Podcast – Jim & Dan Pasko
Our guests this week are Jim Pasko, and his son Dan. Jim has been one of the best backgammon players in the world for 40 years, and together with his son Dan they have been very successful as sports bettors, primarily focused on prop bets. We welcome your questions – send them to us at [...]
Blackjack in Nowheresville Nevada
On the Road to Nevada’s Nowhere Towns by Barry Meadow(From Blackjack Forum XX #2, Summer 2000)© Blackjack Forum 2000 [Barry Meadow is the author of Blackjack Autumn: A True Tale of Life, Death, and Splitting Tens in Winnemucca .] The road is long, With many a-winding turn, That leads us to who knows where, Who knows where… Uh, I [...]
Different Types of Blackjack Teams
Blackjack Team Play Strategies by Arnold Snyder(From Blackjack Forum Volume XVI #3, Fall 1996)© 1996 Blackjack Forum There are numerous approaches that a blackjack team might take to beat the tables. There is no “best” approach, as the optimum strategy for any blackjack team will depend on numerous variables, notably: the number of team players, the talents [...]
False Key Probability
False Keys in McDowell’s Blackjack Ace Prediction by S. Yama(From Blackjack Forum XXIV #2, Spring 2005)© 2005 Blackjack Forum Radar, great rebuttal articles on McDowell’s numbers in Blackjack Ace Prediction. You wrote: This is wrong because a share of the broken sequences and false keys properly belong to the aces that land on the other betting spots. By subtracting [...]
Surveillance Talks
Interview with a Surveillance Director by Arnold Snyder(From Blackjack Forum Vol. XXI #4, Winter 2001/02)© 2002 Blackjack Forum Online [I asked a casino surveillance director if he would do an interview for Blackjack Forum. I told him he could be anonymous. No name. No pictures. Any question I asked about surveillance that he didn’t want to answer, all he [...]
Blackjack Surrender
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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