose a course on the subject in 1970 that took him to Nevada to do his research.<\/p>\n

As a result, Griffin was the first to come up with a formula in calculating the average gains by hand and calculating the exact disadvantage of an average blackjack player. With his contributions to the game, Griffin became one of the inaugural members of the Blackjack Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n

Al Francesco<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Anyone who\u2019s fascinated about blackjack will know the name Al Francesco. After all, he was one of the first players to develop different techniques in playing the game<\/a> and established one of the most profitable blackjack teams in history.<\/p>\n

Francesco started his gambling career at an early age, but it wasn\u2019t until his early twenties when he moved to California and started reading \u201cBeat the Dealer,\u201d a book by another blackjack legend Edward Thorp. Here, he was inspired to master Thorp\u2019s 10-count strategy that led him to win big in casinos.<\/p>\n

Not long after, Francesco\u2019s name was widely known in gambling that a lot of casinos started banning him. But the man can\u2019t be separated from the cards for so long that when Lawrence Revere released his book \u201cPlaying Blackjack as a Business,\u201d Francesco came out of his retirement and decided to form a team that will beat the casinos that banned him.<\/p>\n

Although Francesco has already left gambling for good, he will go down in history as one of the greatest minds that blackjack has ever seen, which made him one of the most popular members of the Blackjack Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n

Arnold Snyder<\/strong><\/p>\n

Arnold Snyder was the man behind the popular concept of penetration in card counting. The professional gambler and author introduced simpler card counting systems believing that players can get as much profit in using easier methods as with using difficult ones.<\/p>\n

Because of his skills in the game, Snyder wrote for the Blackjack Forum that also saw articles from Keith Taft and Al Francesco. But his real claim to fame was his book \u201cBlackbelt in Blackjack,\u201d which used a unique concept in presenting card counting methods. He also followed this title with more popular books like \u201cThe Big Book of Blackjack,\u201d \u201cThe Blackjack Shuffle Tracker\u2019s Cookbook\u201d and \u201cThe Poker Tournament Formula.\u201d<\/p>\n

More than his sellout books, Snyder also became an advocate for the rights of professional gamblers and has stood witness to several cases against players over the years.<\/p>\n

Ken Uston<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ken Uston is another famous member of the prestigious Blackjack Hall of Fame for his brilliance in the game of 21. But Uston also became famous for exposing the strategies of his mentor Al Francesco, ending the latter\u2019s glory days in the world of gambling and of course, their friendship.<\/p>\n

As part of Francesco\u2019s team, Uston took notes of the strategies they used to beat the casinos around the world and revealed this in a book that also talked about his concept of team play in card counting. After being banned by casinos, Uston and his teammates went under disguises to still play blackjack.<\/p>\n

These are just four of the greatest gamblers to ever play the game of 21. And if there is one takeaway from their careers, it is the fact that gambling is really not entirely a game of luck. These players have proven that good strategies can also help increase your odds, whether you\u2019re playing cards or betting in sports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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