Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Akio Kashiwagi Baccarat

Akio Kashiwagi Baccarat
Born 1938, Akio Kashiwagi was a Tokyo real estate investor via his company Kashiwagi Shoji Co.  He stated being the sole owner of his real estate and investment business.  Claiming to be a billionaire with an income of $100 000 000 a year and $1 000 000 000 in assets. 

Akio Kashiwagi was a casino whale / high roller who frequented Las Vegas casinos throughout the 1970s and 1980s.  He was so famous that he was the inspiration for the character of K.K. Ichikawa (a wealthy Japanese high roller) in the film Casino. 

Akio Kashiwagi lived a real love story with the Baccarat card game.  He could play Baccarat for many hours betting $100 000 to $200 000 on a single hand.  He was nicknamed "Warrior" by casino employees.  Still these days, Akio Kashiwagi is known as one of the biggest gambler of all time.

Akio Kashiwagi got the record for both the biggest Baccarat winning and the biggest Baccarat loss.  Both record happened in Atlantic City's Trump Plaza Casino.  In February 1990, playing his usual $200 000 per Baccarat hand, playing at the rate of $14 000 000 an hour, he cashed $6 000 000 in 10 hours of gambling.  Which is the record for Baccarat's winning. 

But on May 1990, after 5 056 hands in 70 hours over the length of 6 days, he loss $9 400 000 at the same table.  Which is a record for Baccarat's lost.  Ironically, he was ahead $5 500 000 on his third day at the table.  But greed got the best of him and he lost it all plus almost $10 million of his pocket money.

He was found dead in his home on January 3, 1992.  Stabbed to death, 150 wounds of samurai sword were found on his body.  His murder was probably related to his allegued ties with the Yakuza, it was never solved.  At the moment of his death, he still owed about $9 000 000 to Las Vegas and Atlantic City casinos.

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Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Greatest Golf Hustlers

Greatest Golf Hustlers
They never wanted to turn pro because there were a lot more money to be made as an hustler.

The one and only Titanic Thompson, the great one.  One of the greatest all-around gamblers of all time.  Not only a poker champion, also a proposition gambler and a fearsome golf hustler.

2- Amarillo Slim
Another poker champion and a gifted natural athlete which helped him achieves success in all kind of proposition bets.  He once beat legendary pool player Minnesota Fats at pool, using a broomstick.  And defeated tennis champ and famous gambler Bobby Riggs at Ping Pong, using a frying pan.

3- Bobby Riggs
Mostly known as a tennis champion and gambler.  Bobby Riggs was also a great golf hustler.  The most famous tennis hustler ever!  Searching for fresh victim on the tennis court and golf course.  He would regularly handicap himself.  Like playing tennis with a frying pan instead of a racket.  And playing golf with a single club for the entire game.  Whatever the handicap, Riggs was usually the winner.

4- Jeanne Carmen
A B-movie blonde babe of the 50s, a trick shot master, and the best female golf hustler ever known.

Plus the countless number of golf hustlers who want to stay anonymous for business sake.

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Monday, July 4, 2011

Bill Benter

Bill Benter
Bill Benter is one of the most successful horse punter ever.  Bill Benter is said to take home $37 000 000 a year via a computer horse punting program.  In this miracle computer software, each horse are rated on 120 different handicapping factors.  Then after, the winning probabilities are estimated and the appropriate amount to bet is calculated.  The amount to bet must be specific since a bet too big can considerably drop the odds, which will drop the potential profit.

For doing this, Bill Benter first earned a University physics degree.  Then he became a professional gambler for the next 25 years or so.  He started his gambling career playing blackjack in Las Vegas for seven years before being banned from all casinos since he was too good.  Then, he hooked up with fellow card counter Alan Woods and the two became horse racing punter/handicapper in Hong Kong, China.

Many see him as the most successful sports bettor in the world. 


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Friday, July 1, 2011

High Stakes Blackjack Whales

High Stakes Blackjack Whales

Baccarat is the game of choice for all billionaire high rollers.  But Blackjack is their second favorite games.  Why just these two games?  Because Baccarat and Blackjack offers better winning odds than the roulette and any other casino games. 

Whales are loved and feared by casinos.  Since these casino whales has so much money that they can put a casino to its knees.  Playing high stakes blackjack with $100 000 to $500 000 per hand.  These multi billionaires from all over the world (especially Asians) could lose $200 000 000 without blinking an eye.  Now, imagine the dammages they can do when they are lucky.

More than often, casinos all over the world get plucked by those high roller casino whales and their infinite bankrolls.

Below are just a few examples with the Blackjack game.

- In April 2011, a professional Blackjack player and horse handicapper named Don Johnson squeezed $5 800 000 out of Tropicana casino playing $100 000 per Blackjack hand during 12 hours.  The 49 years old pro gambler is also reported as having won $4 230 000 at Caesars Atlantic City in December 2010.  And crushed the Borgata casino for $5 000 000 over a 5 months period.  Over $15 000 000 for 6 months of work.  Not bad!

Due to his 15 years winning streak, mister Johnson has been banned from several casinos all over Atlantic City and Nevada.

- Recently, an unidentified whales beated the crap out of Tropicana casino winning $5 300 000 mostly playing craps ($100 000 per bet), Blackjack and Baccarat.

- A billionaire oil sheik snatched £12 000 000 from Capital Gaming Club playing 3 hours of Blackjack.

- Aspers Groups casino lost £13 000 000 on traditional and online Blackjack.

- World class whales Adnan Khashoggi once had a £5 000 000 win.

- Billionaire high rollers Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay, Quek Leng Chan, Pini Zahavi, and Putera Sampoerna all had multi million pound wins during the same time frame.
- No counting the multiple wins of mega-whales Kerry Packer and Kamel Nacif.

Thunder in paradise, casinos are far from being infallible.  We won't cry for them! 

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