{"id":326,"date":"2015-04-03T09:50:20","date_gmt":"2015-04-03T13:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.usablackjackcasinos.com\/news\/?p=326"},"modified":"2015-04-03T09:50:20","modified_gmt":"2015-04-03T13:50:20","slug":"who-is-in-the-blackjack-hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.usablackjackcasinos.com\/news\/2015\/04\/who-is-in-the-blackjack-hall-of-fame\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is in the Blackjack Hall of Fame?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Blackjack Hall of Fame was first mooted in 2002 and was created a year later when a group of 21 experts was whittled down to seven inaugural inductees at the 2003 Blackjack Ball.<\/p>\n<p>The Hall of Fame honors the best players, theorists and blackjack mathematicians and is located in San Diego\u2019s Barona Casino where it is part shrine, part tourist attraction.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Magnificent Seven<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first seven names into the Hall of Fame in 2002 were as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Al Francesco<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>\u2013<\/strong> a pioneer of team play<\/li>\n<li><strong>Peter Griffin<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>\u2013<\/strong> the author of The Theory of Blackjack and blackjack mathematician.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tommy Hyland<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>\u2013<\/strong> a blackjack team manager.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Arnold Snyder<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>\u2013<\/strong> a professional player and Blackjack Forum editor<\/li>\n<li><strong>Edward O. Thorp<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>\u2013<\/strong> the author of seminal blackjack text, Beat The Dealer<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ken Uston<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>\u2013<\/strong> an early exponent of team play and professional blackjack legend<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stanford Wong<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>\u2013<\/strong> real name John Ferguson, Wong published Professional Blackjack in 1975 and popularized mid-shoe entry when the count was positive, known as Wonging!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After the first seven players, two more were added at the next Blackjack Ball, and these were Max Rubin, who had hosted the previous year\u2019s event and Keith Taft, who was a techie who created computerized machines to help advantage players. Statistician Julian Braun was added next for his work in analyzing game data, along with Lawrence Revere, an author and teacher, but from 2006 nomination of candidates was taken over by existing H of F inductees.<\/p>\n<p>From then on it was decided there would be just one player added each year, although in 2008 four true legends, said to be the creators of Basic Strategy, were inducted together.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>2006 \u2013 James Grosjean<\/strong> &#8211; author of Beyond Counting and pro player<\/li>\n<li><strong>2007 \u2013 John Chang<\/strong> &#8211; managed the famous MIT team<\/li>\n<li><strong>2008 \u2013\u00a0Roger Baldwin, Wilbert Cantey, Herbert Maisel and James McDermott<\/strong> &#8211; \u201ccreators\u201d of blackjack Basic Strategy, on which all future advantage techniques have been based<\/li>\n<li><strong>2009 \u2013\u00a0Richard W. Munchkin<\/strong> &#8211; game expert<\/li>\n<li><strong>2010 \u2013\u00a0Darryl Purpose<\/strong> &#8211; advantage player<\/li>\n<li><strong>2011 \u2013\u00a0Zeljko Ranogajec<\/strong> &#8211; Aussie pro player<\/li>\n<li><strong>2012 \u2013\u00a0Ian Andersen<\/strong> &#8211; blackjack expert, author and theorist<\/li>\n<li><strong>2013 \u2013\u00a0Robert Nersesian<\/strong> &#8211; lawyer who specialized in cases against casinos<\/li>\n<li><strong>2014 \u2013\u00a0Don Schlesinger<\/strong> &#8211; blackjack researcher and author<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Blackjack Hall of Fame was first mooted in 2002 and was created a year later when a group of 21 experts was whittled down to seven inaugural inductees at the 2003 Blackjack Ball. 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