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At a local casino they are having a special promo where if you play for two hours, any game, you can receive two match play coupons worth $25 each. My roommate and I play enough poker and AP blackjack to get two coupons every day that we go to the casino. I'm pretty sure the coupons only pay...

Here is an interesting slashdot news article on casino security...some of the comments are interesting...the site with the main article might be down from being 'slashdotted' I think there is another link in the comments section. http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/11/1616220&from=rss

While wondering around a casino I frequent tonight, I spotted a dealer the flashes one of their three hole cards in Flop poker about %75 of the time. Can I have an edge over the house playing with that dealer? If so how do I go about figuring a basic hole card strategy for this game?

A while ago, AM posted some charts on how far to back count into a 6 deck shoe and at what point should you go find a new table to back count. My question is kinda the reverse. Lets assume a 1-7 spread play all DD with good to deep pen, H17, DA2, DAS, no mid-shoe (once you are out, you are out...

I just taught my roommate how to count a couple of months ago and last week he had a long session at night. That night he proceeded to have a blackjack dream...in the dream he had max bet out with a pair of 8's vs a dealer 6. He split and got an other 8 and resplit. He got a 10 on the first 8...

Ok so I wish there was a place on here to discuss theory like on the green chip site. Anyways, here is my question. It has been said that if you can determine effect of removal each card you can create a count system based on rules and payout. Therefore, it one should also be able to determine...

Lets assume I've found a game where I could catch a glimpse of the back card in both 6D and DD games when being offered to cut the deck. Both games are no mid shoe entry but you can spread to multiple hands at anytime as long as you were in the shoe to begin with. Which game would be better to...

I've just started to teach my roommate to count cards. I personally use the zen count but I told him he should start with hi-lo or ko and he went with hi-lo. There were times when we were practicing (I was dealing 3 hands to him and counting with zen while he counted with hi-lo) that I would...

Does anyone have source code for simulating 6 decks? I want to analyze a side bet (that would require a different type of counting system based on suits not card value [sorta]) and I don't really want to start from scratch. I will be running the sim on my linux box so anything in C would be...

I had a friend at ameristar (Kansas City) tell me that argosy is switching to hand shuffling from ASMs. Can anyone confirm this? If so they'd be the only casino in town that does (maybe start a trend?). I rarely go there because they have horrible penetration on their DD games and it's the...

What does everyone use for a stop limit when playing? I'm a smaller limit player so there is really no heat. I've heard only play for an hour or so, or go to a different casino (I'm in KC so that's a little harder to do). Should I follow the time rule or should I set stop limits based on being...

Does anyone know of any smartphone blackjack calculators? I would like a program that would determine the house edge due to the rules and # of decks. A program that had practice drills or index number tables could be useful too. If there are not any out there, I could possibly write them. Let me...

I've decided to switch counting systems (from Hi-Opt I to Zen) and I'm having trouble determining my edge over the house for kelly betting. Should I use the "True Edge" as my edge over the house and if so do I subtract the house's edge due to the rules and # of decks? Or should I use a 1D TC for...

I'm going to Laughlin at the end of next month. I'll be staying at Harrah's. I've never been to Nevada, where are some good games? I would like to try out some advanced strategies like shuffle tracking and key carding. Are there any good places? If not are there any good DD or SD games? I don't...

I've just learned about the huge advantage a player can have if they can cut the deck accurately when bottom card is shown by the dealer. My question is this, can you use this information to cut yourself a face or the queen of hearts when playing the Lucky Ladies side bet and come out ahead? The...

After playing double deck for a while last night, I was on the way to the cage cashier to cash out my winnings. On my way I noticed a new table, 6 deck blackjack with the "match the dealer" side bet. After searching the forums I found the analysis of the side bet here...