Comments on: How to play Blackjack http://rpg-exploiters.com/guides-strategies/how-to-play-blackjack/ MMO Exploits, Game Hacks, Guides, News Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:57:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Spitt http://rpg-exploiters.com/guides-strategies/how-to-play-blackjack/comment-page-1/#comment-94 Spitt Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:54:24 +0000 http://rpg-exploiters.com/?p=1272#comment-94 Third base can make a difference, especially if you are counting cards. It gives you the opportunity to see the cards as people split, double down, and bust on a single or a double deck, and to see all the cards in a shoe game. If you are dealing with decks that come out of a machine either individually or as a single deck size (but are more then single decks), then likely counting cards won't make a difference, as the newer machines constantly shuffle and will make counting them impossible. When people split aces, at least 85% of the time, they are going to break even, or push. They will normally get one high card, and one low card. It can be a more effective strategy to only split aces against a dealer's 3-6, and hoping for a bust. By doubling down instead of splitting and then only against a 2-6, we gain a win advantage. With a 2 or 12 in the hand, we need a 5-9 to be dealt (which is 5/13 cards) to get a decent hand. If you don't double them, and after hitting do not get a 5-9, we can hit it again without the worry of busing, and try again. I have known a few mechanic dealers. One was in a California Casino, where he would give big tippers blackjacks more often. Since in California most casinos allow dealers to keep their own tips, he was a popular dealer. One was in a casino in Laughlin, where the dealers shared tokes on each shift, he would also help big tippers to win more often. As dealers, we learn a lot of tricks, which can allow players to win or lose. You don't have to be a mechanic to make them win or lose either, which is the funny part. The rule to get up after 3 losing hands, doesn't really apply any more. The rule was made as a defense to card mechanics, which were more prevalent back in the day. However the things to watch out for, are the players who don't play steadily, and will make you lose (though great to have on shoe games). Also if you are winning a lot, and the casino switches a dealer on you in anywhere from 10-35 minutes into the previous one's deal. Dealers will deal on any given table for either 40 mins or 1 hour. So anything less then 40 mins, is suspicious. Third base can make a difference, especially if you are counting cards. It gives you the opportunity to see the cards as people split, double down, and bust on a single or a double deck, and to see all the cards in a shoe game. If you are dealing with decks that come out of a machine either individually or as a single deck size (but are more then single decks), then likely counting cards won’t make a difference, as the newer machines constantly shuffle and will make counting them impossible.

When people split aces, at least 85% of the time, they are going to break even, or push. They will normally get one high card, and one low card. It can be a more effective strategy to only split aces against a dealer’s 3-6, and hoping for a bust.
By doubling down instead of splitting and then only against a 2-6, we gain a win advantage. With a 2 or 12 in the hand, we need a 5-9 to be dealt (which is 5/13 cards) to get a decent hand. If you don’t double them, and after hitting do not get a 5-9, we can hit it again without the worry of busing, and try again.

I have known a few mechanic dealers. One was in a California Casino, where he would give big tippers blackjacks more often. Since in California most casinos allow dealers to keep their own tips, he was a popular dealer. One was in a casino in Laughlin, where the dealers shared tokes on each shift, he would also help big tippers to win more often.
As dealers, we learn a lot of tricks, which can allow players to win or lose. You don’t have to be a mechanic to make them win or lose either, which is the funny part.

The rule to get up after 3 losing hands, doesn’t really apply any more. The rule was made as a defense to card mechanics, which were more prevalent back in the day. However the things to watch out for, are the players who don’t play steadily, and will make you lose (though great to have on shoe games). Also if you are winning a lot, and the casino switches a dealer on you in anywhere from 10-35 minutes into the previous one’s deal. Dealers will deal on any given table for either 40 mins or 1 hour. So anything less then 40 mins, is suspicious.

]]> By: TomRiddle http://rpg-exploiters.com/guides-strategies/how-to-play-blackjack/comment-page-1/#comment-93 TomRiddle Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:22:03 +0000 http://rpg-exploiters.com/?p=1272#comment-93 I remember more, that my dad said Scarnes fingernails (the underneath) were lightly roughened or grooved so he could pick a card up with the friction of the nail and flesh in scarnes books much of his magic or gambling exposes were performed in front of card mechanics, professional gamblers and mobsters, including Al Capone, Meyer Lansky and the like the only (so far) actual foofage I can find of John Scarne is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ6O6SlPjeY edit 4 I just found this description of scarne doing the cut the aces for the first time in front of a political/picnic crowd and some guy named Arnold Rothstein http://johnscarne.com/John_Scarne/The_Amazing_World_of_John_Scarne/Entries/2009/7/6_John_Scarne_Fooling_the_Card_Sharks.html wow guess its nice having so much time as I've spent a few hours now tripping down memory lane... Most people say the cutting aces was his best effect bear in mind in the 20's and 30's betting by cutting cards was very popular and being able to cut aces with any deck under intense scrutiny was an achievement my dad said Scarnes fingers were so attuned to the cards that he could always know EXACTLY how many cards he had cut, and just like a tennis pro sses the ball like a volleyball Scarne could rifflr cut the deck see the ace and feel how many cards it was this version seems pretty much like the original was described to me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv-w2bSGjdM from my reading of the books three tricks stand out more to me.. the card in the wallet the spectator opened the deck he had brought the spectator picked a card, signed it returned it to the deck Scarne took the deck shuffled it scaled one card (threw it like a boomarang and caught it back in the deck (the deck being upside down) he showed the one reversed card in the deck with a few flourishes then put the deck on the table in front of him and IMMEDIATELY reached into his jacket removing a wallet with 6 rubber bands around it three down the side three across the top he had THE SPECTATOR open the wallet and there was the signed card some wallet tricks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l2Cd5Lc2cg I'd like to see that version anyway Scarne did a lot for magic and gambling his scarne cut taught to servicemen helped defeat and card sharps prepared deck changing the top bottom and middle I remember more, that my dad said Scarnes fingernails (the underneath) were lightly roughened or grooved so he could pick a card up with the friction of the nail and flesh

in scarnes books much of his magic or gambling exposes were performed in front of card mechanics, professional gamblers and mobsters, including Al Capone, Meyer Lansky and the like

the only (so far) actual foofage I can find of John Scarne is:

Click here to view the video on YouTube.

edit 4 I just found this description of scarne doing the cut the aces for the first time in front of a political/picnic crowd and some guy named Arnold Rothstein

http://johnscarne.com/John_Scarne/The_Amazing_World_of_John_Scarne/Entries/2009/7/6_John_Scarne_Fooling_the_Card_Sharks.html

wow guess its nice having so much time as I’ve spent a few hours now tripping down memory lane…

Most people say the cutting aces was his best effect bear in mind in the 20′s and 30′s betting by cutting cards was very popular and being able to cut aces with any deck under intense scrutiny was an achievement

my dad said Scarnes fingers were so attuned to the cards that he could always know EXACTLY how many cards he had cut, and just like a tennis pro sses the ball like a volleyball Scarne could rifflr cut the deck see the ace and feel how many cards it was

this version seems pretty much like the original was described to me

Click here to view the video on YouTube.

from my reading of the books three tricks stand out more to me..

the card in the wallet

the spectator opened the deck he had brought

the spectator picked a card, signed it returned it to the deck

Scarne took the deck shuffled it scaled one card (threw it like a boomarang and caught it back in the deck (the deck being upside down)

he showed the one reversed card in the deck with a few flourishes then put the deck on the table in front of him and IMMEDIATELY

reached into his jacket removing a wallet with 6 rubber bands around it

three down the side

three across the top

he had THE SPECTATOR open the wallet and there was the signed card

some wallet tricks

Click here to view the video on YouTube.

I’d like to see that version

anyway Scarne did a lot for magic and gambling his scarne cut taught to servicemen helped defeat and card sharps prepared deck changing the top bottom and middle

]]> By: TomRiddle http://rpg-exploiters.com/guides-strategies/how-to-play-blackjack/comment-page-1/#comment-92 TomRiddle Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:21:33 +0000 http://rpg-exploiters.com/?p=1272#comment-92 That takes me back... When I was growing up my dad was always going on about John Scarne http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Scarne whom he saw when Scarne was doing his what you need to know about gambling performances for the military in WWII. So I like many boys wanted to be a magician and had the scarne books at the house plus the card mechanic, even Ricky Jay's first book Besides the card manipulation Scarne was known for his correct figuring of the odds in gambling..and in his books he explained them to the public, he also worked for casinos and if I recall correctly brought about the modern multi deck and dealing from the shoe(?) in blackjack They keep bringing up legislation to allow casino gambling where I live, and the thought of trying to clear 50 bucks (after travel, meals, tip)a day is always kinda been a dream of mine, it's not much but would alleviate most of my financial woes... anyway does seat placement affect these strategies, I only really heeded 3 things from the Scarne books leave table if you lose table 3 times in a row if possible find multiple open seats next to each other if possible get the seat closest to dealer, if I recall that was called third base and on my only casino trip, got a compliment from a stranger when we both left the table at the same time that I had done a great job playing third base .... That takes me back…

When I was growing up my dad was always going on about John Scarne http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Scarne whom he saw when Scarne was doing his what you need to know about gambling performances for the military in WWII.

So I like many boys wanted to be a magician and had the scarne books at the house plus the card mechanic, even Ricky Jay’s first book

Besides the card manipulation Scarne was known for his correct figuring of the odds in gambling..and in his books he explained them to the public, he also worked for casinos and if I recall correctly brought about the modern multi deck and dealing from the shoe(?) in blackjack

They keep bringing up legislation to allow casino gambling where I live, and the thought of trying to clear 50 bucks (after travel, meals, tip)a day is always kinda been a dream of mine, it’s not much but would alleviate most of my financial woes…

anyway does seat placement affect these strategies, I only really heeded 3 things from the Scarne books

leave table if you lose table 3 times in a row
if possible find multiple open seats next to each other
if possible get the seat closest to dealer, if I recall that was called third base and on my only casino trip, got a compliment from a stranger when we both left the table at the same time that I had done a great job playing third base ….

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