BJ21.com Green Chip comped membership offer for BJInfo.com readers

[Wookets]

Thanks a lot - the offer is much appreciated!

[Sucker]

Ok - I took advantage of this free offer. Over the last couple of years I have been lead to believe that this Green Chip forum was a place where all of the top BJ experts meet to discuss all of the newest "top secret" strategies. That's why they've always required a "paid" membership.

I've just spent the last 4 hours perusing the Green Chip topics, and I seem to find very little that even REFERS to sensitive information. Only one question; where an OP asked about card counting on a One2Six CSM. The response: "We no longer discuss these things here". The forum doesn't even HAVE an "advanced strategies" category.

The majority of the posts were for the most part - drivel; things like "How much drinking is too much?" or "I had a prostitute snuggle up to me at the table".

Is there something I'm missing? Is there a "secret" area in the Green Chip area where only the more trusted members have access? So far, this "free" membership has not lead me to believe that when it runs out, I'm going to be very interested in continuing it via a "paid" membership

[Lonesome Gambler]

To be perfectly honest, I think the majority of the value to be made from GC is from perusing the archives using the search feature. Posts go back over a decade, and many prolific players have contributed at one time or another, often with valuable or at least historical interesting content (that may be helpful to observant and clever players).

To be clear, I intend no offense to Al, just as I mean no offense to Ken when I say that the major utility of this site is the same. Many of what I would consider to be the most valuable posts on this forum date back several years and will require the search function and some rudimentary Internet Detective skills to locate.

That said, I check both sites with regularity and have no plans on discontinuing my GC membership, despite the fact that I'm not very active on that forum. I also suspect that many members make their membership fees many times over not in valuable information posted directly on the forum but rather in the form of EV gained by networking and sharing information privately with other players on the site.

[Wookets]

Sucker, definitely try digging through the older posts as Lonesome Gambler suggested; there's more than few gems to be found. I also agree that part of the value is driven by networking with other serious APs.

[Deathclutch]

Personally I didn't find much there that isn't already here.

[zengrifter]

Originally Posted by Wookets

Sucker, definitely try digging through the older posts as Lonesome Gambler suggested; there's more than few gems to be found.

Dig through the old sh*t Sucker, its like style coming back around!

BTW Wookets, if you really like digging through old BJ archives, don't forget that BJINFO also has the archves of CardCounter.com going back to 2000. And then there are the newsgroups that are increasingly easy to search, going back 25 years --
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