stainless steel rat
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Was out tonight, and went by a new Barnes and Noble book store, and thought I would check to see if they had Eliot's book since he said they are going to stock it.
Looked around but gambling books were apparently "hidden" so I went to the info desk. two of us walked up at the same time, both asking about a casino-related book. Clerk said "OK.. since you both asked at the same time, we need a tie-breaker." Then he said "9 7 +3". Other guy said "19" at the same time that I said "double down." He looked at me, and said "OK, you win."
I asked about "The Blackjack Zone" and he said "I don't know if we have it in yet, but you should check the blackjack section." I asked "where is it, I could not find it." He said "walk up to the second aisle before the front, take a right, and walk until the stink is unbearable. You will be "there". By now I had picked up on the fact that this guy knew something about blackjack (the 9 vs 7 hi-lo double index was a clue) so I headed off. The other guy said "wait a minute, what is that about the 'stink'" I said "I believe he is talking about books written by either Patrick or Patterson with respect to casino play..." Clerk grinned, nodded, end of story.
And no, no BJ Zone in the store yet, but this is a brand new store open for a couple of weeks max...
And yes, they had multiple patrick/patterson books, but I could not bring myself to touch one.
Did speed-read "bringing down the house" however.
talked to him later, turns out he is a card-counter (no idea how good, but he's been doing it a couple of years according to him). We've played many of the same casinos since we are from the same "home base"
Looked around but gambling books were apparently "hidden" so I went to the info desk. two of us walked up at the same time, both asking about a casino-related book. Clerk said "OK.. since you both asked at the same time, we need a tie-breaker." Then he said "9 7 +3". Other guy said "19" at the same time that I said "double down." He looked at me, and said "OK, you win."
I asked about "The Blackjack Zone" and he said "I don't know if we have it in yet, but you should check the blackjack section." I asked "where is it, I could not find it." He said "walk up to the second aisle before the front, take a right, and walk until the stink is unbearable. You will be "there". By now I had picked up on the fact that this guy knew something about blackjack (the 9 vs 7 hi-lo double index was a clue) so I headed off. The other guy said "wait a minute, what is that about the 'stink'" I said "I believe he is talking about books written by either Patrick or Patterson with respect to casino play..." Clerk grinned, nodded, end of story.
And no, no BJ Zone in the store yet, but this is a brand new store open for a couple of weeks max...
And yes, they had multiple patrick/patterson books, but I could not bring myself to touch one.
Did speed-read "bringing down the house" however.
talked to him later, turns out he is a card-counter (no idea how good, but he's been doing it a couple of years according to him). We've played many of the same casinos since we are from the same "home base"