http://www.stcaz.com Blog about difficulties in a Blackjack Team Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:37:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en John Scarne,, puts the year when this curious rule first appeared at 1912, when twenty-one tables appeared in horse-betting parlors in Evanston, Illinois. According to Scarne, by 1919a Chicago gambling equipment distributor was selling felt table layouts embla-zoned with the announcement: "Blackjack Pays Odds of 3 to 2." I believe ... http://www.stcaz.com/how-twenty-one-became-blackjack.html What is The Culture of Slots? When people join clubs, it is usually for the shared interests, enthusiasm and passion that everyone in the group shares. For the most part, folks join already knowing what their counterparts are like. Book clubs, movie groups, knitting circles... they all have terms and ideologies ... http://www.stcaz.com/what-is-the-culture-of-slots.html In 1978, Resorts International opened in Atlantic City, the first legal East Coast casino in the twentieth century. Their four- and six-deck blackjack games offered a new form of surrender, dubbed by card counters as "early surrender," since the casino allowed players to surrender half a bet even when the ... http://www.stcaz.com/how-atlantic-city-became-top-gambling-destination.html http://www.stcaz.com/a-casino-advice.html Here's how it happened. Al was in a casino with his brother, who was also a card counter, and his brother was playing dollar blackjack, spreading from $1 to $5 while they were killing time before dinner. Al wasn't playing, but was standing beside the table talking to friends. On ... http://www.stcaz.com/history-og-al.html In the early 1970s, card counting became big business. One of the most creative and successful players from that time (or any time) was AI Francesco, who had been playing since 1963 and had traveled with Lawrence Revere for a while. As a poker player, Al knew that the best ... http://www.stcaz.com/the-ibirth-of-team-play-in-the-70s.html Another benefit of using audible signals - in addition to being able to use mnemonics as a helpful aid in remembering what signals stand for what count number in games - is the fact that the eye in the sky can't relate a specific motion of one player to the ... http://www.stcaz.com/level-one-point-count-in-a-blackjack-team-play-part-iii.html Any of the above would work, all of which are comments commonly heard in a casino. Mnemonics may be used for all positive true counts. Cats supposedly have how many lives? Aren't there five gold rings in the Christmas song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas"? Why not use "ring" or ... http://www.stcaz.com/level-one-point-count-in-a-blackjack-team-play-part-ii.html A spotter for a level-one team can convert the running count to the true count and convey that information right to a Big Player entering the game. This way, the Big Player is already armed with what information might be needed for deviations from Basic Strategy. But remember that the ... http://www.stcaz.com/level-one-point-count-in-a-blackjack-team-play-part-i.html There is a whole host of reasons as to why some teams fare so much better than others, or why some teams fail altogether. Staffing, compensation, training, funding, scheduling, and even negative forces such as casino heat and the consequences of that heat are just some of the many issues ... http://www.stcaz.com/difficulties-playing-blackjack-in-a-team.html