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April May Trip Excerpt -
... We had arranged to meet Stanford Wong, and Al and Chris from Pi Yee Press at a craps table, where we would all pass the dice back around to Stanford as often as we could. SW would use the dice control methods he's been honing for the past year, and we would all bet on his dice rolls, hopefully making some money in the process. My old buddy Turtle stopped by to check out the action, but didn't play. Despite all the time Turtle's hung around casinos in his life, he's never learned the game of craps, so he stood next to me and just watched the proceedings. As it turned out, he was the wise one. I was betting $5 or $10 on the pass line, and taking $50 odds. I'd also place bet the six and eight for $30 or $60 each. Come bets take too much time and clutter up the area of the table that Wong needs to be kept clear as his landing zone. The Grifter and Chris anchored the landing zone at the end of the table, keeping that area clear of chips. Stanford started out well, and he held the dice for a decent amount of time on each of his early turns, but his last two rolls turned ugly and he sevened out at critical times, just after we were all set up with lots of chips upon the layout. I wound up losing $260 at this would-be display of skilled dice shooting.
Chris and I supplied the comps for the five of us as we had dinner in the Carson Street Café. Al told us Stanford usually makes money for them at the dice table and this was SW's first craps loss in the last month or two. Just my luck, huh? Chris brought us up to date on the doings of the BJ21.com website and told us which books were selling well - mine included. Pi Yee Press sells a lot of books and You've Got Heat was their best selling title in November, December and January. It finally got supplanted by Steve Forte's new book. Al told us of his campaign to get the Nevada legislature to drop a proposed bill that would have allowed casino managers and security goons to have access to DMV records. As it turned out, the bill was eventually voted down to our vast relief. Stanford gave us tips on how to practice at home to hone your controlled dice shooting skills. The Grifter regaled us with tales of the poker and blackjack tournaments held in Federal Prison Camp, and how he got an edge over his fellow inmates. Wong just loves The Grifter's stories and always regards him as a fascinating character. We also discussed the math behind some of the blackjack side-bets we had been exploiting, with insightful help from SW. I had the filet mignon again while most of us ordered various steak dinners as well. There's nothing as fine as a relaxed dinner with knowledgeable friends, especially if one of them is Stanford Wong, and you also have The Grifter and Al telling their entertaining stories.
Now inspired by my dinner companions, I returned to the hi-limit room and bought in for $300 at the $25 double-deck table. In a very short time, I won back $410 of the $560 I had lost here this day in both craps and blackjack.
Then I hooked up with The Grifter again, this time at Fitzgerald's, where we got surprisingly decent penetration at a double-deck table with DAS. It's unusual to find Double-After-Splitting at the downtown double-deckers. At my lowest point during this four-hour session, I was in for $600 and down to my last few chips before staging a rally to dig out.
During this session, The Grifter whispered to me, "two of spades," when he saw the dealer scoop two aces in front of that 'key' card. About three rounds into the next shuffle, I saw the two of spades come out on the next-to-last card dealt on that round, and nudged Grif, who had seen it too, and nodded. Before the next round, and despite a true count of minus three, The Grifter, strategically positioned at first base, spread to two spots, with max bets on each. I spread to two spots of only $50 each, kind of hedging my bets. The essence of key-card ace prediction is that those two aces should soon follow that two of spades key card. In this case, Grif was following what he calls a "super-key-card," a key card followed by two aces. We would hope to catch one or both as the first cards of our hands, and then hopefully catch a ten on that.
Unbelievable! Two max bets on a minus three count, and The Grifter caught both aces with matching tens! Grif flipped over the two blackjacks and announced to the other players and the pit, in mock dismay that, "The odds of getting two blackjacks at the same time are 500-1 and these bastards are only paying me 3-2!"
-- end excerpt
Current Issue of Blackjack Insider: June issue #65
http://www.bjinsider.com/newsletter.shtml
contents -
IT'S ONLY A MILLION DOLLARS, ANYWAY - by Dave "Hollywood" Stann
PLAYING FOR A MILLION DOLLARS, NO SWEAT (YEAH RIGHT) by LV Tournament Pro
LAS VEGAS TRIP REPORT-April-May, 2005 by Barfarkel (aka LV Pro)
INTRODUCTION TO RISK by Eliot Jacobsen
WHY SWITCH FROM BLACKJACK TO VIDEO POKER? By Jean Scott
HAND LENGTH IN CRAPS: HOW IMPRESSIVE ARE THOSE MONSTER ROLLS? By Dan Pronovost
ATLANTIC CITY BLACKJACK REPORT by Alene Paone and Frank Scoblete
THREE TOURNAMENT PLAYING MISTAKES ON THE SAME HAND by Kenneth Smith
ALL ABOUT POKER- POCKET PAIRS by Bill Burton
BLACKJACK TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
PUBLISHER OF THE BLACKJACK INSIDER NEWSLETTER
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April May Trip Excerpt -
... We had arranged to meet Stanford Wong, and Al and Chris from Pi Yee Press at a craps table, where we would all pass the dice back around to Stanford as often as we could. SW would use the dice control methods he's been honing for the past year, and we would all bet on his dice rolls, hopefully making some money in the process. My old buddy Turtle stopped by to check out the action, but didn't play. Despite all the time Turtle's hung around casinos in his life, he's never learned the game of craps, so he stood next to me and just watched the proceedings. As it turned out, he was the wise one. I was betting $5 or $10 on the pass line, and taking $50 odds. I'd also place bet the six and eight for $30 or $60 each. Come bets take too much time and clutter up the area of the table that Wong needs to be kept clear as his landing zone. The Grifter and Chris anchored the landing zone at the end of the table, keeping that area clear of chips. Stanford started out well, and he held the dice for a decent amount of time on each of his early turns, but his last two rolls turned ugly and he sevened out at critical times, just after we were all set up with lots of chips upon the layout. I wound up losing $260 at this would-be display of skilled dice shooting.
Chris and I supplied the comps for the five of us as we had dinner in the Carson Street Café. Al told us Stanford usually makes money for them at the dice table and this was SW's first craps loss in the last month or two. Just my luck, huh? Chris brought us up to date on the doings of the BJ21.com website and told us which books were selling well - mine included. Pi Yee Press sells a lot of books and You've Got Heat was their best selling title in November, December and January. It finally got supplanted by Steve Forte's new book. Al told us of his campaign to get the Nevada legislature to drop a proposed bill that would have allowed casino managers and security goons to have access to DMV records. As it turned out, the bill was eventually voted down to our vast relief. Stanford gave us tips on how to practice at home to hone your controlled dice shooting skills. The Grifter regaled us with tales of the poker and blackjack tournaments held in Federal Prison Camp, and how he got an edge over his fellow inmates. Wong just loves The Grifter's stories and always regards him as a fascinating character. We also discussed the math behind some of the blackjack side-bets we had been exploiting, with insightful help from SW. I had the filet mignon again while most of us ordered various steak dinners as well. There's nothing as fine as a relaxed dinner with knowledgeable friends, especially if one of them is Stanford Wong, and you also have The Grifter and Al telling their entertaining stories.
Now inspired by my dinner companions, I returned to the hi-limit room and bought in for $300 at the $25 double-deck table. In a very short time, I won back $410 of the $560 I had lost here this day in both craps and blackjack.
Then I hooked up with The Grifter again, this time at Fitzgerald's, where we got surprisingly decent penetration at a double-deck table with DAS. It's unusual to find Double-After-Splitting at the downtown double-deckers. At my lowest point during this four-hour session, I was in for $600 and down to my last few chips before staging a rally to dig out.
During this session, The Grifter whispered to me, "two of spades," when he saw the dealer scoop two aces in front of that 'key' card. About three rounds into the next shuffle, I saw the two of spades come out on the next-to-last card dealt on that round, and nudged Grif, who had seen it too, and nodded. Before the next round, and despite a true count of minus three, The Grifter, strategically positioned at first base, spread to two spots, with max bets on each. I spread to two spots of only $50 each, kind of hedging my bets. The essence of key-card ace prediction is that those two aces should soon follow that two of spades key card. In this case, Grif was following what he calls a "super-key-card," a key card followed by two aces. We would hope to catch one or both as the first cards of our hands, and then hopefully catch a ten on that.
Unbelievable! Two max bets on a minus three count, and The Grifter caught both aces with matching tens! Grif flipped over the two blackjacks and announced to the other players and the pit, in mock dismay that, "The odds of getting two blackjacks at the same time are 500-1 and these bastards are only paying me 3-2!"
-- end excerpt
Current Issue of Blackjack Insider: June issue #65
http://www.bjinsider.com/newsletter.shtml
contents -
IT'S ONLY A MILLION DOLLARS, ANYWAY - by Dave "Hollywood" Stann
PLAYING FOR A MILLION DOLLARS, NO SWEAT (YEAH RIGHT) by LV Tournament Pro
LAS VEGAS TRIP REPORT-April-May, 2005 by Barfarkel (aka LV Pro)
INTRODUCTION TO RISK by Eliot Jacobsen
WHY SWITCH FROM BLACKJACK TO VIDEO POKER? By Jean Scott
HAND LENGTH IN CRAPS: HOW IMPRESSIVE ARE THOSE MONSTER ROLLS? By Dan Pronovost
ATLANTIC CITY BLACKJACK REPORT by Alene Paone and Frank Scoblete
THREE TOURNAMENT PLAYING MISTAKES ON THE SAME HAND by Kenneth Smith
ALL ABOUT POKER- POCKET PAIRS by Bill Burton
BLACKJACK TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE