How to Stack a Deck by Sam Case (From Blackjack Forum Vol. III #1, March 1983) © 1983 Blackjack Forum Stacking a deck requires two stages — location and placement. Location is just finding the cards, placement is putting them where you want them in the stacked deck. Whenever the exact order of the deck is prearranged, the location step can be […]
Stuck in Aruba with Darryl Purpose
Stuck in Aruba with Darryl Purpose By Nick Alexander (From Blackjack Forum Volume XXIV #1, Winter 2004/05) © Blackjack Forum 2005 [Nick Alexander is a professional blackjack player who retires every three or four years. He currently lives a life of leisure in the south of France. After reading the last issue of Blackjack Forum he is […]
Dangerous Shoes
Dangerous Shoes: Casino Cheating at Blackjack by Steve Forte (From Blackjack Forum Vol. XI #1, March 1991) © 1991 Blackjack Forum Over the years, between letters, phone calls and personal meetings, I’ve talked with hundreds of concerned players who suspect they were cheated in card, dice and gambling games of all kinds. When the game is blackjack, […]
Interview with Al Francesco
Interview with Al Francesco by Richard W. Munchkin (From Blackjack Forum Volume XXII #2, Summer 2002) © 2002 RWM [Note from A.S.–Richard Munchkin is the author of Gambling Wizards: Conversations with the World’s Greatest Gamblers, one of my favorites on professional gambling and gamblers. Since the time of this interview, Richard Munchkin has been elected into the Blackjack Hall […]
How Much Can You Win Online on $10 or $20 Free ...
Learn the Optimal Strategies for Free Play Bonuses at Online Casinos by the Editors at Blackjack Forum © 2006 Blackjack Forum Online At the time this article was written, Mummy’s Gold online casino was offering players a $500 free roll. The deal was: Play for an hour on the house on $500 free (no deposit […]
The First Line of Defense: Selective Shuffling
The First Line of Defense: Selective Shuffling by Sam Case (From Blackjack Forum Vol. IV #1, March 1984) © 1984 Blackjack Forum I recently talked with a long time professional blackjack player who’s seen the game change over the years. He told me that false shuffles and second deals–all the cheating moves–used to be much more common […]
A Funny Thing Happened on My Way to the Forum
A Funny Thing Happened on My Way to the Forum By James Grosjean (From Blackjack Forum Volume XXI #1, Spring 2001)© 2001 Blackjack Forum [Ed. Note: Last year, when I published James Grosjean’s first book, Beyond Counting, I wished that I could tell you the story that follows. I couldn’t. In fact, I only knew a small portion of […]
Online Casino Bonus Play
Online Casino Bonus Play by Arnold Snyder© 2015 Arnold Snyder Introduction Unlike casinos in Las Vegas or Atlantic City, the best online casinos give generous bonuses. These casino bonuses are literally free money, and can be very valuable to players. They have this value even though they often come with strings attached. What are the strings? If […]
Interview with Tommy Hyland
Interview with Tommy Hyland by Richard W. Munchkin (From Blackjack Forum Volume XXII #1, Spring 2002) (From RWM’s Gambling Wizards, Huntington Press, Las Vegas 2002) © 2002 RWM [Note from A.S.: Richard W. Munchkin is the author of Gambling Wizards: Conversations with the World’s Greatest Gamblers, and, like Tommy Hyland, a member of the Blackjack Hall of Fame.] [Note from […]
Inside the Cat and Mouse Game
Or Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Casino Management, But Were Afraid to Ask by Bill Zender (From Blackjack Forum Vol. XII #4, December 1992) © 1992 Blackjack Forum [Editor’s note: Bill Zender, author of Casino-ology 2: New Strategies for Managing Games , former Nevada Gaming Control agent, and former casino manager of the Aladdin Hotel in Las […]
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