Ken Smith | janvier 29, 2006
I’m just back from a blackjack tournament at the Sheraton Casino in Tunica, Mississippi. The venue was new, but the tournament was a familiar one. The former table games manager from Bally’s Tunica has relocated to the Sheraton, and he brought the popular tournaments from that property along with him.
Ken Smith | novembre 9, 2005
Well, the first season of the new Ultimate Blackjack Tour is a wrap. In a long but very exciting week, filming finished up in late October at CBS Studios in Los Angeles. The more than $1 million in prize money was big news, but the real impact of these events will come once they hit […]
Ken Smith | octobre 16, 2005
I’m just back from Vegas, where I participated in a new series of blackjack tournaments produced for TV. The new Ultimate Blackjack Tour adds some interesting twists to the usual formula of blackjack tournaments, and I think the new format will be great for TV.
Ken Smith | 19 juin 2005
L'affaire James Grosjean et Michael Russo contre Caesars Palace et Griffin Investigations est terminée. Le jury a tranché en faveur de Grosjean et Russo, leur accordant $100 000 euros de dommages réels. Caesars a choisi de transiger avec les plaignants avant la partie des délibérations du jury consacrée aux dommages punitifs, ce qui n'a pas été le cas de Griffin. Le jury a accordé un montant supplémentaire de [...]
Ken Smith | mars 29, 2005
The Las Vegas Hilton’s Million Dollar Blackjack II finals were held in May 2004. And, finally, the Travel Channel shows from almost a year ago will air starting this week. Tune in Wednesday night on the Travel Channel, at both 8 PM and 11 PM Eastern for “Travel Channel Secrets: Million Dollar Blackjack Tournament: Semifinals”. […]
Ken Smith | 18 février 2005
Un article paru dans le Las Vegas Mercury d'aujourd'hui traite des différents joueurs d'avantage dans les casinos et de leurs tactiques. Il couvre un large éventail de sujets, notamment le comptage des cartes, le jeu des cartes fermées, les paris sportifs, le poker et même le craps. L'article commence par quelques paragraphes sur Eliot "The Mayor" Jacobson. Stanford Wong parle de sa nouvelle passion, battre le jeu [...]
Ken Smith | février 13, 2005
From the Edmonton Sun: WINNIPEG — The Manitoba Lotteries Corporation has partially lifted a ban on French in the province’s casinos by allowing bilingual blackjack tables twice a week. Although Manitoba recognizes French as an official language, provincial rules normally forbid any language other than English at many casino tables to prevent collusion among gamblers. […]
Ken Smith | février 1, 2005
My hand-by-hand synopsis of week two in the World Series of Blackjack on GSN is now posted, and it’s available in time for you to use it to understand the rebroadcast of the show on Tuesday night (Feb 1st). GSN, 10 PM Eastern (and 10 PM Pacific I think). I was one of the players […]
Ken Smith | janvier 26, 2005
The premiere episode of GSN’s World Series of Blackjack lived up to all expectations, delivering an exciting and well-produced show. I stick with my comments made at the time; That tournament table featured some of the best play I’ve ever seen. If you’d like to read my hand-by-hand recap of the show and join in […]
Ken Smith | décembre 29, 2004
For the third year running, I’ve managed to win a seat in the final event in the Las Vegas Hilton’s Million Dollar Blackjack Tournament. It took a few tries this year, but in the December monthly qualifier I picked up one of the 16 big-event seats available. I went on to make the final table, […]