Jun 24, 2011
Written by: Nick Meisher
Mr. Don Johnson, the Atlantic City Casino Assassin, who took three New Jersey casinos for a cool $15,000,000 has finally resurfaced. Mr. Johnson, who went off the radar shortly after news of his amazing accomplishment hit mainstream media from around the world.
Mr. Johnson, 49, who lives in Bucks County Pennsylvania, sat down with Pittsburg Tribune-Review, and thankfully revealed his version of events which transpired between December of 2010 and April of 2011. Lots of rumors and speculations were flying around precisely because the blackjack card games master wasn’t available.
Records indicate that from December till April of 2011, Mr. Johnson drained the coffers of Caesars Atlantic city for $4,230,000; disemboweled Borgata Casino for $4,098,000; and then raped Atlantic City Tropicana for $5,800,000 during a 12 hour blackjack marathon. Despite losing a few million in between the big wins he still came out ahead by close to 10 million dollars.
Prior to his marathon 12 hour session at the Tropicana he negotiated the rules which the casino agreed to. The casino would allow Mr. Johnson to play $100,000 per hand only if he buys in for $1,000,000 or more.
In addition Johnson got the casino to allow a few more blackjack rule variations. Tropicana agreed to the rules requested by Mr. Johnson and in addition was discounting him 20% of his losses if they totaled at least $500,000.
Mr. Don Johnson would not disclose which specific player-friendly rules he requested, but did mention that it was a 6 deck blackjack shoe and that the house edge was reduced to .253% if every hand was played perfectly.
We reverse-engineered the likely possibilities and we believe that the following are the rules that Tropicana agreed to allow Mr. Don Johnson to follow during the big blackjack cash game.
Agreed rules for $100,000 per hand blackjack game which resulted in a $5.8 million dollar win.
• Six deck shoe.
• Blackjack pays 3:2.
• Dealer must stand on Soft 17 (Ace + 6).
• Player can double on any first two cards.
• Player can double after a split.
• Player can re-split to 4 hands.
• Player can split and re-split Aces.
• Player can hit split Aces.
Such a lovely player friendly set of rules is virtually impossible to find in any traditional and online casino blackjack. When he was told that the 20% discount on loses stands even with the new rules, he knew that this will be his lucky day.
By agreeing to this set of rules without first calculating the probabilities, Tropicana gave away the casino’s edge. In essence, roles were reversed from a statistical standpoint and Tropicana became the gambler while Don Johnson became ‘the casino’, and as the saying goes – the casino always wins at the end (because of the house edge).
“It’s like going to the horse races and betting an even-money shot and only having to spend 80 cents on the dollar to get that shot,” states Mr. Johnson. “It’s a huge edge. I just think somebody missed the math when they did the numbers on it.”
Mr. Johnson says he did not use any card counting system or track the deck shuffle. He says there was no need. He explains that – “the discount gives you a much bigger edge, so why waste your time counting?”
Towards the end of his 12 hour blackjack marathon, the biggest hand of the blackjack game took place. Mr. Johnson split a pair, and re-split again for a total of four hands of $100,000 each. He doubled three out of the four hands for a $700,000 total bet which he won.
Two more hands occurred during the last hour which involved splitting, re-splitting and doubling, which he all won. This amazing run of good cards eventually pushed him far ahead and walked away with $5,800,000 of the casino’s money.
Mr. Don Johnson still plays blackjack, although now he no longer gets the free comps and perks from most casinos
“To be honest, (the casino) gives you what? A free deluxe suite with a piano? Big deal. Just give me a blackjack game with the right rules and a discount on losses and I don’t care if my comp is even a broken beach umbrella.”
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