Gambling With an Edge - guest blackjack player Phoenix

This week's guest is card counter named Phoenix.  We discuss how he started in blackjack, and his life as a road warrior traveling the country trying to earn a living counting cards.

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Show Notes

[01:03] Where can I find the most accurate Blackjakck strategy? Would the Phoenix recommend Frank Scoblete’s Speed Count?

[03:35] How to increase the counting speed?

[10:02] How did he come up with the name Phoenix? Did it come from Blackjack?

[12:05] How did he get started with the AP game? How long has he played?

[17:16] Staying at where you play and how the Phoenix decides where to stay when playing Black jack

[18:33] Playing in a team v.s. solo playing

[22:56] How the Phoenix doubled his bankroll in 6 weeks playing Blackjack

[29:41] Being a road warrior and playing overseas 

[36:41] Creative ways that the Phoenix passed counts to his teammate

[41:40] Dealing with the emotions of winning and losing

[43:05] The longest streak that the Phoenix had with Blackjack

[46:17] Interesting back off stories

[54:11] Life on the road and how to deal with hotel maintenance staffs

[55:13] How did the Phoenix go from learning Blackjack from the bootcamp to teaching Blackjack

Blackjack Apprenticeship https://www.blackjackapprenticeship.com/

Brian Zembic episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo9WJ38tbIs

Don Johnson episode 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tgPXLMpoGg

Don Johnson episode 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpJ7djdrm_c

The Phoenix’s interview on the Blackjack Apprenticeship:

Part.1 https://www.blackjackapprenticeship.com/podcast-interview-the-phoenix-1/

Part.2 https://www.blackjackapprenticeship.com/podcast-interview-partii-with-blackjack-pro-the-phoenix/