There were two articles in the news over the last week having to do with players getting the edge over the house. In one case, an article in the Baltimore Sun described the travails of professional poker player Joseph Stiers who was banned from all Caesars properties for card counting. In particular, Stiers will not be allowed to play in the World Series of Poker this year. The other article, in Card Player magazine, addressed the ongoing lawsuit between famous poker player Phil Ivey and the Borgata over Ivey’s use of “edge sorting” to win over $9.6 million playing baccarat.

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Received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Arizona in 1983. Eliot has been a Professor of both Mathematics and Computer Science. Eliot retired from academia in 2009. Eliot Jacobson

After a decade as an advantage player, Eliot founded Jacobson Gaming, LLC in 2006. His company specializes in casino table game design, advantage play analysis, game development, and mathematical certification. Eliot's most recent book, "Advanced Advantage Play," based on material first published on his infamous blog apheat.net, has quickly become an industry best-seller on the topic of legally beating casino table games, side bets and promotions. Eliot consults with casinos internationally and is a sought after keynote speaker, trainer and seminar leader.

Eliot is widely recognized as one of the world's top experts on casino table games