There is a great article on Don Johnson, the guy who took AC for about $15 million, in The Atlantic Magazine. Sorry I can't provide a link but Google Atlantic Magazine and you can get free access. Executive Summary: Trop, Caesars, and Borgata all concluded he wasn't counting but did give him nice rebates and very generous rules, basically becuase they were desperate fow whales and he was flying under the radar. Trop CEO lost his job two weeks after his big win there. He won $800,000 on one hand--$100,000 bet with two 8's, split to four hands and doubled on each with a dealer's card a 5.
Unlike against me, the dealer busted instead of pulling a 6 on his 15.