M.I.T. Blackjack Experts Are Teaching

Published: Thursday, February 08, 2007 Online-Casinos.com

M.I.T. BLACKJACK EXPERTS NOW MAKE MONEY TEACHING

Blackjack Institute launches 2007 BJ education session

Two former members of the notorious MIT blackjack team that won millions from Las Vegas casinos will share their wisdom for a fee according to press releases from the Blackjack Institute this week.

The Institute has booked a venue in Las Vegas for a one day Blackjack Tutorial planned for February 24th.

The release claims that Blackjack is the only casino game where the odds can be in the player's favour if that player knows what he or she is doing, and former members of the MIT team Mike Aponte and David Irvine, will impart their blackjack wisdom to students during the year's first one-day group seminar.

The cost of this special Blackjack Institute Group Seminar is $899 and includes an entire day of instruction, training exercises, insider tips and a luncheon where attendees can learn the real story behind the very successful MIT blackjack team.

The event will run from 8:30am to 5:00pm, and enrollment will be capped at 50 students so focused attention can be provided to all attendees. This special group session will be one of only a few such opportunities offered within the United States this year by the Blackjack Institute, a school co-founded by Aponte and Irvine. Aspiring card counters can sign up at Blackjack Institute.com.

Aponte and Irvine have translated their experience with the MIT blackjack club into a comprehensive training program that has simple and clear-cut steps that include:

• Why blackjack is winnable
• Calculating odds
• Understanding basic strategy
• Hi/Lo card counting methodology
• Identifying meaningful pairs
• Deck estimation
• Tracking the true count
• Money management
• Betting strategy
• Analysing playing conditions
• Gaming responsibly

The session includes hands-on exercises throughout the day, exercises similar to the tests or "checkouts" used to ascertain if MIT blackjack team members where ready to work a casino floor counting cards, an activity that is legal in US land casinos.

"Lots of weekend gamblers pick up a blackjack strategy book and try to learn card-counting skills on a flight to Las Vegas or Atlantic City," Aponte said. "This is a recipe for disaster and fiscal ruin. There is nothing a casino likes more than a wannabe card counter with only a cursory knowledge of what he or she is doing. That's why we designed an instructional program that gives students the full breadth of blackjack knowledge, as well as the tools to tell when they're ready for casino play."

As a manager of the MIT blackjack team, and a featured character from the New York Times bestseller Bringing Down The House, Aponte knows a thing or two about effectively training blackjack players.