Carrying on from part 1 then and following on from what I was talking about, I think that career changes often come in stages and this is certainly the case in the gambling world. Someone doesn’t just become a professional poker player or a professional blackjack player……it happens in stages. For me those stages were……..becoming a croupier…..learning advanced blackjack…….befriending known card counters…….being overlooked for promotion and then leaving gaming for good.
Even then I still didn’t have the financial element in place as I was at a very low ebb with regards my own personal finances. It basically took a fluke meeting at a financial induction course in Bournemouth where I met a guy who showed an immense interest in not just blackjack but all things that were casino related.
Everything from a technical standpoint was already in place although I did personally have numerous problems. Anyone who is ex-gaming has a serious obstacle to overcome. This is basically to do with your details and face being too well known. As it turned out, I had done an awful lot of thinking about this on a theoretical level so I had a very good idea of exactly what I would do if the time came.
Working on the inside in casinos gave me the opportunity to know how they operated. I knew what they looked for with regards counters. I knew how to get money out of the casino without it appearing as though I were a winner. I knew how to hopefully get past the detection problem. My idea was to train up another team and send them into battle so to speak and this would be the perfect way to avoid the problem of me being detected. I had already tried card counting on my own inside two casinos and received heat although these were relatively close to where I lived.
Look out for the next part coming tomorrow.
