BlackjackInfo Blog

68 posts Published 2004 to 2025 Written by Tum, Lars Jones and 5 others

2007

  • 5 June 2007

    Video poker player 86’d from Caesars

    It's not just skilled blackjack players who incur the wrath of the casino powers-that-be. Any player that exhibits evidence of intelligent thought is subject to harassment by casinos.

    4 comments

2006

  • 15 February 2006

    WSOB Waiting game

    This is the week. Many players are anxiously eyeing the telephone this week hoping for a phone call from GSN's World Series of Blackjack.

    2 comments

  • 29 January 2006

    Sheraton Tunica Tourney

    I'm just back from a blackjack tournament at the Sheraton Casino in Tunica, Mississippi. The venue was new, but the tournament was a familiar one.

2005

  • 9 November 2005

    Ultimate Blackjack Tour – Season One is a Wrap

    Well, the first season of the new Ultimate Blackjack Tour is a wrap. In a long but very exciting week, filming finished up in late October at CBS Studios in Los Angeles.

  • 16 October 2005

    Ultimate Blackjack Tour

    I'm just back from Vegas, where I participated in a new series of blackjack tournaments produced for TV. The new Ultimate Blackjack Tour adds some interesting twists to the usual formula of blackjack tournaments, and I think the new format will be…

  • 19 June 2005

    Jury rules against Caesars Palace and Griffin Investigations

    The James Grosjean and Michael Russo case against Caesars Palace and Griffin Investigations is done, and the jury ruled in favor of Grosjean and Russo, awarding $100,000 in actual damages.

    3 comments

  • 29 March 2005

    Million Dollar Blackjack on TV

    The Las Vegas Hilton's Million Dollar Blackjack II finals were held in May 2004. And, finally, the Travel Channel shows from almost a year ago will air starting this week.

  • 18 February 2005

    Advantage players are a versatile bunch

    An item in today's Las Vegas Mercury discusses various casino advantage players and their tactics. It covers a broad spectrum including card counting, hole card play, sports betting, poker, and even craps.

  • 13 February 2005

    French-speaking Canadian gamblers get the green light

    From the Edmonton Sun: WINNIPEG -- The Manitoba Lotteries Corporation has partially lifted a ban on French in the province's casinos by allowing bilingual blackjack tables twice a week.

  • 1 February 2005

    WSOB Show 2 synopsis ready

    My hand-by-hand synopsis of week two in the World Series of Blackjack on GSN is now posted, and it's available in time for you to use it to understand the rebroadcast of the show on Tuesday night (Feb 1st).

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