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When it is impossible that certain cards be dealt to you, the original composition or “balance” of the full deck(s) is obviously skewed. A particular card can no longer appear completely at random. This situation could easily happen, for example, if you were to observe that all four Aces had already been used up in [...]

Only in blackjack do the cards have what can rightly be considered a kind of “memory.” One type of card is not just as likely as any other to appear next. Almost a third of every deck consists of a single card the 10-valued card. Whether they are “painted” cards (Jacks, Queens, and Kings) or [...]

Using a counting system that gives you only 3% advantage is more than enough to make you a big winner as long as you play a sufficient number of hands. After all, European roulette has a house advantage of only 2.6% or less, and craps is as low as 1.4%! If such a small edge [...]

Even though you may play all of your blackjack hands correctly, i.e., according to the BS presented in chapter 3, you will never make much money in the long haul regardless of the liberality of casino rules. BS combined with all of the 101 tips offered in chapter 8, plus all of the other playing [...]

There are almost as many “systems” for playing the game of blackjack as there are blackjack players themselves. Some use strictly their “gut feelings” to govern their play; I dub them “VIP’s,” which stands for Viscerally Influenced Players. Some VIP’s employ progressive bet-ranging schemes as well as strictly intuition. Other players go by “mimic the [...]