BJI Newsletter, March 2007, #86

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Henry Tamburin

Editor

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BLACKJACK IS NOT A TEAM SPORT by The GameMaster

"As the old saying goes, "If I can do it while holding a can of beer in my hand, it's not a sport" and it certainly applies to Blackjack. But what I mean here is that many players think the table must use some sort of cooperation in order to beat the dealer. Yes, team play can be a very effective way of extracting $$$ from the casinos and perhaps I'll cover that in future articles. But what I'm talking about now is just you, a lone card counter, sitting down at a table occupied by players you do not know or at least with whom you have no agreement for sharing your wins or losses..."

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BET21.COM IS THE PLACE TO PLAY ELIMINATION BLACKJACK TOURNAMENTS by Kenny Einiger

"Elimination blackjack is the newest, and probably the most exciting way, to play in a blackjack tournament. If you are lucky enough one day to win a seat playing on www.Bet21.com, viewers from around the world will watch you play in the Ultimate Blackjack Tour on prime time on CBS-TV..."

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LAS VEGAS TRIP REPORT- Feb. 2007 by Barfarkel

"In for $200, then another $150, I went up and down during the ninety minutes I played. The highest point I could achieve was only $50 away from being even. They wanted to close my table and, when my lone table-mate left, I had a dream game with no one else allowed to join. Head's up, 75% pen on the double-deck, the ability to spread to my heart's content, a clueless pit, no heat or scrutiny, and no one could come in to clutter up my table..."

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THE BEST 6-DECK GAMES IN LAS VEGAS by Henry Tamburin

"You'd be hard pressed not to find a 6-deck blackjack game in Las Vegas. The game is offered in most casinos on and off the Strip. However, some 6-deck games are worth your while, and others are simply a rip off. My goal in this article is to summarize the best 6-deck games currently available for basic strategy players and also for card counters..."

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ATLANTIC CITY BLACKJACK REPORT by Alene Paone and Frank Scoblete

"The day when Atlantic City dominated casino gambling on the upper East Coast has ended. The Connecticut casinos, Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun, nipped at the heels of Atlantic City over the years, but the new Pennsylvania slot parlors have already taken a nice bloody bite out of the Queen of Resorts' leg..."

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SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER CITY BLACKJACK UPDATE by "Ian Macalester"

"There's a place in the Eastern United States that has five big casinos offering blackjack with minimum bets as low as $5 (without continuous shuffle machines) and maximum bets as high as $10,000; where there are no god-awful eight-deck shoes, and where no dealer hits soft 17, or cuts off more than a deck and a half out of six. It may not be blackjack heaven, but Shreveport-Bossier City, La. casinos offer some very playable shoe games..."

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ELIMINATION BLACKJACK'S MAGIC NUMBER by Kenneth Smith

"In this month's column, I want to look at one very specific idea that comes from the typical UBT tournament rules. UBT rounds start each player with $25,000 in chips, and betting is from $500 to $25,000 in $500 increments. Surrender is allowed as well. At the final table, the bankrolls and betting limits change, with players starting with $100,000 in chips and betting $1000 to $100,000 in $1000 increments. I'm going to focus for now on the $25K bankroll game, though all the ideas are relevant in the final table situation as well..."

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THE LOW ROAD TO OKLAHOMA by Joe Pane

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THE BEAR GROWLS by LVBear

"Las Vegas blackjack player, casino critic, and frequent BJI and bj21.com contributor LVBear offers his opinions on things that sometimes go wrong in the world of casinos..."

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ALL ABOUT POKER: PLAYING IN A SHORT-HANDED GAME by Bill Burton

"Many players will avoid playing in short-handed games and in doing so they are missing out on a profitable situation. Many times a short handed game can be more profitable to playing at a full table if you know how to adjust for the reduced number of players. The blinds will come around faster and many times the pots will be smaller but you will be playing more hands than you would at a full table. You will also be raking in more pots..."

Read our Burton's complete article.

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