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Equalizing 6:5 bj There is an excellent table showing the effect of all common variations on house advantage on blackjack at www.wizardofodds.com under his blackjack (variations) section. Allowing an automatic winner for a "5 Card Charlie" will offset (+1.46%) the 6:5 blackjack rule(-1.39%)...

2 to 1 blackjack I played at the Riveria briefly last week. A guy at my table used a 2 for 1 on the first blackjack coupon that he said came from the LV Adviser. The coupon simply stayed on the table until he got the next blackjack (max 25$ bet). After several 25$ bets he collected his $50...

60 units Sorry Typo! Should be 60 units.

I just returned from my first visit to Laughlin. I found the area to be very laid back, no traffic problems, inexpensive, decent food and generally friendly dealers, etc. Not like Vegas at all. I played at Flamingo (also stayed there), River Palms. Pioneer, Riverside, Golden Nugget, and Colorado...

blackjack sidebets Here is a link to a mathematically sound analysis of available blackjack side bets such as 21+3. Because of the house odds on this bet I almost never play it. However, I believe in very high counts this bet can be advantageous due to the likelihood of making high card...

I'm planning a trip to Laughlin in October. Anyone have a suggestion of where to play? Are the games better/same or worse than downtown LV. Thanks.

Thought you might like to here about the gambling boat cruise I took last week out of Port Canaveral Florida. My first and last experience with this kind of cruise. I understand there are two operations at this port. I went on the bigger, better known one. All blackjack games used csm's (yukk!)...

Re: On WSOBJ Monday night Dealer did a "double clutch" on the look at hole card. One of the best advantage plays in the game. Realizing what she had done she then tried to fake the players out. One of the players made a comment which caused her to do the fake. A good player would have kept his...

I had a wild experience at one of the Indiana riverboats this past Friday. The bj tables were crowded, so I played straight bj at a 21 + 3 sidebet table (6d, s17, das, etc.) Because I was having a good session and had been watching the other ploppies loosing at bj but making money on the side...

I'm planning another trip to Tunica the first week in October. When I was last there a few months ago Sams Town had gone to an 8 deck shoe. Is this the trend in Tunica? I prefer a 2 deck game but will play 6 deck since thats all I ever see on Indiana boats. I played mostly at the Horseshoe and...