Recent content by russellj93

front loading I am taking a Blackjack dealers course at our community college. We do cover dealer mistakes and mistakes are made by new dealers (they are called "break ins") as well as experienced dealers. As we all hope to become advantage players, we do need to take every edge we can get...

I am reading Bluebook of Blackjack II. So far it is one of the best BJ books I have read. (I will post a review when I finish it). Anyway the book talks about jumping in the middle of shoe when it is hot. It may piss some players off, but according to the book, it has absolutely no effect on the...

Hi Ken, Glad everything is well with you. It is hard to imagine the gulf coast without any casinos. I am a lifelong Pete Fountain fan and enjoy going to the Magic Casino in Bay St. Louis to see him play. I am now afraid that Katrina may well end his live performances. By the way your boys from...

Hi Bama 21, I have played Spainish 21 a few times in Laughlin, Nevada (only an hour drive from where I live). I did OK and liked the game. I usually stick to regular BJ if I can find decent rules. I won a little bit on Spainish 21. I am like the other gentleman, I have basic strategy memorized...

Progressive Betting Well, no. I did not know that. Thanks for your info. I am not sure I understand the logic of that. However, I have noticed during simulator play that having my computer playing partners bet $5 flat and me betting the 1-3-2-6 system, that my parnters total amount wagered...

First let me re-instate that I am not a counter. Everything I read from the experts say that no system ever works no matter what. However, I have also read that you should have some sort of money management system. I have been using a 1-3-2-6 system for several months now and it appears to be...

My local small casino (1 or 2 BJ tables open during the week) has a 6-deck shoe 3:2 BJ, dealer stands s17, DAS allowed and 6:5 single deck BJs dealer stands s17, DAS not allowed. During the week when only one table is open they always open the single deck game. Sometimes I am the only player and...

I had a fairly successful session at the Riverside Casino in Laughlin, NV. Several rules were somewhat unusal to me. You can only dd on 10 or higher. Other than that, standard rules apply. The other thing I found unusal was that the dealer does not shuffle the cards on a 6-deck shoe. The dealer...

Bad? I have not been able to win playing one on one. I have always lost a lot and very quickly. I seem to do best when there are players at the table and I can get the third base spot.

Multiple spots Does anybody play mulitple spots. A friend told me that when playing one on one and things were not going well, try playing two spots to mix up the card flow and then drop back down to one spot again. Does this make since to anyone?

I play BJ in Laughlin twice a week. I have never played at the Ramada and now don't think I want to. I usally play at Riverside or Flamingo. Riverside has a rule on both single deck and the 6 deck shoe that you can not double down unless it is 10 or 11. This prevents doubling on soft counts. I...

Thanks for the good advice. I thought I was right in just sticking to the 6-deck shoe but wanted a second opinion. I am headed to Vegas today (a two hour drive from where I live). I have not played their in awhile so I hope I don't run into a lot of BJ variations. Thanks again. Russell

My local casino has just added a single deck blackjack table. All cards are dealt face up (except dealer's hole card), dealer must stand on soft 17, double down after split is allowed, and can split up to 3 times, blackjack pays 6-5. I do not know how to count. Is it worth trying to learn a...

Thanks for your reply. I thought about that also even though I never really look at the cards when they are spread out. The local casinos that I play in regulary do not spread the cards out like is done in Vegas. One casino does have them spread but face down. The other casino does not bother to...

This is second hand info so I do not know the validity of this statement. A friend of mine claims he had a friend that use to deal in Vegas. He claimed his friend told him that vegas casinos remove 5 cards from every deck in 6-8 deck BJ shoes. He did not say what the 5 cards were, but I assume...