Besides card counters, have any other players ever been barred from playing blackjack based on certain strategies?
Melvin D. I really can’t answer for every casino on why, or if, they would heave-ho a player based on playing strategies, Melvin, but how about being banned for having too much capital? It happened when Australian billionaire Kerry Packer beat the MGM in Las Vegas out of $26 million, most of it while playing blackjack. The casino finally barred him, not because he was a card counter but because he was more capitalized than the casino. When you put together a lucky streak and a player with more financial resources than the house, you’ve got a possibility of casino closure-permanently. Dear Mark: What is the worst move a player can make with a hand while playing blackjack? Susan L. Getting ridiculous here, Susan, it’s actions like doubling down on a natural blackjack. Actually I’ve seen this done once with a $200 wager where alcohol got the best of this party animal. Now for the average player in the casino, it’s standing on a pair of eights versus a dealer upcard of 7 instead of splitti
