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There is a general consensus among current blackjack writers that there is far less cheating in today’s casinos than there was years ago. Even though this is likely true, it still says nothing about how much cheating still takes place. Once a fully licensed and practicing blackjack dealer myself, now retired, I am well aware [...]

“Did you come here to gamble, or just to give your money to the house?” grunted the surly old loser next to me, after I surrendered the first three hands I received. I just shook my head in disgust and didn’t bother pointing out to him that while I had lost a bet and a [...]

This is a not-so-obvious paradox, but BS sometimes requires the player to follow a lower percentage-win strategy in order to maximize overall winnings. For example, suppose as a noncounter you receive an A,7 while the dealer is showing a 6. If you stand with the soft 18 you will win 63% of the time; however, [...]

When novice players hear the term “counting cards,” they conjure up an image of a process that, computer-like, remembers the rank of every card played. From this information mathematical calculations must be quickly made, to determine the best plays to make at any given time. Although miniaturized computers can be used successfully to this end [...]

Many casual players believe that, all other factors being equal, the odds of winning at a single-deck game are the same as in shoe games. They figure that, although more decks are used, the same relative number of cards is still involved; therefore, even for a card-counter, there is no advantage to playing in one [...]