The American Michael Ryan Board has been a famous star athlete in the 10,000 meter run. His team won the national championship in the years 1996 and 1998. He is still interested in running and practices regularly but his focus is now on Blackjack. He has become a pro. Recently he also started teaching people.
The basic sessions for his students how to play Blackjack soon began to bore him so he thought he should better concentrate on more difficult subjects. He learned how to count cards and after he perfected his system, he tried his ability at casinos in the area of Chicago.
After several successful trial runs he had gained enough confidence to go to Las Vegas and try his luck, where he was so successful that supervisors caught him with their surveillance cameras. Board reported that the MGM Grand had thrown him and his helping hands out with the explanation that they had simply been too good. He says the only reason why they let him play as long as they did was that they were eager to find out what trick they had been using.
From that time onwards, Board was an unwelcome guest at casinos. He, however, was smart enough to make money out of his talent. Now he teaches others to count cards and which Blackjack strategies really pay off. He has launched his own website and he even published a book about Blackjack. The book reveals everything you need to know about the mathematical advantage in casino and how you can challenge that. Board states that he wants people to learn blackjack card counting, betting and playing strategies so that everyone gets the chance to win. “It’s a very beatable game”, he says.
His popularity makes it hard for him to play in casinos nowadays. His face became well-known due to appearances on TV and radio programs. Sometimes he gets calls from casinos asking him if he could teach the dealers about card counting. The system itself is not new in this industry but his technique makes it possible for everybody to learn it.