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All blackjack players have heard of Bill Kaplan. This Harvard graduate set up and ran the very successful MTI blackjack team that took the casinos to the cleaners in the 1980's. Today their exploits are still regarded with awe. But they would be practically impossible to replicate. Casino security has come a long way over the last 40 years. The idea that you could count cards in blackjack and go unnoticed would just not happen. But Bill Kaplan still has some advice for today's blackjack players.

Even though we know that we shouldn't be lazy and stereotype different types of people, it's also a great pleasure to do so. Step into any casino and you'll be faced with any number of easy to stereotype players. Of course, they are all there for different reasons, but even then, these reasons fall into pre-defined boxes. And as reason drives these players, they all fall into easy to define groupings. This is true of all casino games. Take a good look at the typical blackjack player stereotypes.