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BJI Newsletter, September 2013, #164

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A WORD FROM HENRY

Special Las Vegas Golden Touch Blackjack Course...
Featuring Speed Count

I'll be teaching a GTB course in Las Vegas on October 19 and 20. Students will receive a copy of the Golden Touch Blackjack Revolution book with CD (retail $24.95) and the Golden Touch Blackjack DVD (retail price $129.95). Plan now to attend the two day hands-on course that will teach you how to become an advantage player at blackjack. For details on this special course, visit www.goldentouchblackjack.com/signup.shtml or call 1-888-353-3234.

This month's issue of the BJI begins with an interesting story from Vinny DeCarlo on how casinos opened the door for card markers when they decided to use less expensive playing cards. Eliot Jacobson's article analyzes the popular 21+3 blackjack side bet to determine if it could be beaten with card counting. A reader's question prompted Dan Pronovost to analyze a run count system using the High Low counting method (with interesting results). If you want to really understand pair splitting strategies in blackjack, read my article in this issue. We have detailed trip reports for casinos in Tunica, Biloxi, and Gulfport (by Riverboat Flyer), and another on several Indian casinos located in Arizona and California (by KC Brooks). Frank Scoblete wrote a nice tribute on two recent gambling writers who passed away, Bill Burton and Walter Thomason, and his team of reporters provide the current playing conditions (good and bad) in Atlantic City. John Grochowski does his usual excellent job answering player's questions on whether casinos can catch card counters in real time, the infamous Joker Wild video poker game offered in AC, and pit bosses harassing dice controllers. If you are a video poker player (or want to learn how to become one), don't miss reading Jerry "Stickmans" article that provides valuable playing strategies for full-pay, short-pay, and progressive Jacks or Better games. Last, but not least, we have a listing of upcoming blackjack tournaments, courtesy of blackjacktournaments.com.

Note: Send us your feedback on playing conditions (good and bad) that you observe when you play blackjack and we'll publish them in the BJI in our new Reader's Feedback on Playing Conditions section. Send to HTamburin@aol.com.

When you purchase a BJI membership (for only $19.95 per year), you get to read all the members-only articles and reports in every issue of the BJI. Here is a sample of the content of some of the must-read, members-only articles that appeared in the past 12 months (which you can't get in any other publication):

How to incorporate "Grifter's Gambit" into small-team play .

Test Questions and answers from the annual gathering of blackjack pros ("Blackjack Ball") .

Review of the playing conditions for all the double-deck games in Las Vegas (Strip, Downtown, and Locals) .

Tips on how to incorporate comps with your card counting .

A summary of 15 unbelievable scams perpetrated by casino players (and employees) .

Five fresh new ways to increase your profits at card counting .

In addition, our team of paid reporters visited over 60 casinos and wrote detailed members-only reports on the playing conditions that they observed (and in many cases, what other non-gaming amenities that each casino offers players). This includes casinos in these cities/areas: Las Vegas, Reno, North Las Vegas, Carson City, Tunica, Biloxi, Pennsylvania, Kansas City, Minneapolis, St. Louis, I-35 corridor from Kansas to Minnesota, West Virgina, Wisconsin, and Wheeling Island. You can visit our Reports Page for a complete and updated list of the latest casino conditions.

Ponder this... there are several thousand blackjack games in Las Vegas alone. Many of them are lousy games for card counters (and casual players) but some of them are excellent, profitable games. How much would you pay to know which casinos offer the best blackjack games? With a Blackjack Insider Membership, this valuable information will come to you each month. For example, over the past 12 months, our paid reporters scouted and reported on playing conditions in the following Las Vegas area casinos, noting which casinos offer great blackjack games (and which casinos to avoid): Orleans, Palms, Mirage, TI, Palazzo, Venetian, The Quad, Harrah's, Golden Nugget, Bellagio, Silverton, El Cortez, Hard Rock, Fiesta Henderson, Green Valley Ranch, Aliante, Binion's, California, D Las Vegas, El Cortez, M, Rampart, Suncoast, Red Rock, Stratosphere, Palace Station, Four Queens, Freemont, Gold Spike, Golden Gate, Silverton, Las Vegas Alamo, Main Street Station, Plaza, Vegas Club, and Silver Sevens.

Nowadays many blackjack players also play video poker for profit. We also have that covered in the BJI with monthly articles on video poker strategies (also on craps).

The cost of a BJI membership is only $19.95 per year (12 monthly issues delivered to your in box). That's only 11 cents per article/report (members and non-members articles). And when you purchase a Membership, we will send you over $50 worth of FREE products (not junk ... useful products that will help you become a better player. Click here for the list). Your BJI Membership also allows you access to over 1000 articles/reports in our archived newsletters (with a search engine that easily allows you to search for any topic. That includes the above five must-read articles highlighted above).

What are you waiting for? At the cost of a few bets on the blackjack table, you'll get valuable information every month that will make you a much better, and more profitable, blackjack player. To sign up for your BJI Membership with over $50 in free gifts, click here.

Henry Tamburin
Editor

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In the Article Spotlight
WORLD'S EASIEST CARD COUNTING SYSTEMS by Fred Renzy

This excellent article, which appeared in issue #92, summarizes the best and simplest card counting systems for casual players. Click here to read the article.

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