Church Team
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The Church Team was a card counting blackjack team that operated from 2005 to 2011. It was started and managed by Ben Crawford and Colin Jones. Over the years the team included approximately 30 investors, 40 players, and various levels of managers and trainers. The team was primarily based out of the Seattle area but had almost 15 players from the Cincinnati area as well as players from California, NY, Oregon and Nevada.[1] The team, at its highest point, was playing with $1.2 million of investors money and in the course of the 6 years won more than $3 million from casinos. The team would come together and meet quarterly in the Seattle area to discuss goals, business model changes, introduce new players, and test old players out.[1]
The group's story is the subject of Holy Rollers: The True Story of Card Counting Christians, directed by a former member of the group, Bryan Storkel.[2] The Church Team officially disbanded after 6 years in 2011.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Blackjack Card Counting Team". thechurchteam.com. Archived from the original on 2014-03-30. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
- ^ Mary Pilon (March 9, 2012) "A Card-Counting Mix of Bibles, Blackjack and Cash", The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
- ^ "Card-counting startup founders look to place a bet on Google Glass - GeekWire". geekwire.com. Retrieved 2014-01-31.