Archive for February, 2008

Blackjack

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

Griffin Investigations, Inc., of Las Vegas, Nevada. This is an outside agency that casinos can contract for assistance in combating cheats, crooks, and other undesirables. So why is it being mentioned here? Because, as ridiculous as this sounds, in most cases card counters are lumped right alongside […]

Result of one Blackjack game

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

Where does a dealer 18 leave our players? Player Number One made
the correct move by doubling down, but unfortunately the dealer ended with a higher total. Betsy loses both her original bet and her second wager, the double down. The dealer loses to Player Number Two, and pays Patrick […]

Analyse one Blackjack game

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

PLAYER NUMBER ONE (BETSY): The total of her first two cards is n. Betsy puts out another bet equal in amount to her original wager—in order to double down—and receives a 6 for a total of 17.
PLAYER NUMBER TWO (PATRICK): The total of this player’s first two […]

Casino. Multimillion dollar

Sunday, February 17th, 2008

From your experience to date, is it hard to imagine a pit full of friendly casino personnel suddenly turning against you? It probably is, and it’s probably also hard to imagine a multimillion dollar corporation "sweating" the action of a single card counter varying his bets between $10 and $200 per […]

From old days to present

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

In the old days, the lights used to dim for a second when pictures were being taken. But with today’s technology, the counter will likely never even know that he’s being filmed. One clever casino ploy involves letting the card counter "hang himself." This can occur if you’re suspected by pit personnel […]