The Brutal Reality Of Counting Cards In Vegas!

This is part five of my new series on our latest card counting trip as Team Strike. We're card counting in Vegas, in one of our most high risk trips to date.

Editor: Jack Howard:

[cassius]

As a regular jetlag viewer, I was so excited to see you on the getaway, it's so fun watching you analyse the game theory constantly, everyone should definitely go watch! :)

[Babs]

It always amazes me how you can do something perfectly legal with your own brain, but you’re not losing enough money so then they tell you that you can’t play. What a racket.

[alansmithee]

Weird how the pit bosses never come over and tell you, "Sir, you've lost enough, no more blackjack for you" lol

[cody]

I install surveillance systems for The casinos you're playing at, just fyi every single visitor gets added to facial recognition software immediately through the chokepoint entrance.. as soon as you are recognized as a counter your facial recognition signature is tagged and immediately synchronized with thousands of other casinos linked to the same database.

As soon as you walk into another casino the facial recognition software immediately picks up your new disguise and notifies the security.

[ThjyuGaming]

Its so wild that a 51% win rate for the house is you winning too much... Crazy man.

[michaeljackson]

Videos like these remind me why I have never stepped foot into a casino

[notmenotme]

Casino Boss: “No more Blackjack”
People: “Why?”
Casino Boss: “Because you’re not losing enough money. You’re not allowed to win here”.

[zakhussein]

Your videos are like watching a movie, the fact it’s real makes it so much better. Keep up the good work love the videos

[h-qj]

I appreciate them saying "you're too good for us". Much more honest and respectful than most of the back-offs you see in these videos. Is that something you see more Vegas or is it evenly distributed?

[TheDinis]

To the people saying it was weird that the casino backed him off while he was down - the casino only needs to notice a pattern, whether they spot it while you're down or up is irrelevant. If they see you doing everything right but you're losing, you're still doing everything right and at a statistical advantage long term, so the longer they let you sit, the more likely they are to lose money.

[forrestegan]

And this is why I’ll never gamble in any casino, they only want losers at the table.

[ryebread]

shoulda gone to the MIrage, heard the employees stopped giving a shit about counters because they were all losing their jobs anyway

[ilovehouse]

Casino - You're too good for us
Player - But I'm down

Make it make sense.

[barney]

Hey Steven, I work in surveillance in a casino and can tell you facial recognition databases are huge. The facial recognition now is so good and it's detecting people regardless of disguises (based on facial feature measurements). Try to avoid casinos obtaining good 4×4's of you by wearing a mask is my suggestion (it'll dodge facial recognition too)

[blueridgeocean]

Yeah. I turned 21 and went to play blackjack. I walked in there with 40 dollars and betting 5 dollar chips. I worked up to about 1200. The pitt boss came down watched me play for about 40 minutes had more suits come down watching me play, changed dealers like 12 times. And told me to go to the cage. I was so confused. I know now after 7 years they thought I was counting cards, and why they no longer let me play...

[zangetsu]

Casino Manager: Hey we got a new customer :D
*Customer starts playing Black Jack*
Casino Manager: I'M SORRY SIR YOU CAN'T DO THAT AROUND HERE

[acursedhope]

That first back off was one of the most chill and direct back offs ive ever seen

[Senen]

After seeing so many terrible backoffs, seeing the first casino pitboss be like "yeah sorry you’re too good for us, you can play anything else though" and seeing it’s consistent for you and your teammates almost makes you think there are nice pitbosses/casinos. (Almost. Never completely forget that casinos are fundamentally evil structures.)

[thomasmartin]

Facial recognition at casinos is truly insane. I've seen apps which flag people of interest based not just on looks, but on analytics such as walking speeds.

[Noahfromtheboat]

My uncle worked at a casino and told me "the moment you walk through the door they know your name and everything about you" . The age of surveillance has been here longer than anyone really thinks.