If you ain’t cheating, you ain’t trying. Dustin Marks and The Kaiser, two former professional blackjack cheats who spent years carefully planning plays to take money from casinos without getting caught, join BigHead to tell all.
They share some of their wildest stories, including disguising themselves so casino bosses wouldn’t recognize them, executing a computer coolers, and why they eventually walked away from the game. We also discuss their new podcast, Cheating at Blackjack, where they’re finally exposing techniques from their past.
In this episode:
- How professional blackjack cheats operated in Vegas in the 80s
- The $24,000 single-deck cooler
- The practice and precision behind every play
- How magic had a hand in all of it
- The infamous “Grandma” dealer in Reno
- How they avoided getting caught for hundreds of plays
- Why they never cheated friends or family
- Why they eventually retired from cheating
- The importance of trust, loyalty, and reading people
- How blackjack cheating has changed with modern casino technology
- How they can spot cheating techniques decades later
- The story behind the nickname “The Buffalo”
- Their new podcast, Cheating at Blackjack
- And plenty of unbelievable Vegas stories
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