Monday, October 31, 2005

On card counters and the surreality of the blackjack Halloween ball

Casino bosses liken blackjack card counters to bloodsuckers, or evil creatures dying to plunder and pillage their table games.

Usually, it's just a figure of speech.

But not Saturday night, when some of the world's best blackjack players dressed as vampires, ghosts and pirates to attend the inaugural Halloween Blackjack Ball at a non-casino hotel off the Strip.