Tommy Hyland is one of the most famous and actually the most successful blackjack players added to the list of Blackjack Hall of Fame. Tommy Hyland is the most popular blackjack team player for the blackjack history. He and his own blackjack team was constantly winning millions of dollars
Background
Born in 1956 in New Jersey, Tommy Hyland started gambling at the age of 10. His first experience in gaming was tossing coins at the wall. However, it was more for fun.

Being at the high school and college Hyland played various kinds of sports and was involved in sports betting. This was his hobby and most of the time he couldn't even imagine his life connected with gambling really tight. Tommy as the other students liked to play golf and poker.
Nevertheless, you never know where you are going to be even after a few minutes. Tommy didn't know either. He met his college pal and together they read the book on blackjack called Playing Blackjack as a Business. They both studied it and tried to practice. The roommate, however, was more determined and started winning big by himself.
Hyland's blackjack team
After some time Tommy Hyland read another book about team play in the game blackjack written by Ken Uston. This book actually changed Hyland's world and he decided to create his own blackjack team. The first team consisted of two players, Tommy itself and his friend. Later couple of card counters was added to the team. This brought unbelievable success and they started winning a lot of money.
The amount of Hyland's team members was growing fast and consisted of 10 and even 40 players at some time. Tommy was a trainer, recruiter, manager and administrator. His team was extremely successful. They managed to win millions of dollars in many casinos across the USA.
Tommy Hyland's blackjack team had the highly successful 25-year career in winning blackjack, but eventually it stopped because of number of arrests of the team members.