Recent content by Nightshifter

You mean ace sequencing? I've been doing it for years. Harder to find hand shuffled games now though these days ;) What about doing this in a Deck Mate (Shuffle Master) ASM game? Well... this minimizes card tracking opportunities, but you can identify ace positions using slugs (a group of cards...

There was a technique called "spooking" back in the day which is near impossible to do now since 99.9% of the casinos have readers. Although you can still get a glimpse of the card (via a 2nd person "spotter" opposite at a certain angle) as the dealer is sliding it down to the felt and signal...

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Young recreational player had a hard 12. I jokingly said to surrender (he was hitting 15 vs 16... contemplating hitting 17 vs 2... hitting his 12 vs 5 or 6) standing on A,5 vs 10 (the dealer intervened on this one saying you can't hurt it.) His reply was that there's no point to surrender a $25...

Comps? What are comps? ;)

Yep... using extreme betting spreads like this, and getting banned quickly, burn out locations that other players might have been able to play at for much longer with a more subtle approach. As one AP put it in his video...,"I don't GAF... I'm not coming here again...." :/ All this can lead to...

You have to wonder why Light & Wonder would manufacture such 'capable' machines that supposedly cost ~100K (capable version sold by...?)? A standard, unaltered DeckMate 2 card shuffler used in casinos typically retails for around $10,000 to $12,000, according to federal documents and news...

This reduces the possiblity of Blackjack as face cards are separate from aces. Into face card clump, dealer is likely to push with players. Both have 20. When entering small card clump, dealer likely makes the hand while player chooses to stand on his hand. Yeah... and if they do this more...

Barona: no more 6 deck... just Freebet 6 Deck lol! 2 Deck w/late surrender and respite aces still available @ $25 min and up! Sycuan has 1 Six Deck game @ $10 - $15 depending on the day 2 Deck has surrender now like Barona but no re-split Aceholes. I would watch the game before you sit down...

You got to be kidding... where did this counter learn to count and keep a good cover? I'm seeing this a lot in many youtube videos... sudden bet jumps from min to a 1000 or more! From 2x $25 bet to 2 X $1k bet? Even the pit boss told him it was an interesting way to play... bet from 25 and 25...

I know a blackjack Youtuber who is being 'sponsored' by the casino one could say ;) Good advertising... funny how most of them are always winning! Going on a tangent here: More and more casinos are going to CSMs I've noticed. Just came back from the Palms (i think the first vegas casino to be...

Yeah but I would back count the shoe if possible because sometimes you're playing into a clump of 10s or small cards which throw everything off. I remember someone saying that they hit 16 the beginning even with a positive TC, and wait for more resolution until deviating. My # is -4 or greater...

Double Deck at the Palms or across the street... Gold Coast (hand shuffled). When I was there on a weekday it was $10 min last summer. Palms was $25. By me (SoCal) a lot of 6 - 8 deck games that are $15 min went 6:5 Blackjack ... even here except the $25 double deck and high limit areas.

Hello guys! I was at a casino here and the discussion somehow turned into how a dealer can cheat and why he/she would do that? I chimed in and told them about what I've encountered and was even in on it (dealer purposely showing me the hole card and dealing seconds) in order for him to make...

BJG... do you have a clumping strategy on paper? I would say pretty much play like the house when the shoe is definitely clumped or just leave. Up your bets as you win and if you're losing more than 3 in a row leave?