Blackjack Betting and Risk of Ruin for the Basic Strategy Player By Brother William(From Blackjack Forum Vol XV #3, September 1995)© 1995 Blackjack Forum [Editor’s note: Brother William’s article about fluctuations in your blackjack bankroll when flat betting and playing basic strategy have a new relevance for players who are taking advantage of online casino bonuses or […]
Banking California Blackjack Games
A Banking Team for Player-Banked Blackjack By Arnold Snyder(From Card Player , April 1994)© 1994 Arnold Snyder Question from a Reader: Some of the Indian reservations here in Northern California now offer player-banked blackjack. Table limits go up to $100 at one such casino, and $200 at another, at least on the few visits that I’ve made to […]
Blackjack in Prague
The Traveling Gambler: Prague Spring by BJ Traveller (with Mark Dace)(From Blackjack Forum XXIV #3, Summer 2005)© Blackjack Forum 2005 [Editor’s Note: BJ Traveller is not only a successful professional gambler but the author of the best-selling Chinese language book in the U.S. market in 2002. Three of his Chinese-language books on gambling are currently available at […]
The Blackjack Hall of Fame
The Blackjack Hall of Fame Honors Professional Gamblers © 2005-2012 Blackjack Forum Online After taking stock of my life, I find my most valuable acquisitionis the wisdom I’ve learned through gambling. — N. M. “Junior” Moore, The Crossroader [Note: This is the article about the Blackjack Hall of Fame published in BJFO in 2012. Since then, […]
Ken Uston in His Own Words
Interview with Ken Uston by Arnold Snyder(From Blackjack Forum Volume III #2, June 1983)© 1983, 2005 Blackjack Forum [On the evening of February 21, 1983 I met with Ken Uston at his San Francisco apartment. This is a transcription of the interview, which was taped.] Ken Uston on his Casino Lawsuits Snyder: Some card counters feel you’re personally […]
Ken Uston on His Beating at the Mapes Casino
Why I’m Suing in Nevada by Ken Uston (From Blackjack Forum VI #2, June 1986)© Blackjack Forum 1986 [Note from A.S.: After reading this article, I encourage you to read James Grosjean’s “It’s Not Paranoia If…” about his successful lawsuit against the Imperial Palace for false arrest–a major victory and step forward for players that would have […]
The Four Horsemen of Blackjack
Blackjack History: Baldwin, Cantey, Maisel and McDermott and the First Accurate Blackjack Basic Strategy By Arnold Snyder© 1997 Blackjack Forum [Note: This 1997 article about the Four Horsemen was written prior to our discovery that all four authors were still alive and before their subsequent induction into the Blackjack Hall of Fame. – A.S.] Letter […]
Articles on Using Concealed Computers
[In the early days of Blackjack Forum, I used to advertise and sell these devices. I believe they are now illegal to use in casinos throughout the world. – A.S.] . Blackjack Computers: Your Ticket to the Big House (Part 1)by Thomas B. Duffy, Attorney at Law Blackjack Computers: Your Ticket to the Big House […]
Blackjack Computers:
Your Ticket to the Big House (Part I) by Thomas B. Duffy, Attorney at Law (From Blackjack Forum XIV #1, March 1994)© Blackjack Forum 1994 [Ed. note: Eleven years ago, concealable blackjack computers were legal and growing in popularity. Then, Nevada outlawed them. New Jersey followed suit, passing laws against them, albeit with less harsh penalties. As […]
Why Aren’t You Still There?
I wrote recently in a two-parter about a trip I took where I ended up quite a bit ahead. Sometime after I got back, Bonnie and I were having dinner with her sister, Robin, and Robin’s husband. Robin asked about the trip. “Bonnie tells me you did pretty well there.” “Yes. A $200,000 trip is […]
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