Business Mindset Strategist & Author; Blackjack Professional Known as the "Most Notorious Card Counter in America"

Seattle, WA, USA

David Drury Biography

David Drury is a business and mindset speaker, blackjack professional, and author of "Tales from the Felt." Known as the most notorious card counter in America, Drury successfully took seven figures from casinos across the country, earning recognition from casinos and surveillance agencies alike. He was the winningest player on the infamous Church Team, which was featured in the award-winning documentary film, "Holy Rollers: The True Story of Card Counting Christians."

Drury now shares his wild-but-true tale with business audiences, offering work and mindset strategies for success drawn from his experience beating casinos at their own game. He reveals secrets from the blackjack world and engages audiences by encouraging them to apply the card counter mindset to real-world business practices and methodologies. Drury challenges participants to consider questions such as: What is anchoring your purpose and vision? What is truly worth fighting for? How do you deal with the pressures of navigating your goals?

In addition to co-authoring "Tales from the Felt," Drury has presented at the Comcast Leadership Conference and Blackjack Apprenticeship Bootcamp.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 07/18/2025.

David Drury Speaking Topics

  • Gain the Edge: Life Lessons from America's Most Notorious Card Counter

    David Drury's story is about how a Baptist preacher's kid, failed writer, and unserious employee was transformed by a thing called Card Counter Mindset, which taught him to pay attention and rearranged the way he went about his work. Yes, it made winning at cards possible—but it also made everything possible.

    Creative minds in business and leadership are always fine-tuning their strategies for success. Your team will hear some wild-but-true card counting stories, and secrets from the world of beating blackjack, but David's path to success transformed his thinking about success. In David's talk he provokes, engages, and challenges you and your team to apply Card Counter Mindset to real-world business practices and methodologies.

    • What is anchoring your purpose and vision?
    • What is truly worth fighting for?
    • How do you deal with the pressures of navigating your goals?

    The business and life principles David extracted from Card Counter Mindset will inspire your momentum.

  • The Key to Sales Success is Trusting the System

    Is your company or team struggling to find consistent success? The most successful organizations know not only how to create a winning system, but how to follow it. In the late 2000s, David Drury won upwards of a million dollars from casinos and was named the Most Notorious Card Counter in America because he was able to set aside distractions and faithfully follow a winning system. In this riveting talk based on his experience as a member of a successful card-counting team, audiences will come away with the principles of a winning system: focus, perseverance, and teamwork.

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David Drury Videos

David Drury - "Holy Rollers" Trailer

David Drury - "Holy Rollers" Trailer

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David Drury is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Gain the Edge: Life Lessons from America's Most Notorious Card Counter, The Key to Sales Success is Trusting the System, Find the Fire Within and Winning As a Team Is All About Serving Others. The estimated speaking fee range to book David Drury for your event is $20,000 - $30,000. David Drury generally travels from Seattle, WA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Duncan Stevens, Erin King, Sarah Centrella, Walter Bond and Pedro Chavez Jr.. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling David Drury for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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