The Low-stakes Professional Card Counter
Fast Action Jackson’s Distractions by Arnold Snyder (From Blackjack Forum Volume X #4, December 1990)© Blackjack Forum 1990 A fixture at the blackjack tables of Las Vegas for almost a decade, Fast Action Jackson has never had much of a bankroll. Standing 5-foot-3 in his Western boots, what’s left of his hair slicked back over his tanned [...]
Fake ID for Card Counters
Fake ID: A Credit Card Under An Assumed Name by Arnold Snyder(From Blackjack Forum VIII #4, December 1988)© Blackjack Forum 1988 [Note: This 1988 article is obsolete as far as the legality issues. Federal and state laws regarding identification became much stricter following 9/11 (2001). I’m including this article for historical purposes only. Loompanics Publishing, the fake [...]
Losing Money on “Good” Rules?
Blackjack Rules: Every Rule Option is Good by Arnold Snyder (First published in Avery Cardoza’s Player Magazine)© 2005 Arnold Snyder A player recently emailed me asking if it was better if a casino allowed players to surrender, or if it was better if this was not allowed. He wrote: “Every blackjack player I know thinks this a [...]
Errata in McDowell’s Errata Sheet
Problems with Fundamental Math in Blackjack Ace Prediction by Arnold Snyder (From Blackjack Forum XXIV #2, Spring 2005)© 2005 Blackjack Forum I purchased my copy of David McDowell’s Blackjack Ace Prediction at the Gambler’s Book Shop in Las Vegas last month (January 2005). No errata sheet was provided and there is no instruction anywhere in the book to go [...]
An Interesting Hand in 8/5 ACE$ Bonus Poker
The cards in ACE$ Bonus Poker (ABP) are just like the ones in regular Bonus Poker (BP) except there are superimposed yellow letters on four cards: “A” on the ace of clubs, “C” on the ace of diamonds, “E” on the ace of hearts, and “$” on the ace of spades. The order of the [...]
Blackjack in Egypt
My Egyptian Adventure: Casinos, Blackjack and Card Counting by BJ Traveller (with Mark Dace)(From Blackjack Forum XXIII #3, Fall 2003)© Blackjack Forum 2003 I played blackjack in Cairo, Egypt several years ago in 1995. The games were mediocre, casinos small and the city dirty. My Egyptian guide asked when I would return? I replied perhaps in my [...]
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