Hello you beauties. Access all episodes 10 hours earlier than KZfaq by Subscribing on Spotify - spoti.fi/2LSimPn or Apple Podcasts - apple.co/2MNqIgw. Here’s the timestamps: 00:00 What Does Steven Do For Work? 07:29 The Dynamics of a Card-Counting Team 15:30 Is Card-Counting Legal? 19:30 Getting Recognised & Kicked Out of Casinos 23:59 Is Card-Counting Fun or Stressful? 34:58 The Feeling of Losing Significant Money 38:12 Some of Steven’s Best Games Played 40:50 The Challenges of Carrying Huge Amounts of Cash Around 48:14 How to Not Be Recognised When You Are Well-Known 56:04 Building Relationships with Dealers 59:35 Where to Find Steven

Thanks for having me Chris! Had a blast!

This podcast has opened my mind to so many topics I thought would never be interesting to me. Chris, you are absolutely killing it with every single episode.

Been watching Steven for YEARS, way back when he was doing magic!! Amazing podcast, very insightful and informative, lots of value shared!

I had no idea that this was a real thing! Super interesting.. it should be illegal to kick out card counters. Someone needs to be able to balance the scales of justice on this money siphoning mafia. Happy there are people who do this, I salute you all!

Glad he put some light on the giant issue of civil asset forfeiture

Started watching this guy’s YT when I started counting cards! Super informative and fun content.

I have been a viewer since well over a year but was watching probably every other episode but it's episodes like these that have made me a fan, I now by default type in your name when I am on a 30-40 minute drive. You ask such great questions and have such interesting guests

This was super interesting, i love unique skill based subcultures like this

Earlier than I have ever been! You're a big inspiration bro! Thanks for all the great work!

I am a dealer at a casino in NC, and about a couple of weeks ago, I dealt to a guy who was playing perfectly by the book, only betting $25-$50 per hand. After about two shoes of play, the casino manager came over to him and backed him off. After the casino manager left the table, I asked the guy what was going on. He said, "I guess they don't like winners." In addition, he informed me he had been playing here for the past 11 days. I'm guessing the count at my table never got good enough for him to raise his bet, or he was just attempting to cool off any possible attention on him?

Great interview. Thanks for speaking against civil forfeiture, absolute tyrranical theft! Next guest, please ask them about how they handle taxes and the LLC structure they employ.

Yes, it really comes down to money management skills...how much to bet, when. As Steven discussed you can go for many hours losing rather consistently, so starting w/ 60-100x your minimum bet is a requirement.

Compelling. ❤ Love all the shows really enjoyed this for a nice break into something just as interesting as sociology / psychology.

Great conversation- love the more commonly covered topics, but great to listen to a lesser heard topic !

Re: civil asset forfeiture - Get yourself a combination locking bag. It's no threat if it's locked. Cops cannot search it or ask you to open it.

Funny experience I had at Tulalip Casino. I watched a video on different dice grips for craps and decided to try them out. Long story short, I'm at Tulalip Casino on an early Saturday morning with my girlfriend, the floor is pretty much dead but they had a craps table going. I get $100 worth of chips and am making the $5 minimum bets. I start winning a little bit, the pit boss lady sees how I'm holding the dice, gets an alarmed look on her face and asks for my ID. I literally laugh, look at my girlfriend and say "they think I'm hustling them!" This was like 10 years ago, I guess their paranoia hasn't changed lol. We walked out of there with a massive $150 profit, pretty much just covered the cost of the hotel room.

This was super interesting! Great to get some insight into the reality of card counting.

This episode was pure gold! Loved it!

Used to follow his channel and always liked his attitude

Geeze! The stories of casinos leaving gambling addicts to play and lose and play until they literally drop dead! There was a tribal casino near my home town that was dedicated to not being a negative impact on the community and customers. They actually flag addicts and kick them out and send them away with a bunch of resources to get help and even sometimes ban them from coming back.

Bigger problem in counting is that most games in Vegas suck...ie) lots of decks, shoes, only dealing midway into the shoe, twists to rules (can't split aces comes to mind), etc. Brings the odds way down.

First baby!!! Your podcasts are awesome Chris keep it up

Christopher, great interview, but please give your Nan her glasses back.

Wonderful episode, very interesting- thanks 😊

No winning allowed! Play the game in a way that you lose money and we win! This is about having fun! People should have fun giving their money away under the pretense that they are winning! And then we have fun taking their money and preying on people with gambling addictions!

Sorry I have to comment that I'm loving Chris with glasses on 😗😍

Card counting is nothing like the movies!! Small margins advantage….see true results in 1,000 hours….it isn’t just WIN, Win, win, win, win all the time.

You should interview Keith Woods

You should try to interview Micki Mace

Love this guy

When a police officer pulls you over and asks questions (in the USA) the answer to their question is, "Officer, I understand you have a job to do but, under the advice of my attorney, I do not answer questions." And stick to it. And yes, you have a 5th Amendment right in the USA, even if you're not a citizen. The only exception is at the border, where they can ask certain questions you have to answer.

Chris have a pro poker player on!!

rip casino's off is bad way of putting it, he is just evening the playing ground so casino's don't have huge advantage

Amazing podcast, also can I check out these books please ma'am? Loved you in Mrs. Doubtfire.

I went to a casino the other day that had a continuous shuffler, not a shoe the game, it was absolutely terrible. In abot 15 minutes I saw several players lose their entire bank roll! I lost too. If I im got 17 the dealer got 18 ... if I got 18 the dealer got 19. If I got 20 the dealer got 20. I spit Aces with a six showing. And the dealer got a 5 car 21. It was awful, I wont ever play a continuous shuffle game ever again

I'm a full-time table games dealer and we tell people to leave with money, get something to eat, get something to sleep, slow down on the drinks, etc. We're not supposed to do that, but most of us do. No one ever listens.

Yo did you take Rich Roll's glasses, mate? LOL

How could they figure out someone was counting? Just because they are doing good? Or they watch for a while and have someone that can count as well?

Thanks for the video!

It would be interesting to know how many more people are playing now because of the popularity and notoriety of card-counting, and how much money that brings in to the casinos. Because I bet that only a small percentage of wanna-be card counters actually beat the game.

Great interview

Whats the best casinos to play black jack in Reno?

I was a pro gambler betting on horses at the tracks every day going racing five days a week not the weekends I am at the track one day and I turn to a person I know and say I am fed up keep having to court this money all the time day in day out he looked at me not knowing what to think what he did not understand was I was having to count money before and after every race it's not like you can flash buddles of cash so lots of trips to the John.

do you find a lot of 2 deck tables that are ‘no mid shoe entry’ so you cannot do team play on those? Do you stick to 6 deck or what do you guys do with your team play?

My young nephew made $400k from online poker, and now coaches poker players. Auto-shufflers will screw counters. Adept players give the house a 2% advantage while dummies give the house 6% or so Ive been told.

Aside from the memory & Arithmetic skills, you put in as much effort (or more) into disguising your identity & card counting skills, and then suddenly start making Max bets randomly, which is basically the biggest "tell" that Casino security is looking for w/ card counters ? I've been card counting for Years from the same 4 local Casinos but am in it to take just a few Hundred a week, which the Casino's allow. It pays the bills so there's no reason to "tip my hand" by starting w/ agressive betting and being Tresspassed.

Can you card count computer blackjack

Stephen, Do a legal name change and after that name is compramised change it again and you could eventually change back to Stephen when you retire.

33:30 ethical decency in casinos...I heard this story from a dealer who said casinos would gladly give new clothes to old people if they peed themselves cause they would remain addicted to their slot machine and not go to the bathroom.

No to those glasses, although not a bad try

The host sounds more like a researcher, but interesting conversation...

LFG steven

I know next to nothing about counting cards, Steven’s background and gambling games etc. But could someone explain why a professional card counter would show his face on a podcast? Sounds counter productive to a guy actively counting cards as a profession.

Here's a comment......get your chips, put them on the table and walk off for a phone call and meander back......have a faux wife keep getting chips from you...many things you can do to look disinterested.....also, when you play big (get someone else's players card ) and bring diversion (such as asking for comps/dinner/show/limo service)?

When casinos ban mid-shoe entry, is the Big Player strategy defeated? It certainly seems so.

The money comes from old guys ,who can't do it anymore, willing to bankroll you for splitting the profits

Civil forfeiture is just one of the many ways our government here is corrupt. But regarding your concerns about lying to a cop, you don't have to lie to them, because you don't have to answer their questions at all.

Why cant you put the winnings in the bank? Or make a money order?

Mate...no on the clear frames.

Hi Steven

why does he say "gemerally"

We all need to rip off the casinos, since their machines & card games are so RIGGED!!

How can you ensure that your teammates are not ratholing money and saying they had a loss?

the lifestyle sucks… Spending your life in those terrible places . Ugh 😂

Questions! Why would any casino let Mr Bridges in? Wouldn’t they, at least the big ones, keep track of the likes of him?🤨 Not that the casinos won’t turn a profit and if they don’t I wouldn’t loose sleep over it😂

Hi, if you need to cash out 16k for example, can’t you just cash out 9k and keep the rest in chips, then come the next day and cash them out without showing ID?

The continues Card Shuffler Take over most of Europe, it is not possible to count Cards at these Mashines

Is it a crime to give your chips to another individual and they cash them in? (I'm assuming it must be a crime because someone has had to have thought of that idea before)

Quit cutting ppl off mid sentence

54:00

CASINO EMPLOYEES ARE LIKE POLITICIANS THEY START OUT BEING GOOD PEOPLE UNTIL THEY GET CORRUPTED BY THE SYSTEM THEN THEY DON'T GIVE TWO SHITS IF YOU LOSE EVERYTHING THAT'S DEAR TO YOU

You don’t have to tell US cops if you have anything. 5th amendment.

You didn’t need help walking in and no one put glue on your pants.

it's funny that Steven Bridges pretend to care about other casino goers while his winning money come from them

Absolutely 100% lie to the cops if they ask you if you have cash on you.

Where ISN’T he banned from?

Card counting isn't even worth it, unless you're bet spreads are into the thousands of dollars.

Chris looks look with glasses.

how do you lose 30k without giving out id? something does not add up?

Funnily enough, what Stephen says about being a white male in your 20s being the sign of a cars counter was proven right anecdotally when Stephen met an old Asian man at a casino and thought he was just a terribly bad gambler, only to later meet the man who knew Stephen had been counting and in fact himself had made thousands of dollars because he was doing a type of counting so much more advanced and complex than Stephen could understand that Stephen couldn't tell whatsoever that he had just stepped into that man's action and messed up his counting game

Get a car with an electronic stash box to stop the cops from finding it ,or just never operate a motor vehicle US cops actually steal more than burglars through asset forfeiture

I am a table game’s dealer by career. It is adult entertainment just like the strip club❤

The computer cameras with AI will shut this all down soon.

It is no longer a story that the world is experiencing a global economic crisis, I am very happy that I received 41,000 USD from my 13,000 USD investment every 10 days.

Some of this is bullocks. A family member used to count cards same process as Mr. Bridges and he lost his entire bankroll after hundreds of hours. I hear that counting completely takes the fun out of the game as well. From all the backoffs and trespassing he can no longer play at many casinos now. He tells me there is no such thing as zero risk or a long run that guarantees lush winnings.

Wouldn’t this basically end your career. ( just started vid)

Guy need to learn his rights js

Sounds like a lot of trouble for such a low payout after breaking up the loot between everyone. No wonder he is doing youtube now.

This guys a nerd and makes no money on a 1-2% edge