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An curved arrow pointing right. Mike Aponte is a former leader of the MIT blackjack team and a pioneer in card-counting strategies. In the 1990s, he was part of a card-counting team that won millions ...

While the act of counting cards has enjoyed a special place in television shows and movies, the reality of this tactic is far less glamorous. Primarily used in the card game blackjack, counting cards ...