Couple of Common Mistakes in Blackjack
Monday, den 20. October 2008Mistake: The most common mistake beginners make is to stand too often on their stiff hands (12,13,14,15, and 16). Players are naturally afraid to hit these hands because every one of them could bust (make a total of 22 or more) with a single hit. But when the dealer has a high card showing, your […]
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Early blackjack counting systems development
Wednesday, den 15. October 2008In the toe of each shoe there were two “switches”, or buttons - one above each big toe and one beneath - for a total of four switches. By using a series of toe taps, kind of like Morse code, the player could relay to the computer everything it needed to know in order to […]
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Mistakes. I’ve made quite a few!
Tuesday, den 26. August 2008So, here I am, playing video poker. My video poker strategy is down pat! You see, to my way of thinking, there’s no such thing as a random sequence. The probability of any one thing happening is set by what went before. So, if I got me a winning hand, the law of averages […]
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A slots tournament? What’s that all about?
Monday, den 18. August 2008When you walk up to a slot machine in a casino or log into an online casino and play the slots, it’s a battle between you and the machine to see who comes out the winner. Actually, even if you’re a professional, the machine will almost always come out ahead over the long term. That’s […]
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Hyland’s team
Tuesday, den 15. April 2008A New Jersey college student named Tommy Hyland, who had just turned twentyone, started going to Atlantic City in 1978 when he heard about the favorable blackjack game at Resorts. Within a year, he had organized about twenty of his college and golfing buddies into a team of blackjack players. Hyland’s team continues to this […]
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Big Boom on the Boardwalk
Sunday, den 13. April 2008No one had anticipated the tidal wave of humanity which surged into Atlantic City after Resorts opened its doors in 1978. Gross profits at this one casino averaged over $600,000 per day, far higher than anyone of the larger las Vegas casinos.
e.R. Chambliss & T.e. Roginski, Playing Blackjack in Atlantic City.
The phenomenal growth in the […]
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Casinos in the United States
Sunday, den 24. February 2008In the United States, try Atlantic City, Northern Connecticut, Gulfport/Biloxi, Reno/Lake Tahoe, Chicagoland, Minnesota, Michigan, St. Louis, New Orleans, Niagara Falls - the list goes on and on, and includes hundreds of riverboats and Indian casinos all over the United States. By the way, unless you’re from the Upper […]
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Sin City
Saturday, den 23. February 2008What city is home to more casinos per square mile than anywhere in the world, and also happens to be mecca for the modernday card counter? If your answer was "Las Vegas," you’re right. Sin City has turned up the volume yet again. And that was a good business decision, because […]
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Blackjack common rules
Thursday, den 21. February 2008Let’s touch on some common rules and the corresponding effects on player advantage to start playing blackjack. Keep in mind that a player using perfect Basic Strategy in a game with a typical set of rules plays at only a very slight disadvantage. And a proficient card counter, under those same […]
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Possible outcomes in blackjack
Tuesday, den 19. February 2008Let’s again summarize the three possible outcomes, keeping in mind two very important points, the first of which we’ve covered earlier:
The dealer must draw with a total of 16 or less, and stand with any total of 17 and above. These are the rules of the game and Blackjack tournaments. Whereas […]
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