BlackjackInfo Blog

2006

• 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.

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• 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).

• 26 January 2005

  Wow, what a show!

  The premiere episode of GSN's World Series of Blackjack lived up to all expectations, delivering an exciting and well-produced show. I stick with my comments made at the time; That tournament table featured some of the best play I've ever seen.

2004

• 29 December 2004

  Mission Accomplished

  For the third year running, I've managed to win a seat in the final event in the Las Vegas Hilton's Million Dollar Blackjack Tournament.