Jimmy Dime, card counters, lawsuits and more
By Ken Smith
Published
This post is from 2004. It was written about events at the time and has not been updated since. For current guidance, see the blackjack tournament strategy.
An article in today’s Las Vegas Sun starts out talking about Jimmy Pine, aka “Young Jimmy Dime” who was a participant in the recent World Series of Blackjack’s second season. The story goes on to cover a laundry list of blackjack topics: Card counters, backrooming, lawsuits, and of course a few bits of WSOB2.
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