Recent content by Witling

Facial recognition has been usef for a few years. It was used in Tampa at the Super Bowl in 2001. http://www.nesbary.com/class/621w02/articles/looking_for_faces_in_the_super_b.htm (Archive copy) http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,56878,00.html...

I heard Max Rubin on the World Series of Blackjack mention that one of the players was watching the dealer when she checked her hole card. Have any of you ever gained anything from watching the dealer while they were checking? Any other tells you've picked up? I'll be in LAS next weekend...

"Bringing Down The House" is a joke. I've read it. I also read "The Big Player" by Ken Uston back in 1978. "Bringing Down The House" might have been based on some real circumstances but there are so many inaccuracies that I feel it's more fiction than non-fiction. For anyone who has every...

It is a challenge. I've played in the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Costa Rico and Colombia. It can be a little indimidating when you aren't fluent in the local dialect but it can be done. I doubt than the dealers really care who you are. Most of them are so intimidated by management they...

Glad to see I'm not the only one. I'm not even a counter but I am an "above average" BJ player (according to the quiz). This past weekend in Biloxi I was up and/or holding my own when I hit a shoe that ripped me a new one. My 2 unit bets were winners but my 4 units with a double down would get...