Recent content by mathman

bigger weekend This is a busier weekend because of the indoor racing. It's possible that some of the casino's are going to take advantage of that and increase their house edge. I've seen this in previous years. We'll see what happens....JtMM:cool:

Paranoia I've had double the table minimum a number of times. The casino in Erie Pa. will not let you play two hands unless you are being rated.:confused: It seems that most don't require anything but some of the paranoid:eek: ones do.

Good job! Excellent report! One of the better I've seen. As B-Jack suggested renting a car is the best way to go if you're tripping around like you were....JtMM:cool:

That's a very interesting thought however I have seen PC's ask to see peoples strategy cards "to make sure they have the right one". I highly doubt that is the real reason they ask. I think it's more like checking to make sure they don't have a card to work with counting. If a PC wasn't sure...

Agreed Thanks for both of you CP:cat: and ZG:joker: I have the pleasure of calling both of you friends and this site would not be even close to what it is without you two. Everything in life is about balance and your views help to keep things balanced around here and keep the boredom in...

Stop watching the movie 21 Do yourself a huge favor and DO NOT BORROW MONEY TO PLAY BLACKJACK!! There is a strong possibility you can lose that money especially if you are just learning. Stick with the money you have and learn to play properly. If you're good enough you can work your way into...

Very true!!! Let's move this thread to the ZenZone. It's a better place to discuss this topic....JtMM:cool:

I agree with this thought. In my opinion this site has a collection of the most talented practitioners in the country. That being said everybody that's anybody comes to this site. Discretion is highly recommended when discussing issues relating to your identity or when and where you are playing...

To each their own I've played in a bunch of Native casino's over my years. For the most part I find them no different than any other casino. I used to do volunteer work for our local tribe to raise money every summer to fund their fire department before the tribe got their own casinos and quite...

I agree that there is some unwritten rule that you must buy and sell your cheques from/to the casino only. However it is dealer/casino dependent and I've done this many times, sometimes successful and sometimes not. I never argue, just apologize to not bring any attention to myself. What I have...

Unfortunately it goes with the territory Doing what we do involves deviating from accepted basic strategy and often does invoke hostile responses from other players. Most are just verbal but occasionally bring threats also. At my home casino I'm known and respected as a "good" player and many...

Definately! A+ for effort...

I had an interesting evening myself that goes right along with this thought. I was playing spanish 21. This game is usually a $5 table however it was $10 today because of the holiday. I got a decent count and up went the hands and bets. I won almost every hand in that run. Immediately the pit...

My home casino is changing their shuffle sometime soon. I've been informed by some of my favorite dealers that it has been described to them as a riff, strip, riff shuffle. Their games are 6 and 8 deck games so I'm wondering what a riff, strip, riff would consist of on a multiple deck game...

Merry Christmas to everyone on this site. Let's all have a very profitable new year!....JtMM