I remember exactly - at my 21st anniversary I got a book where I've learned that you can beat casino playing blackjack. And there are people that make it their full time job. I read all the book I could get and you know this made more for my math than both school and college together :).

But 2 years and $7300 later (oh, Vegas!) I finally got the idea that you cannot count for any blackjack strategy in the long term. And then I've opened poker. This game is not you vs. big bad casino, it's you vs. other players. And when your skills are better, you make better decisions it doesn't matter if you win or lose the round - long term win is for the skilled one.

So if you want to win - get skills. Hope my site will help you with it.