Stories from Casino Surveillance By D.V. Cellini(First published in Casino Player, March 2004)© 2005 Blackjack Forum Online It was a beautiful spring afternoon, a perfect day for heading out of Reno to the nearby Sierras, maybe even a drive to Lake Tahoe. But there I was, sitting in the dark, the only light provided by a […]
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Blackjack Switch
Basic Strategy for Blackjack Switch, With Easy Switching Rules By Arnold Snyder(From How to Beat Internet Casinos and Poker Rooms, by Arnold Snyder)© 2005 Arnold Snyder Introduction to Blackjack Switch Many online casinos, particularly those that use Playtech software, offer a unique game called Blackjack Switch. It is similar to regular casino blackjack in many ways, […]
A Card Counters’ Guide to Getting Around ...
The Blackjack Routes of Las Vegas By G.K. Schroeder(From Blackjack Forum Vol. XIV #3, September 1994; updated 2012)© 2012 Blackjack Forum Some years ago I made the mistake of taking a three-day trip to Las Vegas during the National Finals Rodeo. The main casinos on my play list at the time were Circus Circus, the Sands and […]
Blackjack in Moldavia
Heaven in Hell: Blackjack in Moldavia by Garry Baldy(From Blackjack Forum Volume XXIV #2, Spring 2005)© Blackjack Forum 2005 Day minus one. Introduction to Moldavia. One well-known professional gambler asked me if I wanted information about a blackjack game with extremely good rules. Sure, answered I. (What professional gambler wouldn’t?) He proposed to give me information on […]
Blackjack Luck
It’s the Big Winner’s Secret Ingredient by Howard Grossman (From Blackjack Forum Vol. II, #1, March 1982)© Blackjack Forum 1982, 2013 [Note from Arnold Snyder: Howard Grossman, founder of the Las Vegas Blackjack Academy, a school for card counters, played high stakes blackjack professionally for many years. An original teammate of Ken Uston’s, he jumped the […]
Casinos in South America
Casinos and Blackjack in Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, and Paraguay By RK(From Blackjack Forum XXIV #3, Summer 2005)© Blackjack Forum 2005 [Note from Arnold Snyder: I want to thank RK, a long-time Blackjack Forum subscriber and trustworthy reporter, for this report.] [Note from R.K.: For me it is really a pleasure to share this information with you. The information on […]
Think You’re an Expert?
A Puzzle for Blackjack Players by Arnold Snyder (Blackjack Forum Vol. III #1, March 1983)© Blackjack Forum 1983 I’ve got some puzzles here for true blackjack fanatics. If you like working on puzzles, give them a try before looking at the answers. Some of these may take a while to work out, but all of them […]
The Blackjack Dealer Was Flashing
Hole Card Tips for Beginners By Arnold Snyder(From Card Player, July 28, 1995)© 1995 Arnold Snyder Question from a Reader: Last week, the blackjack dealer against whom I was playing kept flashing her hole card in my direction. She wasn’t doing it on purpose; it was just the way she angled the hole card up as she slid […]
Hole Card Techniques and the Law
Is Spooking Legal? By Arnold Snyder (With comments by Stephen R. Minagil, Attorney at Law)(From Blackjack Forum VII #2, June 1987)© Blackjack Forum 1987 As reported previously in Blackjack Forum (Vol. V #3), on December 18, 1984, the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada ruled conclusively that certain types of hole-card play are legal at Nevada’s casino blackjack […]
Interview with Bob Nersesian
An Attorney Fights Casino Abuse of Professional Gamblers in the Nevada Courts and Wins by Richard W. Munchkin(From Blackjack Forum XXII #4, Winter 2002/03)© Blackjack Forum 2003 [Bob Nersesian is a partner in the Las Vegas law firm of Nersesian & Sankiewicz. He specializes in representing players in lawsuits against casinos. Richard W. Munchkin is a member of […]
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