Steve Blash wrote on March 09, 2008 06:45 PM: Recently you had an article about an event to be hekd at Planet Hollywood about audtioning for a hosting position. I lost the article from the paper but it was about 2 weeks ago. Please email it to me. Thanks
Steve

Jeff Winn wrote on March 01, 2008 12:20 PM: I happen to know a couple of the MIT guys personally. They most certainly did not lose the money back, that's just a lie. Ted and Dave claim that they "gave it all back" or "lost it all back" - do you guys have any proof or documentation of this, or are you just making this stuff up?

I think Dave and Ted are quite possibly either shills for the casino industry or casino industry workers. They don't want anyone to win or think they can win.

"b.s. automatica shuffle machines" are primarily installed because by saving shuffling time the house gets to deal more hands, and with the house advantage they will make more money the more hands they deal per hour. Also there is no difference in counting cards with a hand shuffled shoe vs. a machine shuffled shoe (shuffle tracking and continuous shuffle machines etc., are different of course)

Mike Aponte ("Jason Fisher" in the book) is the 2004 World Series of Blackjack Champion ( http://www.blackjackinstitute.com/store/Mike_Aponte_pic.php ) and also used some of his money from the MIT days to do volunteer work helping low income and minority students achieve higher education.

David Irvine (one of the "spotters" in the book) ( http://www.blackjackinstitute.com/store/Dave_pic.php ) runs a successful environmental engineering firm. Dave and Mike have also collaborated with local company Lightspeed VT to produce a virtual training environment to teach the MIT blackjack methods ( http://www.blackjackvt.com/view_trailer.html )

Jeff Ma ("Kevin Lewis") runs an internet company http://www.protrade.com/AboutManagement.html

The MIT blackjack methods are legal, ethical, and they work, that's why Dave and Ted want to tell disparaging lies. I suggest readers do the research, look at the links and find out for yourself if these guys are "dead broke" or not.

Dave wrote on February 29, 2008 12:25 PM: They may have 'brought down the house' for a few good weekends, but they are all probably dead broke now, except for the guy that sold the story. All they did is what most gamblers do - win and then give it all back - they just did it on a bigger scale, that's all. Thanks to them, we have to put up with those b.s. automatica reshuffle machines that the strip uses today. No more card counting - hell, you can barely find a real shoe these days that the dealer hand shuffles.

Ted wrote on February 29, 2008 08:43 AM: "Bringing Down The House" did indeed chronicle the "enhanced" exploits of the MIT team. But what is often overlooked with a closer read is that through their greed, paranoia and naivete they ended up losing it all back.

Morris wrote on February 29, 2008 06:52 AM: Fans gain access to drivers in the Neon Garage??? Have you even been to the Neon Garage? We're now seperated from the drivers by a thick sheet of glass. We used to be abkle to mingle with the drivers in the old garage. Not anymore.