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The 2005 Inductees to the Blackjack Hall of Fame and winner of the Blackjack Cup
posted by TheBish http://blackjackforumonline.com/
The 2005 inductees to the Blackjack Hall of Fame are Julian Braun and Lawrence Revere. Their biographies will be added shortly to the Hall of Fame page on this board.
Lawrence Revere died in 1977. If you use a true count, you owe something to Lawrence Revere.
There is an interview with Julian Braun in the library of this site, as well as a eulogy by P. Ruchman. Julian Braun died a few years ago. Braun's programs were used to develop virtually all of the early count systems.
The winner of the Blackjack Cup is RWM, who will now hold the title of World's Best Blackjack Player for the upcoming year. This is the second time RWM has won it. (I couldn't get close enough to the final table to see how he triumphed over his worthy opponents.) Also at the final table were Previn Mankodi, previous winner James Grosjean, and Phil B.
Blackjack Cup: the full story; Stanford Wong highly sought
posted by TheBish on 01-04-2005 17:26
RWM won the chip shuffling competition (despite having the smallest hands).
James Grosjean won the arm-wrestling contest (he works out).
RWM and Grosjean shared the money on counting down a deck. They were actually beaten by the legendary Phil B., who was not only fastest but got the count right, but Phil forgot that a +1 count meant that the removed card had to be a high card (different specialty).
Phil won the shuffle-tracking competition (off by only two cards).
RWM won the card-pitching competition (has been pitching cards at dealers for a long time).
The signal-passing competition was a joke, because they all know each other's signals.
Bill Benter, the richest gambler in the world, bought RWM in the calcutta. RWM had the right to buy 50% of himself, and did. RWM went for $900, and the return was $6200.
Second place finisher James Grosjean also went for $900, for a $3300 second place return. RWM also owned 1/3 of Grosjean, so he cleaned up. James didn't own any portion of himself.
Other highlights of the party included numerous pros seeking tips from Stanford Wong on how to throw dice.
posted by TheBish http://blackjackforumonline.com/
The 2005 inductees to the Blackjack Hall of Fame are Julian Braun and Lawrence Revere. Their biographies will be added shortly to the Hall of Fame page on this board.
Lawrence Revere died in 1977. If you use a true count, you owe something to Lawrence Revere.
There is an interview with Julian Braun in the library of this site, as well as a eulogy by P. Ruchman. Julian Braun died a few years ago. Braun's programs were used to develop virtually all of the early count systems.
The winner of the Blackjack Cup is RWM, who will now hold the title of World's Best Blackjack Player for the upcoming year. This is the second time RWM has won it. (I couldn't get close enough to the final table to see how he triumphed over his worthy opponents.) Also at the final table were Previn Mankodi, previous winner James Grosjean, and Phil B.
Blackjack Cup: the full story; Stanford Wong highly sought
posted by TheBish on 01-04-2005 17:26
RWM won the chip shuffling competition (despite having the smallest hands).
James Grosjean won the arm-wrestling contest (he works out).
RWM and Grosjean shared the money on counting down a deck. They were actually beaten by the legendary Phil B., who was not only fastest but got the count right, but Phil forgot that a +1 count meant that the removed card had to be a high card (different specialty).
Phil won the shuffle-tracking competition (off by only two cards).
RWM won the card-pitching competition (has been pitching cards at dealers for a long time).
The signal-passing competition was a joke, because they all know each other's signals.
Bill Benter, the richest gambler in the world, bought RWM in the calcutta. RWM had the right to buy 50% of himself, and did. RWM went for $900, and the return was $6200.
Second place finisher James Grosjean also went for $900, for a $3300 second place return. RWM also owned 1/3 of Grosjean, so he cleaned up. James didn't own any portion of himself.
Other highlights of the party included numerous pros seeking tips from Stanford Wong on how to throw dice.
