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Josh Axelrad, 35, is has a degree in philosophy from Columbia University. After he graduated, instead of spending his time thinking, he spent it at the blackjack tables, winning piles and piles of money. His secret? He’s a professional card counter.

He has since given up playing blackjack for a living, but his legacy lives on in his new book Repeat Until Rich: A Professional Card Counter’s Chronicle of the Blackjack Wars. The book chronicles the five years he spent playing blackjack undercover as part of a team he calls Mossad. The team played in spurts, spending a few weeks on the road here and there. They operated much like the famous MIT blackjack team from the 1970s – one player would watch table and keep track of the count, then when the table was hot, they would signal to the others who would sit down and begin betting big.

In five years, Axelrad won $700,000 for his team. His primary strategy was acting – he often pretended to be drunk or on drugs. His goal was to make the casino staff worried about something other than how he was playing his cards. Casinos, he says, don’t like card counters, especially the ones who win.

Axelrad’s book is already getting great ratings. Readers find it funny, helpful, and brutally honest. It’s a good way for players to begin learning how to count cards.

Players who won’t be buying the book, but who are still interested in learning how to count cards, can start by browsing through these articles about some of the more popular blackjack card counting techniques. For the best online blackjack tournament, look here.