Recent content by cheaney97

Did anyone see this article? http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2006/11/rolling_the_dice.html

Ken, My understanding of the bill is that it will be against the law for U.S.-based banks to transact with online gaming banks. If that's the case, isn't the easy solution to open up an offshore banking account (preferably in the same country as your online gaming company)? I've never done...

Practicing counting So my question is this: if I'm just starting w/ a deck of cards in my hand (face down) and flipping them over one at a time, I'm not sure I can flip them fast enough to count a full deck in 30 seconds. Do you flip them two at a time to get a faster time? Or is there some...

Mandalay Bay Tony--I play at Mandalay pretty often, and yes, they do have a fair amount of tables that stand on soft 17. They allow doubling after splits, you can double on any 2 cards and also surrender. They have 6 deck shoes at most of these tables, but some have CSMs. Mostly, the lowest...

What about comps? Here's my question on this topic: if you're playing at a table with others vs. playing one-on-one against the dealer you're playing fewer hands per hour, so is it better for your player rating as far as comps go to play with others at the table? Or do pit bosses take that...

PokerJunky, I go to Vegas pretty often (once a month or so). I haven't been to Rio in a long time--it's off the strip and so is Palms & Hard Rock. Palms is kind of the 'in-scene' these days thanks to MTV (celebrities, post-college set). It's what the Hard Rock was a few years ago. Palms and...

Has anyone ever been to a casino in Ibiza (off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean)? I'm thinking about taking a summer vacation there. What is the blackjack like? What are the rules on the tables (stand or hit soft 17, double after split, double any 2 cards, surrender)? How many decks...

Thanks for all your help on this. I always thought A,2 was a double vs. dealer 5, but when I saw Stanford Wong's chart it really confused me. I'll be doubling that hand all the time without question now.

I have a quick question on basic strategy. Most of the charts I've seen say I should double when I have a soft 13 (A,2) vs. a dealer's 5, but according to Stanford Wong's Professional Blackjack (Table 1 Generic Basic Strategy page 26) he says to hit. I'm assuming these are the rules on the...

I'm not sure why you guys are using 47% as the probability for the player winning a hand and 53% as the probability for the dealer winning a hand. Isn't the correct probability for the player winning a hand 49.64% (Las Vegas 6-deck rules) and the probability for the dealer winning a hand 50.36%?

Ken--a lot of times when I go to a casino, it's tough to find a table where I can play one-on-one w/ the dealer. Do you have any advice on playing w/ other people--people who are terribly inconsistent w/ basic strategy? Do those people affect my odds in any way?