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BJI Newsletter, April 2013, #159
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A WORD FROM HENRY
Note: We've added a great new product to our online store, BJI contributing writer Kenneth Smith's new Advanced Strategy Cards For Card Counters. If you are a card counter, or thinking of becoming one, you need to read Ken's article in this issue (and next month) for the details on what these new strategy cards entail, and how to use them on the tables (or for practicing card counting at home). Ken spent the better part of two months developing the index numbers for the cards. (Trust me, you won't find a more accurate set of indices based on the playing rules and the number of the decks, anywhere.) These cards are a winner and we have them on sale!
This month's issue of BJI also includes Part 2 of my 2013 Blackjack Ball report with the answers to the written test (check how many you answered correctly), as well as a summary of the card-counting competition, and the name of the pro who won the coveted Grosjean Cup. In addition, we have an article written by Loudon Ofton, a relatively new card counter, about his experience attending the Blackjack Ball. We have several blackjack reports this month, including the four Las Vegas downtown casinos Golden Nugget, Main Street Station, Plaza, and the Vegas Club (by KC Brooks); the Fiesta Henderson, Green Valley Ranch, and M casinos located south of the Strip (by Stu D. Hoss); a Tunica Trip report (by Mark Gruetze); and a detailed and entertaining one-day odyssey to every casino in Atlantic City (by Frank Scoblete). We also have an excerpt from Nathaniel Tilton's excellent book, The Blackjack Life, which details a team trip to Foxwoods casino in Connecticut. Basil Nestor explains why third base has an extra advantage over first base for a reason you may not have thought about. Last, but not least, we have the schedule of several upcoming blackjack tournaments courtesy of blackjacktournaments.com. (More tournaments than there has been recently.)
Reader's Feedback on Playing Conditions
Beginning with this issue, we are going to publish comments we receive from readers about good (and not so good) playing conditions that they have observed or experienced in casinos. (Please email your comments to HTamburin@aol.com.)
T.L. visited the Casino Queen in East St. Louis and reported that, in many ways, he never liked this casino because the dealers are not very friendly and worst of all, the penetration was "terrible." (Close to half of a six-deck shoe was cut off.) However, on a recent visit, the dealers were still not very friendly, but the penetration had suddenly improved. (Some time within the past 60 days). The pen varies by dealer, but only 1 - 1 1/2 decks are now cut off. ("I checked this on multiple tables, and the better conditions appear at all the tables. So...something has changed.")
Henry Tamburin
Editor
PRODUCT OF THE MONTH
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ADVANCED STRATEGY CARDS FOR CARD COUNTERS by Kenneth R. SmithThis set of 12 strategy cards contains not only an accurate basic strategy but also accurate indices for the Hi Lo counting system. This an excellent tool for anyone thinking about becoming a card counter (use the cards to learn the index numbers), and for current card counters, who want accurate indices based on the number of decks and the playing rules (you'll have the index numbers at your fingertips when you play). You can read about these new strategy cards in the article by Ken Smith in this issue of BJI. We've added these new strategy cards to our BJI online store and discounted them. This is a "must have product" for serious blackjack players. |
Copyright ©2013, Jerry King, www.jerryking.com. All rights reserved.
In the Article Spotlight
BET SPREADING AND PLAYING TWO HANDS By Fred Renzey
This article by Fred Renzey appeared in issue #77 and it offers practical advice for card counters on what bet spreads to use for multi- and single/double deck-games with tips on when to play two spots.
If you come across an unfamiliar blackjack term in one of our articles or reports, see our Blackjack Glossary: www.bjinsider.com/questions_glossary.shtml.
Did you know we have all past newsletter issues available in our archives, with online search?
E-mail subscribers can also read each month's issue online at our web site: BJI Issue #159, April 2013.
BJI Newsletter, April 2013, #159
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"These new Advanced Blackjack Strategy Cards focus on six different rule sets and provides an optimized basic strategy for each of the games, just like our popular basic strategy set. However, that's just the beginning..."
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2013 BLACKJACK BALL-Part 2 by Henry Tamburin
"Part 2 of my report on the 2013 Blackjack Ball contains the answers to the written test, a brief description of some of the card counting contests, and who won the coveted Grosjean Cup..."
Read Tamburin's complete article.
"You have no idea how huge this is to a player to be in the company of these famous blackjack celebrities. These are the men who invented, improved, or handed down card counting directly to me (and just about everyone else in the room)..."
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"In this, the last of a three-part report on the blackjack playing conditions in downtown Las Vegas, we will visit The Golden Nugget, Main Street Station, Plaza, and finally the Las Vegas Club..."
Read Brooks' complete article.
"On Saint Patrick's Day, instead of pondering the plight of post-modern civilization over Guinness or Irish whisky, listening to U2 cover bands in a bar filled with auburn-haired lovelies in short green skirts, I instead found myself deep in the Southern end of the Las Vegas Valley..."
"You gotta love going to Tunica. It's an attractive spot for low-rollers, with $10 DD blackjack, decent video poker pay tables, and easy comps. This includes..."
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"Frank Scoblete and Jerry "Stickman" visit all the casinos in AC in a one-day Odyssey. Their adventure begins at a hotel room in Philadelphia where..."
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"Tilton describes a team play that he pulled off at the Foxwoods Resort and Casino..."
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"From a viewpoint of pure probability, when measuring the chances of receiving a particular card in a particular seat, any blackjack seat is as good as any other. Period. This is true even when you're counting cards. However, third base (or any position later than first base) is actually statistically preferable. How do those facts fit together? Actually, quite neatly..."
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MY EXPERIENCE AT THE 2013 BLACKJACK BALL by Loudon Ofton
LAS VEGAS REPORT: GOLDEN NUGGET, MAIN STREET STATION, PLAZA, AND VEGAS CLUB CASINOS by KC Brooks
LAS VEGAS BLACKJACK REPORT: FIESTA HENDERSON, GREEN VALLEY RANCH, AND M CASINOS by Stu D. Hoss
TUNICA TRIP REPORT by Mark Gruetze
MY ATLANTIC CITY ODYSSEY- Part 1 by Frank Scoblete
EXCERPT FROM THE BLACKJACK LIFE by Nathaniel Tilton
IS THIRD BASE THE BEST SEAT? By Basil Nestor
BLACKJACK TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE by blackjacktournaments.com
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