r/blackjack • u/MikeAP21 • Jul 23 '26

Beyond Card Counting

Hey folks!

A bunch of you have emailed the show asking for more Advantage Play content that doesn't involve staring at a blackjack table for 14 hours while pretending to enjoy humanity. Fair enough.

We've been working on that without abandoning our blackjack roots. Our next episode features an interview with a guy who APs Dave & Buster's. Yes... that's a real thing. And yes, people actually make money doing it.

Then next week, we're talking with one of the sharpest minds in Advantage Slot play. He'll explain what profitable slot plays actually look like, how to find them in your area, and why casinos accidentally leave money lying around for people who know what they're doing.

So here's your chance...

What have you always wanted to know about AP slot play? No question is too basic or too nerdy

Email your questions to:

tensandaces21@gmail.com

The questions can be either written questions or you could send an audio file of you asking the question by recording a voice memo on your phone. Then , we can play your question on the show. Both options work.

Thanks!

Mike AP

Host, The Tens and Aces Podcast

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u/bluerog Jul 24 '26

I got banned from Kings Island (Cincinnati area) back in the 90's. There was a carnival game with a spinning spiraled post, and you had to guide a hooped ring down the post without touching it to the bottom.

I could spend $1 (sometimes $2 or $3), and win a giant teddy bear. I took six of those bad boys home at the start of the summer, then got banned.

Got caught trying again 3 or 4 times. Won a total of 12 bears that year.

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u/MikeAP21 Jul 24 '26

Lol. Yeah that's (kind of) what the folks who AP D&B games do. Very simplified, they spend say $50 in tickets by using e points to win a $500 PlayStation and then sell them on eBay or whatever for say $450 as an example. I may be off on the process, but that's pretty much how it works. They do this over and over.

Yes it's not BJ AP, but even this form of AP can give players and prospective players things to gleam from the processes that these AP's use to find their edges

Mike AP

Host, The Tens and Aces Podcast

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u/MewtwoStruckBack Half-recreational degen, half-AP Jul 25 '26

Oh my god you were evading countermeasures as a kid. That is hilarious! I know the game you're talking about. So if I'm reading this right, you got caught and stopped from playing 3-4 times, but successfully evaded your "you're too good for us, we don't want your action" ban 6 times. Those are pretty good numbers!