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May 28, 202531 Views 7 min read

Crushing the Over/Under 13 Blackjack Side Bet

A long long time ago, in a casino far far away, there was a blackjack side bet called “Over/Under 13”

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November 18, 2024341 Views 4 min read

Baccarat: The Known Card

All it takes to crush baccarat is for the AP to know the exact value and location of one card

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November 4, 2024403 Views 8 min read

Ultimate Texas Hold’em Basic Strategy

Ultimate Texas Hold’em (UTH) is one of the most popular novelty games in the market. For that reason, it is

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September 26, 2024339 Views 0 min read

My Appearance on Pan Tilt Zoom, Sept. 26, 2024

Please enjoy this conversation about hole-carding with two of the best in the business, Willy Allison and Darrin Hoke. A

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September 25, 2024441 Views 12 min read

Introduction to Card Counting

When a player decides he wants to beat a casino fair and square, the first attempt is almost always ordinary

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September 21, 2024494 Views 8 min read

Card Counting Analysis, 101

If you are not familiar with card counting (for example, in blackjack), you should first learn the topic before reading

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August 28, 2024412 Views 8 min read

The World’s Greatest Blackjack Card Counter

Suppose the world’s greatest blackjack card counter heads out to a casino to pursue his chosen vocation of beating the

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July 15, 2024451 Views 7 min read

The Desirability Index of Proprietary Games

Back in the days when I haunted bj21.com (Stanford Wong’s blackjack website), members often discussed the quality of various blackjack

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July 13, 2024541 Views 8 min read

Card Counting the Lucky Ladies Blackjack Side Bet

Of all the currently available side bets for blackjack, the news that Lucky Ladies (LL) is vulnerable to card counting

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July 12, 2024474 Views 4 min read

Card Counting the King’s Bounty Blackjack Side Bet: 6 Decks

King’s Bounty (KB) is Bally’s answer to Galaxy Gaming’s Lucky Ladies (LL) blackjack side bet.   Both wagers pay based on

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July 12, 2024764 Views 8 min read

Why Baccarat Card Counting Sucks

From time to time the question of card counting in baccarat comes up. Because baccarat is dealt from a shoe,

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July 12, 2024742 Views 7 min read

Computer Perfect Play in Baccarat

In this post I am going to examine the edge possible in baccarat if the player is using computer-perfect play.

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July 11, 2024328 Views 0 min read

Feature Story on Me in the Local Paper, The Independent

In June, 2022, I was the front-page feature story in our local newspaper, The Independent. Tyler Hayden, the author, did

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July 11, 2024443 Views 4 min read

Three Card Poker Hole-Card Play: The Details

Hole-carding 3CP was one of the first advanced plays I made. When I saw a dealer who was flashing her

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July 11, 2024401 Views 3 min read

Ultimate Texas Hold’em: One Dealer Card & River Card

When an AP finds a dealer on Ultimate Texas Hold’em (UTH) who is vulnerable to hole-carding, it is not unusual for her

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July 11, 2024378 Views 4 min read

Ultimate Texas Hold’em: One Dealer Card & Flop Card

When an AP finds a dealer on Ultimate Texas Hold’em (UTH) who is vulnerable to hole-carding, it is not unusual for her

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July 11, 2024406 Views 3 min read

Ultimate Texas Hold’em: The Known Card

Ultimate Texas Hold’Em (UTH) is a rich source of advantage play opportunities. This post considers yet another possibility — when

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July 11, 2024487 Views 4 min read

Ultimate Texas Hold’em Hole-Card Play: Two Dealer Cards

Ultimate Texas Hold’em (UTH) must surely be the most widely available and profitable opportunity for hole-card play right now. Over

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July 11, 2024409 Views 6 min read

Ultimate Texas Hold’em Hole-Card Play: One Dealer Card

Ultimate Texas Hold’em (UTH) is among the most vulnerable novelty games to hole-card play. Between the dealer’s two cards and

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July 11, 2024432 Views 6 min read

Ultimate Texas Hold’em: Collusion

Ultimate Texas Hold’em (UTH) has a significant hole-card problem. I’ve wondered for a long time if it also has a

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July 11, 2024620 Views 2 min read

Card Counting the Big Tiger Baccarat Side Bet

An AP recently contacted me and asked if I would analyze the “Big Tiger” baccarat side bet. This side bet

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July 11, 2024494 Views 3 min read

An Unbalanced Count to Beat the “Tie on 7” Baccarat Side Bet

I was recently contacted by an advantage player who wondered if I was could create unbalanced counts for the UR

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July 11, 2024396 Views 2 min read

Card Counting the King’s Bounty Blackjack Side Bet: 2 Decks

King’s Bounty (KB) is Shufflemaster’s (now Scientific Games) answer to the very popular Lucky Ladies side bet offered by Galaxy Gaming. I

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July 11, 2024441 Views 4 min read

Card Counting the Bad Beat Baccarat Side Bet: Natural 9 beats Natural 8

Well, you knew it was going to happen sooner or later, that I would analyze another AP opportunity. A reader

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July 11, 2024494 Views 6 min read

Team Play against the “5 Treasures” Group of Baccarat Side Bets

There are very few opportunities that come along for profitable team play in baccarat, especially when it comes to counting

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April 2, 20231446 Views 0 min read

Advanced Advantage Play is “Free” on Amazon

In case you are one of the folks on the planet who do not yet own my book Advanced Advantage

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March 29, 2023838 Views 0 min read

The Blackjack Zone now available on Amazon!

Well, I finally uploaded my 2005 book “The Blackjack Zone” to Amazon, where it has now officially been re-printed (3rd

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Latest Posts

  • Crushing the Over/Under 13 Blackjack Side Bet
  • Baccarat: The Known Card
  • Ultimate Texas Hold’em Basic Strategy
  • My Appearance on Pan Tilt Zoom, Sept. 26, 2024
  • Introduction to Card Counting
  • Card Counting Analysis, 101
  • The World’s Greatest Blackjack Card Counter
  • The Desirability Index of Proprietary Games
  • Card Counting the Lucky Ladies Blackjack Side Bet
  • Card Counting the King’s Bounty Blackjack Side Bet: 6 Decks

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