The dealer does hit. And gets a ten. Hey, Brandon could have had twenty-three. I could have had twenty-seven. Instead, we both got money. Cool. “How’d you do that?”

“It’s probability,” Brandon says. “Strategy.”

“You sound like you know what you’re doing.” Uh oh. Maybe he’s a gambling freak. Did I just go to a casino with a gambling addict? I hope not.

“I know the theory,” he says. “I used to be really into ...