A couple posts on the blackjack forums caught my eye this week. The first was from a player who asked, “What is the best casinos for APs to play?” I had to laugh. First of all, the answer to the question is going to be completely different for every player depending on his circumstance. A […]
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Shuffle Tracking & Ace Sequencing
Card counters spend a lot of time learning to count. They memorize basic strategy, then slowly learn to cancel the pluses and minuses. Next they learn to estimate the number of cards in the discard rack, and adjust their running count to a true count. They memorize index plays so they know when it is […]
Response to some emails
I’ve had some emails that I wanted to respond to, and now is as good a time as any. The first was from a new player that had a pit boss accuse him of counting cards. He wanted to know how he should handle that, and he had a concern about being flyered. He has […]
A couple random thoughts
I read a couple things that caught m eye this week. First there is this. 7 rules for recording police. Professional gamblers may have to deal with police in several situations. The first is when driving with large amounts of cash. In the past I have advocated recording the police in these situations. Laws vary […]
Professional Roulette Prediction by Laurance Sc...
Professional Roulette Prediction, by Laurance Scott was originally written in 1990, and then revised and re-released in 2005. The book presents a method for beating roulette through visual prediction. Scott presents a method for timing the speed of the ball, and the speed of the rotor, and using the relation of those two speeds you […]
Ping Pang Pong
I saw an article this week, Chinese restaurant in Las Vegas named one of nation’s best so I had to try it. Hong Kong is one of my favorite cities, and the best food city I have spent any time in.
Milk the cow, or butcher it?
Nothing lasts forever. Write it down, tattoo it on your arm, use the mnemonics you learned when sequencing aces to memorize it. During the course of your playing life you will find some good games. You might find some great games. No matter how you decide to play it, the game will not last. I […]
Million Dollar Slots – book review
Million Dollar Slots is the story of how Peter Liston, an accountant, turned high school teacher, turned advantage player ran $500 into millions playing slot machines. Yes, that’s right – he is an advantage player that just plays slots, and he’s been doing it for 18 years. It bears repeating – Every game in the casino […]
Most Memorable Hand
I was talking to some friends the other night, and the subject came up, what was your most memorable hand? Usually these discussions revolve around some massive bet involving many splits, and double downs, and either winning or losing a very large amount of money. I was trying to remember something memorable and came up […]
Blackjack Ball 2013
Last weekend was the 17th annual Blackjack Ball. This is my favorite party of the year since it allows me to see so many people that I only see once a year. It is a gathering of professional gamblers of the highest level.
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