[00:08] card counting trip where four Team Strike members play high-stakes follow us as we win and lose tens of thousands of dollars, and casinos take drastic action to stop us, the likes of which we've never experienced before.
[00:27] Team Strike, had demolished Vegas in just 10 days, ripping $138,000 just 10 days, ripping $138,000 from the casino's cold, dead hands. Okay. That's a bit much. Ripping $138,000 from the casino's
[00:43] room-temperature, alive hands. We had done a bold approach, hitting Vegas hard and causing quite a scene. That left me $20,000 richer. That means for every hour I played blackjack, I personally earned $771
[00:57] in pure profit, bar coffee expenses. We had well and truly outstayed our welcome in Vegas. We'd hit the point where casino staff were backing us off by name, often just as we sat down to play. It was fun, but
[01:10] I was glad it was over. It felt like we'd pushed our luck and had been close to pushing it too much. So, when Irish hit up the group chat suggesting a spontaneous US trip at the end of the year, I was excited. There are so many
[01:22] places we could play. California with its incredible weather, Colorado with breathtaking views, Florida, Illinois, Oregon, so many amazing places. So much more to see from this amazing country. So many casinos that we'd never set foot
[01:35] in that hadn't had the joy of hearing Irish's questionable Australian accent. That hadn't experienced the delight of seeing my badly dyed eyebrows. That hadn't had the pleasure of hearing our list of justifications to decline giving
[01:48] our ID. So many opportunities and almost unlimited amount of blackjack games to play. I couldn't wait to see what Irish had in store. Where would we go?
[02:06] So, we went to Las Vegas again. >> [music] have the following Team Strike members joining us: IrishAP, famous for his passion while playing Managing this trip with Ultimate, who
[02:19] Managing this trip with Ultimate, who would help manage remotely. ungodly amount of time. You'd struggle to find a pro with higher stamina. wearing disguises and a questionable American accent.
[02:41] talk himself out of almost any situation. casino aggression. This is the story of Project Firework.
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[04:38] >> It's currently 20:07, which isn't too bad, although all that time. One of the things I'm still kind of unsure about what I'm doing is is my disguises, [music] because this came together so fast. I've
[04:50] just grabbed everything I have, but I haven't really thought about what I'm going to do to my appearance. [music] I feel like leaving the beard is kind of is kind of risky given my beard fame.
[05:06] the best places to have a shared Airbnb. Being together gives us all access to our entire bankroll. In this case, $145,000 When team members are playing in different regions, there's a chance that
[05:19] run. Yes, even while counting cards. And then getting them cash is a challenge. You try getting the bank to let you withdraw tens of thousands of dollars on a regular basis. It won't go well. But I personally didn't think that those
[05:32] benefits outweighed the very real [music] chance of us struggling to get hours in. Eventually, we came to a pretty logical compromise. We'd start in Vegas, burn it down in the metaphorical sense, and then we'd split [music] up,
[05:44] was best. My choice would be a much tougher region to play [music] than I had thought. Foreshadowing. spontaneously, Irish in essence just said
[05:57] >> Turn left onto West Flamingo Road. >> Because it came together so fast, I feel disguise. Right now, I'm going to head to a Walmart, see what they have in the way of beard dye just to take the ginger off my face basically. Another day,
[06:10] off my face basically. Another day, another dying of the beard. Ooh. That's fine.
[06:22] because the first casino I was going to in particular could get me in a lot of trouble if I were recognized. The last time I'd been there, I'd caused quite had a you've got a customer here that's been here 24 hours and she hasn't eaten
[06:35] >> opinion to yourself. Don't get smart with me. >> I'd broken the first rule of counting, be forgettable. He surely sees thousands of customers, but he's much more likely to remember the guy he argued with. I
[06:48] found an empty table and sat down. The pit boss I wanted to avoid was nowhere in sight, but annoyingly, another one was. I'd spoken to her in my last session before things got too heated. Luckily, she didn't seem to recognize me
[07:00] at least right now. I bought in for $200. Shuffle, cut, let's go. I bet one $200. Shuffle, cut, let's go. I bet one hand of 50 and one hand of $75. My first hand was a 17, not great when the dealer has a seven as their up card. But my
[07:13] other hand was a blackjack. Blackjack pays three to two, so my $50 bet pays three to two, so my $50 bet returned $75 in winnings. Oh. returned $75 in winnings. Oh. I was handed $60 and my eyes immediately
[07:25] pinged to the felt. Blackjack pays SIX TO FIVE. >> [screaming] >> I FORGOT THAT ORLEANS HAS THESE scammy blackjack games. In three to two games, i.e. proper blackjack, you win one and a
[07:38] half times your bet on a blackjack. In a six to five game, you only get paid 1.2 times your bet. This difference, believe it or not, is enough to make card counting useless. It's also a shitty, scammy version of the game where they're
[07:51] at all. I'd love to sit here and tell you that I'm in a strategic decision to surveillance, and the pit boss overlooked me as a counter, blah blah blah blah blah, but really I just hadn't been observant. Dumb move.
[08:04] Although, I will say I don't like how the literal rules of the game were covered by the cards. Spread them a little lower, please. have played that table for a while before realizing the early blackjack
[08:19] woke me up. I found a table that actually had a legitimate blackjack game and began. I started with one hand of $25 and one hand of 50. My baseline bet Ultimate had given us multiple bet spreads to work with. This gave us a lot
[08:33] of flexibility. We can move between them and mix things up. I love this approach. As long as I average out at two of 50 or lower, it's fine. The first shoe was a No high counts. But, during the second shoe, after the first round, I had a
[08:46] bets. I bought in for a couple hundred more and placed two bets of a hundred-ish. Being an even with the bets also makes it seem like I'm betting first hand I had a nine, which I hit, giving me 18. My other hand was a 13. I
[09:01] giving me 18. My other hand was a 13. I hit, 16. I hit again, 24. Bust. The won. $15 richer.
[09:13] >> The count had risen, so I bet two hands, $285 and $400. The difference between the bets was a little too big. It ups variant slightly. Long term, it's all fine, but in the short term it means my swings are bigger. The dealer had an ace
[09:26] up, and given the count was above a true 2.5, it made sense to take insurance, placing a separate bet that the dealer had blackjack. No joy. $342.50 lost on the insurance bet. My first hand was a 15, so I drew a
[09:39] card, but bust. The second hand was a 19, an easy stand. The dealer drew a five, then a seven, and finally a 10 to bust the hand. Given I lost one hand and won the bigger, and then lost the insurance, overall I'd lost $227.50
[09:53] on that round. Lame. I had a couple more rounds that before the count dropped back to the negatives. One shoe later, I caught a high count again, so I bet one hand of 200 and one hand of 100. I stood on both
[10:05] my hands and the dealer bust. All these high value cards caused the count to drop, so I lowered my bet for the next round. But in that round, the count shot up. I placed two large bets, 375 and $465. As I placed the bets, the dealer
[10:19] said the thing that all counters hate. >> Big money. big money is being bet. Different casinos operate in slightly different ways. For some, it's all on surveillance to catch card counters. For others, the
[10:32] pit bosses are more proactive. If they suspect someone is counting, they will get the operator to prioritize running down the player, i.e. checking if they're counting. In this casino in
[10:44] large bets is never a good [music] thing. I got a seven and a 12, just what I wanted against a jack. I drew to 17. That would have to do. No sense hitting here. On my 12, I hit and got a four. 16. [music]
[10:58] Grim. 16 versus a 10 value card is a hit according to basic strategy, but with on the way than usual, meaning your odds of busting on a hit is higher. In other words, standing is a better move. Oh great, the dealer had a cheeky king of
[11:12] clubs under there. 20. Well, damn. Just another lovely reminder that even with card counting, you only win just over half the time. Card >> [music] >> Winning
[11:26] After that grim hand, there was a shuffle. In the new shoe, the count went very negative. I used the opportunity to switch table. We'll skim through the next few hands because they were unpleasant to experience and unpleasant
[11:41] to watch. Big counts, but big losses [music] and lots of rebuying. To top it all off, when I was losing, I saw just the person I really did not want to see, the pit boss that I'd gotten an argument with the last time I was here. He'd
[11:55] definitely seen me, but he didn't seem to recognize me. Hopefully, he hadn't made the connection. After my run of crappy cards, I finally got to actually do a bit of winning. I bet $350 and $300. My first hand was a 13, so I stood
[12:09] against the dealer six. My second hand was a blackjack and dealer had a nine and then drew an eight to bust the hand. The next hand, I bet $350 and $200. My first hand was a nine, giving me a good opportunity to double against the dealer
[12:23] five. My 15 was a stand. The dealer drew a five, then a seven, 17. That beat my 15, but my double had an ace, so I won $700 on that hand. Another 15 minutes went by before I placed my largest bet of the session, one hand of 450 and one
[12:39] hand of 525. At that moment, the pit boss said, "Damn it." The highest count I'd had and they were shuffling on me, meaning I a decent advantage over the house. An early shuffle can be done for a few
[12:54] are enough to make them nervous and they'll trigger a shuffle just in case would have happened if I'd stayed below the $400 mark. I did my best to not react. I didn't want to confirm their suspicions. But, there was a chance that
[13:08] they knew I was counting and this was a warning shot, a hint for me to leave before they take further measures. I sat and thought about what my best move was. Should I stay or should I leave? If they didn't actually back me off, they
[13:21] the report, they're less likely to be on the lookout for me if I go back another decision, it was over. Sorry, can't play. Can cash it out. Thank you.
[13:39] true nine, which is a really high count and means I have a huge advantage over the house. And in that moment, a pit boss walked over and she said shuffle. that I got in a bit of a heated back and forth with last time I was there was the
[13:52] remember me or he didn't recognize me. However, I did see him go and make a raising my bets. So, I think he did ring surveillance to get them to check my game. And 2 minutes later, another pit boss came over to me and backed me off.
[14:05] It actually wasn't a great session in terms of profit because it there wasn't terms of profit because it there wasn't any profit. I lost for sure. 1 2 3 4 5 meaning I'm down Oh, that's that's not so It's actually not so bad at all. I'm
[14:18] That's pretty good. Well, I mean, it's not ideal, but I thought I was down a few K. Progress. group chats and what I saw was a combination of pleasing and worrying.
[14:33] George 21 had played double deck for nearly 4 hours before getting backed nearly 4 hours before getting backed off. $4,050 in winnings, nice. Irish got 2,500. But his back off was rough. To quote his
[14:47] whole time. Max bets on the last shoe triggered phone call and when walking away could see pit boss 30 m from table and glanced at me. After 25 mins of without issue, I was approached by security guard and asked, 'Are you
[15:04] then said my name was Brian and had no ID. Three aggressive security guards then surrounded me and one took my photo. I calmly walked out.' Shocking behavior. This was concerning. It seemed that we really must be in
[15:17] Vegas too early since last time. Not only had we not been forgotten, but it seemed like they were almost waiting for us. I was also confused by the amount of security, not how MGM properties usually do things. Something about the whole
[15:30] call to a friend who might be able to give me some more info. Hey, how's it going? On the call, he told me that the way Irish was treated That the casino thought he was aggressive and were concerned he was a
[15:45] physical threat. That he could be considered a cheater. That he could be that he was suspected of money laundering. That wasn't the bad news. The bad news was, according to my friend, if it were
[15:58] any of those reasons, then it was likely he'd be put on facial recognition.
[16:19] don't know if you realize that you've been trespassed, but they've trespassed you. MGM have facial recognition across all their properties. It means that if you walk into an MGM property, their face recognition is going to be
[16:31] it's going to go off. So, that's bad. plan to play Excalibur. Did I mention that Excalibur is also an MGM property?
[16:45] Maybe it was dumb to go there after the news regarding Irish, but I was set on Excalibur. Last time, I got a ton of playing time there with no back off. I was yearning for a repeat. I arrived in Vegas worrying that I would struggle
[16:58] getting hours in. I needed a good start to the trip. But given the news about Irish, I was nervous. Me and Irish are known associates on casino databases. If they're looking out for him, they could very well be looking out for me. Would I
[17:10] if I played and they refused to cash me because they could view me as a money laundering risk? I thought, "Screw it. They can back me off. I'm not doing it myself." >> [music]
[17:27] a strict no alcohol while playing policy for obvious reasons. Because of this, card counters will just drink water at the table. But I had a crafty plan.
[17:39] Do you do any alcohol-free beer? A non-alcoholic beer. The image of a man A non-alcoholic beer. The image of a man who drinks with none of the inebriation. I got it in a glass so it wasn't in a non-alcoholic beer-branded bottle. I'm a
[17:53] genius. Excalibur only has one playable table. Annoyingly, the previous guy had have to play through until the shuffle before I could start counting. This is can just ask for a fresh shoe, but doing
[18:06] so can bring heat. So I played it safe. I'm a genius. After playing for a few minutes, I got a true one. So I bet two hands of $100. I was dealt decent cards, but the dealer outdrew me to 21. The true one stuck around for a while
[18:19] wins, and break-evens, ish. My favorite hand of this run was when I was dealt two sixes on my first hand. I split and got effortless double and I got the best possible card, a 10-value 21. My other
[18:37] six became a 15 which I stood. My two kings of diamonds was a stand. The dealer drew a king of clubs. A six or higher would bust the hand.
[18:51] doubles and splits. I managed to save myself a $600 loss when the count had I took insurance, advantageous to the true three, and it paid off. Break-even on the hand. And when I bet two hands of $325, my biggest bets in the session,
[19:06] counts hadn't been super high, I caught an 11 that I happily doubled. My other hand was a 16 that would have to do. Good thing for the double because the the win. Overall, it was a little bleak. And when
[19:19] the count dropped, I take the occasional break to save on rent. I've been playing last time I played here, I did 6 hours without a back off. But things had without a back off. But things had changed.
[19:37] Yeah. I did this hand. without even insisting on the ID. That session was pretty poor, to be honest.
[19:50] session was pretty poor, to be honest. So far, I am losing. Sort of difficult just isn't different enough from me that was just recognized or whether or not it was because me and Irish were on a known associates list.
[20:02] So as soon as they see Irish, they can be more on the lookout for me and other teammates. My sort of soft goal for today is getting 4 hours of playing time like a day well spent. Now I'm going to go and try a brand new casino that
[20:15] didn't exist the last time I was in Vegas and see how that goes. So far, through a mixture of caution and just not super high count, I hadn't bet our maximum, but that would change in Durango.
[20:27] unrelated to this trip, I once caught a casino cheating, like actually cheating. If you want to hear that story and learn why I can't share it on YouTube, here's a hint, the mafia is involved, then head to stevenbridges.co/cheat.
[20:41] to stevenbridges.co/cheat. >> [music] [music] brand. It's not uncommon for a Stations property to pick off a card
[20:53] counter in just 20 minutes. But Durango felt different. Stepping into the casino, it was clear they were going fancy. $780 million dollars the building of this
[21:06] million dollars the building of this casino. at catching card counters. George 21 had already played there for just under 4
[21:18] hours with no back off. And I had also played for just under 2 hours and no back off. This confirmed one of two things. Either they were still breaking things in and as a result not as sharp as their other properties or their whole
[21:31] management style / operational style was totally different. In which case we could throw away our usual stations approach and hit it a bit harder. Durango deal double deck face up from a shoe. Double deck is usually dealt face
[21:43] counting other players cards as they're being dealt. With counting you're assigning a point score to each card different from its regular value. All then take that score and divide it by the amount of decks yet to be played. So
[21:56] in double deck you can divide by two, 1.75, 1.5. That gives you a number called the true count. This tells us not only how much to bet but also allows us to make better playing decisions. For example, if I have an eight versus a six
[22:08] the player next to me had a couple of small cards it would actually make more there's a higher ratio of high cards remaining. Point being, double deck remaining. Point being, double deck being dealt face up [ __ ] good.
[22:25] high limit room even though the rules were a bit better there. I wanted to blend in. I also wanted a table that wasn't too busy. I wanted to play two spots but have another player. Ideally so I wouldn't be the biggest better at
[22:37] the table. I got to a table and saw someone buying in for $3,000. Perfect. Playing with someone betting big can go one of two ways. It makes you stand out table is getting the attention but surveillance are naturally more likely
[22:51] to focus on the tables with big bets. I bought in for $400 and started with two hands of 50. Mr. Big Money to my right started off with $50 as well. Hopefully counter. But, when the count went negative in round one, he upped his bet.
[23:06] that change their bet sizes regularly. They help normalize the playing style that card counters have to adopt. Our entire edge comes from changing our bet sizes depending on the count. It's the thing surveillance are looking for. And
[23:19] sizes regularly, it would make their job a lot harder. My first two shoes were negative. Sometimes I bet 2 by 50, sometimes 1 by 50, or 1 by 100. On my third shoe, I finally got some positive counts. Two spots of 250. My 14 becomes
[23:34] 17. My 17 stands. The dealer has a nine, although luckily for me, they drew a three, then a jack to bust the hand. The count dropped slightly, so I reduced my bet. Betting different amounts on each hand came back to bite me in the ass
[23:46] would have preferred to win. Could be worse. Bigger count, bigger bets. Two spots of 350. Not bad hands either against a three, but the dealer drew to an outrageous 21.
[24:00] got a blackjack and a 12. But, the dealer had a picture, and guess what was hiding underneath? Unpleasant way to end the shoe. The next high count I got, I bet two spots of 375. My soft 15 was a hit. An ace,
[24:15] that's not helpful. I hit again, getting a nine. The count wasn't quite high enough to justify standing on my hard 15, so I did what I needed to do, and Bust. My other hand was a 14. I had to hit,
[24:28] but wasn't feeling good about it. I got a three, 17. I hoped for a low card nine. The next hand wasn't much better. You think my two 17s would hold against a six? The dealer had 14, 16, 20. Damn it.
[24:43] At least the count was rising. I bet $300 and $400. I got a blackjack. About time. My other hand was a nine. Against a six, that's an easy double. get the money down. A picture card, that'll do nicely. The dealer made 12
[24:59] that'll do nicely. The dealer made 12 and then bust the hand. A $1,200 round. Much needed. Just after this hand, I noticed the pit boss staring at me. I placed two bets of $300 and then added a couple of extra hundreds to one hand.
[25:12] I was trying to make my bets look casual and I thought leaning into the different Although as soon as the first card was down, I realized I had under bet. I should have bet two hands of $500 on
[25:24] staring, this certainly wasn't going to be the time I split tens, even though it's optimal at this count. It was one of those lucky times where my under bet actually paid off. The dealer drew to 19, beating my 17, but losing against my
[25:37] hand. But still, just because the result was good didn't mean I played right. I bet two spots of $500, they would be my last bets of the session. My 20 was an easy stand. Splitting tens
[25:50] against a nine is a no freaking way. My 12 is an obvious hit. I was hoping the dealer had a 10 underneath. A two. Are you kidding me? The running left in the shoe, the odds of the dealer's next card being a 10 and
[26:05] costing my team $1,000 was high. Not to mention that I was pretty sure winning this hand would finally take my session into profit.
[26:23] But not before the ace of diamonds to save the day. >> All right, you got your last hand. You weren't supposed to be >> All right, you got your last hand. You weren't supposed to be let in on that. I
[26:38] made a mistake. Yeah. >> I was confused by this. I didn't get what he meant. She didn't seem to have been told to stop dealing. Strange. Also, kind of a weird comment to even make. Is he trying to say that
[26:50] you're being nice by letting that slide. Like you could undo the last hand. Well, Like you could undo the last hand. Well, we've seen that before.
[27:10] I just pushed my chips over for the color up. As I got ready to leave the of pit bosses talking while looking at me. They were looking at a phone. I could be wrong, but I had a feeling this conversation was along the lines of,
[27:23] videos." I don't know why I made them sound like Kermit the Frog. On the plus side, at least I actually had a winning session. All right, I'm still losing money for the day, but things could change as I
[27:38] was off to my last casino of the night, South Point. Another casino we hit on our last project as a team. South Point are very fast at catching counters.
[27:50] Yeah, we've got to try it. What's the worst that can happen? surveillance. And sometimes a pit boss will just back off a player because they
[28:04] suspect they're counting. But the game is solid, more double deck, dealt face up. Entering South Point brought back nice Entering South Point brought back nice memories.
[28:23] This is the most fun I've had in Vegas. This is the highlight. This is the highlight. I love you, too, man.
[28:42] being by myself, I was feeling the contrast. I'd run into a problem. The pit bosses I saw were the same ones
[28:54] were there. This wouldn't be a problem if it had been a year or two since we'd last played, but a few months, different story. I text the group just to see if anyone knew when the shift changed, but no reply. Too busy winning, hopefully.
[29:08] Well, even though the odds weren't great, there was no point backing myself off. I might as well try. South Point has another nice advantage for counters. wait for the shuffle before joining. This stops people from back counting.
[29:20] Where you watch the game and only join the table when the count goes positive. Not playing neutral and negative counts significantly ups a counters hourly rate and massively de-risks them. I only had to wait one round. The count instantly
[29:33] went positive, so I bought in and bet $200. I was deliberately going to be cautious with South Point. Some casinos look out for your best spread, how different your smallest bet is from your largest, but South Point more
[29:45] just look out for big money. I decided I'd max out at around two hands of 250 seemed to work all right, then I'd risk raising it. I was dealt a 15. I stood against the dealer six. The dealer had 13 and then drew a seven, 20.
[29:59] My next hand was another $200 bet. I got two nines. You should split nines except a seven, 10, or an ace. The dealer has a seven, so just a stand. The revealing a 10. The count had dropped, but after betting
[30:13] one hand of just $50, it went back up and I bet one spot of 250. It's rare to not cause a phone call when betting a couple hundred bucks here, lucky. My 19 safe. And even though the dealer drew a five increasing the odds of a push, a
[30:27] hand. at the 200 250 mark. There have been times that I've played South Point and got backed off instantly betting less than that. So I felt pretty lucky that
[30:39] I'd got a few large-ish bets without any heat. It did help that the pit boss wasn't looking. In the next shoe, the guy sat next to me went up, I jumped at the chance to bet two spots. I won one hand and lost the
[30:52] other. It was a delicate situation. I should be betting more, but given the pit boss wasn't looking, the last thing I wanted was for the dealer to announce amounts are bet and then the pit boss see and reflexively back me off. I maybe
[31:06] would have risked it, but I would have also had to buy in more and that attention. This is the drawback from my buy in for a tiny amount plan. I compromised by betting 250 and 275. As the cards were dealt, I was just hoping
[31:19] that the pit bosses would keep doing their thing, not paying any attention to The phone rang and as one pit boss went to take the call, another replaced him and looked directly at me. Great. I hit my 12, giving me 17.
[31:33] Against a 10, not great. My 14 on the other hand, I managed to turn into 21. The dealer had 20. Blah. $525 bet to win $25. At least it
[31:45] slightly, but I kept my bets pretty much the same. After all, I was still under betting. I wish I hadn't though, because both my hands were worth a double. An eight doubles against a four at a true six and we were just about there, if my
[31:58] deck estimation was right. And an 11 for sure doubles against a four. No thought right now and not get backed off mid-hand. round.
[32:12] The dealer had 14. Anything higher than a seven, please. Let me just win this round. The king of spades. Hell yes.
[32:26] pit boss was now watching me. Okay, that definitely got their attention. I waited the start of the shoe, hopefully to throw the pit bosses off. Most counters bet low at the beginning of the shoe, lost that bet, and then decided to
[32:41] switch table to get away from those pit bosses. I found my new table, sat down. increased. I only had one spot available, so I decided to bet $400 instead of the preferred two by 250. But one of the pit bosses from before came
[32:55] >> There's no more blackjack. You played enough, you can't play blackjack here enough, you can't play blackjack here anymore. of bets wasn't worth it, but at least I'd booked a win, plus $1,400.
[33:10] I started the trip worried that we wouldn't be able to get time in, and I ended the day feeling that my fears were being confirmed. to wait. >> Yeah, right. I'm a myth to the lack of
[33:23] time, but you know, I'd only done like 2 hours and 43 minutes. It's nothing. >> Irish getting backed off by name, me getting less than 3 hours in for the day, and this was day one. It felt like I'd been in Vegas for a week.
[33:37] We might have to move into a more aggressive strategy. graph is pretty lame thus far. Four sessions, and in that time, I lost $305.
[33:51] The team graph is a little nicer. 17.6 hours total between the four of us, in winnings for the day. In the next episode of Beat the Odds, you'll see that downtown Vegas does not like to be messed with. There are big swings as we
[34:04] win and lose thousands. A team play plan that implodes, and casino security takes here on YouTube on the 16th of September. But you don't even have to wait, because it's already online on my new independent platform, The Safe
[34:16] was frustrated with YouTube as a platform, deleting and restricting my content. I wanted somewhere else I could post my videos where I actually have you can watch the entire Beat the Odds series ad-free, sponsor-free, with new
[34:30] episodes being posted there usually at least 2 weeks before they're here on YouTube. There's also two new exclusive shows only available on the safe house, >> Project Firework is like when the dominoes start falling and my life as a
[34:43] player in Vegas becomes really tricky. >> After each episode, myself and team discuss the episode. We talk about other stories and trouble we get into that we talk about some things that we definitely aren't able to share on
[34:57] chat with other card counters as they share their most insane casino stories. crazy, wait until you hear theirs. There's also the after party channel on when a new episode of Beat the Odds goes live. Not to mention occasional extra
[35:12] can get a credit at the end of each episode. As a personal note, I've been blown away with all of the love and support when I announced the safe house. our main production is looking achievable, so thank you so much if
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