Recent content by Lankester

I have no reason Doubt you, I even described 3 different protocols I saw at Readhawk above (8/22/11 post). They may be skipping it when they are packed to save time. Also the damn music, they must turn it up to annoy people into making bad bets and leave. Maybe the readers of this thread...

Ok. This is absolutely false. I went there four days after this post (Sat. 8/27). The cards were brought in by a pit guy, he opened them (broke the seal) at the table and removed jokers & poker info cards, fanned through them in his hands with only him checking, and then staked the two...

They were not fanning out the new cards when I went in 2009. For Double deck, one person would bring in the new decks unchecked by anyone else, and the dealer would drop them in the ASM without Fanning or washing the cards. Skipping this step let these rumors run, and why not? it is highly...

I just returned from Vegas. Check out the high limit room at Treasure Island. They have double deck, Stay on S17, double on any 2 cards, double after split, re-split after split, blackjack 3:2. But no surrender. They deal down to 3/4 deck remaining (cut card set by grove in discard tray)...

BjSkeaver20 has it right, you always split 8,8 vs. ten unless the count is high (true count of 6 for Uston's APC) I have done my own simulations using my own program over 10 years ago, and this is right, not to win but to break even. Try hitting soft 18, watch the table throw a fit. The...

Lets take empirical look at the book "bringing down the House" of witch the move 21 was based. Chapter 1, sentence 2: "There were three empty martini glasses on the table in front of him..", all casinos religiously remove empty glasses. Either the dealer or pit boss, but the waitress will...

In 2007, Caesar's Palace Las Vegas had a blackjack pit outside their Pure night club that was dealt by the Pussycat dolls and had a Pussycat dolls theme. So their were 2 dancers in cages dancing in bikinis with feathery boas, and when all the all female dealers arrived at a table they placed a...

yeah, the dealer said the guy who brought the cards inspects them. I had a suspicion due the 75% penetration, decided not worth playing after seeing new cards brought in. In Reno / Tahoe you have the nevada gaming commission, no way would they risk a stacked deck. I wonder if this is...

Stacked decks at Thunder Valley Holly s##t!!! Went to Thunder valley first and last time the other day. I used to play a lot (200+ hours a year), but quit when all playable games were gone by 2002. Excitement seeing 75% deck penetration on the double deck games turned to pure shock seeing...