When It Pays to Say “Uncle!” by Arnold Snyder(From Blackjack Forum Volume X #2, June 1990)© Blackjack Forum 1990 You’ve got a double-digit true count, a huge expectation, and a bet to match. While you’re hoping the pit boss doesn’t notice the size of your bet, the dealer deals you another lousy sixteen — a ten and […]
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Death of the “Free Ride” Rule
Surprise Party at the Klondike Hotel by Arnold Snyder(From Blackjack Forum XX #2, Fall 1996)© Blackjack Forum 1996 On Sunday, June 23, 1996, speaking before a small crowd of card counters and other gambling enthusiasts who were attending his blackjack seminar at Casino Players’ Las Vegas Gaming Festival ‘96 at the Tropicana Hotel, Stanford Wong predicted that, due to […]
Extreme Casino Countermeasures
Spare the Rod, Spoil the Card Counter by Arnold Snyder(From Blackjack Forum Volume XXIII #2, Summer 2003)© 2003 Blackjack Forum In the two-plus decades that we’ve been publishing this mag, we’ve covered many stories about professional players suffering physical abuse at the hands of casino personnel. Back in June of 1986 (“Why I’m Suing in Nevada”), Ken […]
Snyder Responds to Patterson’s Response
Jerry Patterson’s Break the Dealer: Bad Information on Shuffles by Arnold Snyder(From Blackjack Forum VII #1, March 1987)© 1987 Blackjack Forum All of the “non-random” shuffle exploitation gurus including Jerry Patterson, Eddie Olsen and Doug Grant claim that Patterson’s systems won’t work vs. computer-random shuffles. Yet, none of you have ever published any computer simulation data on your systems […]
Blackjack Strategy Puzzle
Shouldn’t You Hit? by Arnold Snyder(From Blackjack Forum Volume XXI #2, Summer 2001)© Blackjack Forum 2001 Four blackjack players, all of them professional gamblers, were sitting at a quarter table in a Vegas Strip casino. I stopped to watch the game because the bets on the table were unusual. Two players had bet the table minimum — […]
Non-Random Shuffle Discoveries
Shoehenge: Probing the Mysteries of the Non-Random Shuffle by Arnold Snyder(Blackjack Forum Vol. X #4, December 1990)© Blackjack Forum 1990 [Arnold Snyder is the author of The Blackjack Shuffle Tracker’s Cookbook: How Players Win (and Why They Lose) With Shuffle-Tracking.] Many times over the years I have had to eat my own words. So many times, in […]
Super Sevens
Super Sevens Snafu by Arnold Snyder(Blackjack Forum Vol. XII #2, June 1992)© Blackjack Forum 1992 There’s a new side-bet popping up at blackjack tables called Super Sevens. You’ll find it at the new Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut, and on various cruise ships. You’ll also find it at Caesars, in both Las Vegas and Stateline. The option was invented […]
The “Senior’s System”
Card Counting for Players with Weak Vision by Arnold Snyder[From Card Player, September 1994]© 1994 Arnold Snyder Question from a Reader: I do not have very good eyesight. I love playing blackjack, but as you might imagine, card counting is not easy for me. I have no trouble distinguishing aces, kings, queens, jacks, or 2s, 3s, […]
Are Side Counts Worth the Trouble?
Can Side Counting Make You a Super Card Counter? by Arnold Snyder(From Blackjack Forum Volume IV #3, September 1984)© Blackjack Forum 1984 I’ve spent the past four years advising blackjack players to streamline their card counting strategies. In 1980, in The Blackjack Formula, I showed that the most important factor in a card counter’s win rate is penetration. […]
Costa Rican Rummy
Can You Beat Costa Rican Rummy with Card Counting? by Arnold Snyder(First published in Card Player, December 1993)© 1993 Arnold Snyder Question from a Player: I will be vacationing in Costa Rica again this year. They have casinos there, but blackjack is illegal. Instead, they have their own variation of blackjack, which they call “rummy” — not in […]
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