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You'll make more per hour with a 1:16 spread on the shoe games there than 1:16 spread the 6:5 single deck game if your only relying on straight counting.

Splitting 3's vs 8 in Pitch Games

The subject of casino cheating was brought up while playing at my local casino and the dealer commented that Soaring Eagle got busted for removing aces out of the deck.

Wow.. awesome. Never seen that one before. :p

If there's anyone who wouldn't mind sharing the strategy info or letting me know how to aquire it for side counting 8's & 9's with HiOptII, would be greatly appreciated.

I was comparing some numbers on CVdata and when I compared splitting 6's vs 10 than not splitting them my EV for 6's vs 10 increased. Splitting 6's vs 10 only at a true count of -4 and lower showed an even higher increase in EV and even showed an increase in EV vs an Ace. When I tried...

Just tell them flat out. I don't play basic strategy.

Another forum states it was robbed at Gun-point with a machine gun. Don't know if that's true yet. http://www.ktnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=12874178 (Archive copy) Las Vegas, NV (KTNV) - Police are looking for a suspect who robbed the casino cage at Treasure Island. It happened around...

Had an annoying dealer the other day. I was playing 2 spots and the dealer kept telling to only play one spot as 2 wasn't working for me. Must have told me about 6 times. Three other players playing 1 spot. The dealer was getting good cards. Other players are getting cranky and the dealer...

Okay.. I just discovered that my local casino has implemented a new DD game, so I thought I'd give it try. My first couple visits I did all right but something strange happened while playing this DD game in the middle of my third visit. My dealer was a asian fellow probably close to 70 years...

This one asian guy who couldn't speak English very well, had a soft 21 and scratched the table for a hit..not a double, but just a plain hit on soft 21. The dealer said "you have 21..you don't hit that" He still insisted that he wanted to hit. The dealer repeatedly told the man no.. you...

Began the night playing a couple bad shoes at my local store dropping about 70 units...stopped playing when the pit boss raised the min. from $25 to $50. At this point I was down 95 units. I then preceded to head on over to another store in my area. Sat and played tug of war for awhile, not...

Calif. man sentenced for bilking $7M from casinos SAN DIEGO – A San Diego man who led a card-cheating ring that bilked dozens of casinos out of $7 million was sentenced Monday to nearly six years in federal prison. Phuong Quoc Truong has acknowledged leading the ring, known as the "Tran...

Using the Felt Count.

Stand soft 17 is better for the player than hit soft 17.