"You've Got Heat" back in stock

[KenSmith]

Barfarkel's book "You've Got Heat" is back in stock at the BlackjackInfo store.

This $21.95 large-format paperback contains more than 200 pages of stories about a low-stakes card counter's experiences in Vegas.

Read more about You've Got Heat.

[zengrifter]

Highly recommended. Link below is a book review that I wrote for Las Vegas Tribune last year. zg
http://www.lasvegastribune.com/20041...tainment7.html

[Canceler]

Little Nicky-

I see Barfarkel is registered here, but has never posted. Do you suppose he's ever going to?

[zengrifter]

He promised me he would! Nobody else buy his book UNTIL he does! zg

[Barfarkel]

...I can't have a book boycott because I've been so busy I haven't had time to post here, or anywhere else for that matter.

Zengrifter has always had a talent for getting people to open up and share info, so here's my fave places to play in Vegas:

Plaza

Vegas Club

Wynn

Palace Station

Terrible's

New York New York

Tuscany

Cannery

Suncoast (short sessions only - it's heat city)

Bellagio

El Cortez (also very heaty)

Western

Binion's

Rampart

Slot's-a-Fun

Green Valley Ranch


That's enough for now. I don't want to see these games overrun by counters from this and other websites, but I feel I owe it to the group on this site to give out my "go-to" casino's. So this will be the only place I'm revealing them.

Of course, most of you already know about most of these places, especially if you subscribe to CBJN.

Cheers,

Barfarkel

[21playerBJ]

Barfarkel,
I have a signed autographed copy of your book.......and I really enjoyed reading every story in it. Before your book came out I couldn't wait to get BJI newsletter to read about your most recent escapade to Vegas. [side note: You gotta slow down on your trips up there or you will not only be getting heat from the Suits, but also from the CHPs].

Does the picture of the player at the table on the cover of your book resemble you? The last couple of times that I have been in the LV Club, I have looked around for someone resembling the picture, cause I wanted to introduce myself to you and tell you how much I enjoy reading your stories.

Since you have a close affilition with Henry T thru the newsletter and your book, have you learned the GTBJ system of counting or do you use a different one? The people over their are a great group of people.

Hope to meet you soon.........maybe on one of your excursions.

[zengrifter]

Barfy plays the Silver Fox count which is similar to HiLo and was first utilized by Thorp and others in the mid-60s: 2-7 +1 / 9-A (-1).
He does look a little bit like the character on the cover, but not enough to be recognized. zg

[Barfarkel]

I have a signed autographed copy of your book.......and I really enjoyed reading every story in it. Before your book came out I couldn't wait to get BJI newsletter to read about your most recent escapade to Vegas. [side note: You gotta slow down on your trips up there or you will not only be getting heat from the Suits, but also from the CHPs].

Thanks for the kudos re: You've Got Heat. Actually I have been taking it a bit slower on recent driving trips to Vegas. More of a relaxed "smell the roses along the way" approach, instead of my traditional breakneck pace. I've discovered that I only lose maybe 10-15 minutes in drive time doing this, while greatly reducing my chances of getting a ticket or becoming involved in a traffic mishap (don't wanna jinx myself by using the "A" word :-).

Does the picture of the player at the table on the cover of your book resemble you? The last couple of times that I have been in the LV Club, I have looked around for someone resembling the picture, cause I wanted to introduce myself to you and tell you how much I enjoy reading your stories.

Despite Zengrifter's contention, I don't look anything like the typical nerdy card counter pictured on the book's front cover. At least I hope I don't. During the process of putting together the cover art, we scoured the internet for a face that would embody the emotion we wished to convey: the somewhat comical paranoia and fear that we counters feel when we detect that the hammer is about to come down. The face we settled upon was completely independent of any resemblance to me or anyone else I know.

Since you have a close affilition with Henry T thru the newsletter and your book, have you learned the GTBJ system of counting or do you use a different one? The people over their are a great group of people.

No, I haven't even attended one of Henry Tamburin's Golden Touch BJ seminars. Like ZG says, I still use my same Silver Fox system, which is simple and effective. As I later discovered, this count has a good correlation for making Lucky Ladies side bets, since the nines and aces are valued just like the tens - that means there's better correlation in getting an Ace/Nine type twenty, (along with blackjacks and nineteens).

Hope to meet you soon.........maybe on one of your excursions.

Perhaps one day we'll meet at the tables. Thanks again for the book recommendation.

Cheers,

Barfarkel

[TENNBEAR]

I have almost completed your book You've Got Heat. I no longer feel so bad about my own struggles at the tables, the crazy up and downs you describe and the constant struggle with the bankroll, sounds much like my own. Now I know that I am not the only one whom has struggled with this game. This is a great read about the card counter for anyone who really wants to know what it is like to be a card counter.

[zengrifter]

Hey Barfy, are you going to the MIT Team seminar? zg