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Re: Places to stay in Reno The S*enna is not in Sparks -- it's in downtown Reno. The Sparks places are a mixed bag. Baldeenies and Rail Spity are dumps where even low red action is enough to bring down the house. They notice anyone under 50, not a trucker or local, betting more than $10 a hand...

Boomtown in Reno You wrote: "Boomtown in Reno has single deck, dealer stands on soft 17, double on any two, double after split, and this game actually has positive off-the-top advantage if you play strict basic strategy." Unless they adopted this game in the last two months, you are mistaken...

Depending on your level of betting, NOT geting rated is worse. Raises suspicions. From the casino's point of view, anyone betting more than green and not seeking comps is suspicious. Not that I have experience playing at that level... As for this red-chipper, I always get the comp-cards. Mmm...

I guess I did! Sorry! Tell me why its better...

So now there is competition in the world of online blackjack conditions. Exciting. I am going to pay for one or the other of Trackjack or BJFonline's new service. I know a little about both. TJ is affiliated with Parker and the folks at Advantageplayer.com. BJFonline is the online version of...

Re: Nor Cal single deck You won't be more specific about where this is? I live in the Bay Area, and I've NEVER heard of single deck with those rules closer than Reno in any discussion on any blackjack site, until now. Not that you're wrong -- I'm just skeptical until I hear confirmation from...

Correction: Random, but not evenly distributed I should have been more precise. The distribution of the outcomes is "random," but random as in the wheel of fortune side-bet, not as in roulette. In other words, the 1 to 125 payoff does not occur with the regularity that it would on-its-face...

Not random Long discussion of this side bet on ap.com a month or so ago. Someone actually went and looked at the patent application. Appears its not random, and not obviously beatable. RC

Sounds like a legitimate complaint with the Gaming Commission

Mayor, I know the feeling. On last trip to Northern Nevada on Hwy 80, got caught in a mammoth snowstorm. Cars sliding everywhere. Only 2 miles from Truckee and relative smooth sailing (and after 3 hours of slow going in the snow), the idiot in the RWD minivan in front of me spins out (after...

You are a tool. Go do something useful. You are either a casino troll or a total tool. I don't care which. Almost everyone here posts with an anonymous name, and those who don't, like the Mayor, know they've been "made" anyway. If you are a casino person, you aren't going to scare off those of...

Comparison *LINK* See link below...

My own question answered... As I was making some flash cards for index numbers (i'm cranking up to 100 indices instead of studying for exams), I realized the answer... The BS play for single deck is to double on 5 and 6 v. dealer's 8 because the effective +2 running count already on the table...

Okay, blackjack fans: The www.blackjackinfo.com strategy engine tells me that single deck basic strategy for hard eight is to double against 5 or 6 (implying an index of zero or neg). I noticed that (Dead link: http://www.thbj.com/bj-strat/) _www.thbj.com/bj-strat/_ says the HiLo indices for...

Man, until I read johnpatrick.com, i did "stupid" things all the time! Now, I know better: I'll never split Aces or 8s against a 10, or double 11 v. 10. I can't wait for the money to pour in! RC