High Stakes Blackjack Player Wins Millions
A high-stakes blackjack player is reported to have won around $15 million over a period of around six months, proving quite categorically that the game really can be extremely profitable if the cards run favourably. The player won the money from three Atlantic City casinos, and although the casinos themselves haven’t named the player for reasons of confidentiality, a high-roller named Don Johnson from Philadelphia has claimed to be the winner in question.
When most people think of winning big money from casino games, they tend to think of winning massive poker tournaments or progressive slots jackpots, leaving blackjack out of the limelight. But as the Atlantic City player mentioned a moment ago has demonstrated, big money can also be generated at the blackjack tables if you have the skill, luck and the bankroll required to do so.
We regularly remind readers that blackjack is one of the few casino games where skill can help the player to win, and that fact gives players the chance to climb the stakes ladder as they become more successful. If a player can win consistently at low stakes then they can gradually increase the size of the stakes used (and the profits generated) as their bankroll grows.
Don Johnson is said to have recently been staking as much as $100,000 per hand, which is a staggering amount and quite a lot more than anyone would be able to stake in an online blackjack game. Of course, unless someone was set on making $15 million then they wouldn’t need to even consider climbing to such heights, but $100,000 per hand does illustrate what ‘high stakes blackjack’ can mean in the offline world.
Whether or not Don Johnson is in fact the $15 million blackjack player, this story is sure to inspire blackjack players everywhere. Many players start playing at low-stake levels and stay there out of habit, but there is certainly room to shift to higher stakes if a player has the skill and bankroll to justify it. Our advice is to choose your staking level based on your current bankroll and to increase stakes as the size of your bankroll increases, and only then if you want to do so.
Those of you who fancy boosting your blackjack bankroll after reading this story might want to pay a visit to Littlewoods Casino (review here), where a Blackjack Attack event is scheduled to take place this Friday 27 May. The Blackjack Attack event offers £2,605 in prize money and pays out to 50 winners, including a top prize of £625. That wouldn’t be enough to scare the managers in Atlantic City, but it would certainly be a step in the right direction. Good luck!
Article Published: 24/05/2011 09:24:32
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