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Recommended Blackjack Bankroll

Recommended Blackjack Bankroll and Money ManagementThere are three parts to blackjack money management: How to optimally bet (and the corresponding bankroll needed) Knowing how much to bring to a casino Knowing how to change your bets if you are losing My brother likes to joke with me whenever he knows [...]

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Characteristics of a Successful Card Counter

Characteristics of a Successful Card Counter Chapter 4 SNEAK PEEK This is Chapter 4 of Colin’s upcoming book tentatively titled “The 21st Century Card Counter: Beating Today’s Blackjack for Tomorrow’s Profits” due to be published August 2019 by Huntington Press Do I Have What It Takes?The DNA of a Card [...]

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Card Counting Online and Online Gambling

"Colin, can I count cards at one of those live dealer online blackjack games?" I get asked this question nearly every week. To answer the question, let me first explain the conditions needed to beat blackjack with card counting: Rules that give the casino a small enough house edge that card [...]

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Is Card Counting Illegal?

5 Things you should know about Card Counting: Card counting is NOT cheating. Card counting is simply using your brain, like a winning chess player. Fortunately, using your brain is still perfectly legal in the US! There are a couple reasons why people think card counting is illegal. First off, [...]

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Is this the End of Card Counting?

Does Card Counting still work? Casinos don't want to have the tables turned on them. And that's just what card counting does. So is learning card counting futile? Aren't the casinos just going to change the rules? Isn't the facial recognition software too good to out-smart? Won't the shuffle machines [...]

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“My First Thousand Hours”

by “Joe748” I wanted to share with you guys my personal outlook and advice based on my first 1,000 hours of card counting. First and foremost I am very much up for my 1,000 hours & my hourly rate is fairly close to my EV. The Lifestyle:  In order to […]

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Why Was Ben Affleck Banned from Blackjack at Hard Rock Casino?

by David Drury Every celebrity plays poker. Poker is good for celebrity. You get to show your face around town; you have something to keep you busy in Vegas while the wife is keeping up with the Kardashians; you boost public perception for throwing your snazzy fedora in the ring […]

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What are Blackjack Deviations?

We get a lot of questions about Blackjack Deviations. Deviations are, arguably, the most misunderstood part of the game. So I thought I’d bring some light to the subject, based on the most common questions we receive. So what are blackjack deviations? Deviations are simply times where you will alter [...]

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