Stanford Wong

I saw Stanford Wong playing tournament blackjack at the Mohegan Sun
Casino this evening on the GSN network. Why would any casino knowingly deal to this man? If anyone is a prime candidate for
being backed off surely he must be at the top of the list.

It was another man of the same name...

Well the announcer said it was The Stanford Wong. Whoever it was he lost. I guess not even the best can win all the time.

There were other people in the tournament more notorious than Stanford Wong (James Grosjean, John Chang (Micky Rosa), and MIT-Mike for instance). There were some notorious Mohegan Sun ploppies thrown in for good measure....(like the guy 86'd from Foxwoods for urinating on a Roulette game).

"Why would any casino knowingly deal to this man?"

The same reason they allow counting to exist in the first place -- for the publicity.

"If anyone is a prime candidate for being backed off surely he must be at the top of the list."

Why would a casino back anyone off in a tournament?? Let him play regular blackjack, undisguised, in the same casino 10 minutes later. See how long he lasts.

ETF

that the tournament players not play BJ in the casio other than in the tournament. That show was taped in Jan 2004 at MS during one of the most recent coldest winters in the northeast. I had the pleasure to meet Stanford there & chatted with him. He was very congenial, as were Ken Smith, Anthony Curtis & Munchkin when he introduced me to them.

his identity isn't really a secret... Is there a link anywhere online to a photo of Stanford Wong? That would be THE Stanford Wong, not others. Just wondering.

-scarab

Presenting the one and only SW.....

:-)

Regards,
drumz1

Who won the tournament?

Is he here? I would love to hear his thoughts about the tournament.

Was this the one MIT Mike won???

For those of you that came in late, here is a link below to Anthony Curtis's coverage of the series.

Sentry

P.S. There was also analysis of each episode at http://www.blackjacktournaments.com/bb/

There's also good pictures of Arnold Snyder and many others in that docmentary.