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BJI Newsletter, September 2016, #200
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A WORD FROM HENRY
This month marks a milestone; our 200th edition of the Blackjack Insider Newsletter. As always, we have several playing conditions reports (that includes some very good games) covering the following casinos/locations:
- Fiesta Rancho and Texas Station casinos in Las Vegas (by Stu D. Hoss)
- Boulder Station and Arizona Charlies (Boulder) casinos (by KC Brooks)
- MaunaLoa casino (Costa Rico) (by Joe "Reload" Freda)
- Several European casinos (by Michele Guzzinati)
Our Mr. Insider provides insider tips on how casinos go about catching card counters. Paul Wilson concludes his series on the Illustrious 18, and yours truly explains how to play an 18 and 12, depending on the composition of the cards in your hand. Monkeysystem reviews a blackjack tournament held in Oklahoma (favorable review). You can read about the history of video poker in Jerry "Stickman's" column, and get answers to the following questions from John Grochowski: why a casino manager implemented a 6-5 game; whether playing $1 per hand in a dollar video poker machine is better than playing $1.25 in a quarter machine; and the name of the video poker game that uses five decks and has a big jackpot.
Henry Tamburin
Editor
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In the Article Spotlight
THE POLITICS OF RATHOLING: HOW AND WHEN TO HIDE YOUR CHIPS by Basil Nestor
A good explanation on why you should rathole chips, and how to go about doing it when you play blackjack (by Basil Nestor, first published in issue #124 of BJI). Great read!
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LAS VEGAS BLACKJACK REPORT: FIESTA RANCHO and TEXAS STATION CASINOS by Stu D. Hoss
"This month I went north to a much less heralded "strip," namely the Rancho Strip, where I reviewed two local casinos that have these blackjack games..."
Read Hoss' complete article.
"This month I headed east of the Strip to Boulder Highway to check out the blackjack action at Boulder Station and Arizona Charlie's casinos. Here's what I found..."
Read Brooks' complete article.
"Blackjack can be a "hit or miss" when it comes to Costa Rica's casinos, but I found the MaunaLoa to be one of the best for low-stakes play because..."
Read Freda's complete article.
"I visited several casinos in Italy, Hungary, Sweden, England, and Slovenia and these were the blackjack playing conditions..."
Read Guzzinati's complete article.
"Casinos use a variety of strategies to catch counters and this article will illustrate some examples of how they have been spotted and caught..."
Read Mr Insider's complete article.
"This month I'm going to introduce you to the rest of the Illustrious 18; together we'll find out what they mean and how they could help your game..."
Read Wilson's complete article.
"Even though the following four hands have a count of 18, they are not necessarily played the same way against the dealer's 6 upcard because the playing strategy depends upon the makeup of the cards in your hand..."
Read Tamburin's complete article.
"Good open blackjack tournaments are getting harder and harder to find these days; therefore, when a new event comes around I want to check it out..."
Read Monkeysystem's complete article.
"To properly understand the development of video poker we must start with some of the forerunners of the game..."
Read "Stickman's" complete article.
"John Grochowski answers some interesting questions dealing with: comment made by casino manager on why he implemented 6-5 blackjack games; is it better to play $1 on dollar video poker machine or $1.25 on quarter machine; and the name of the video poker game that is played with five decks and has big jackpot..."
Read Grochowski's complete article.
CASINO ANSWER MAN by John Grochowski
LAS VEGAS BLACKJACK REPORT: BOULDER STATION and ARIZONA CHARLIE'S (BOULDER) CASINOS by KC Brooks
COSTA RICA TRIP REPORT: MaunaLoa Casino by Joe "Reload" Freda
PLAYING CONDITIONS IN SEVERAL EUROPEAN CASINOS by Michele Guzzinati
HOW CARD COUNTERS GET CAUGHT by Mr. Insider
PAUL'S POINTERS: ILLUSTRIOUS 18 (Part 2) by Paul Wilson
HOW WOULD YOU PLAY THESE HANDS? by Henry Tamburin
BUFFALO RUN BLACKJACK TOURAMENT by Monkeysystem
STICKMAN'S STANCE: HISTORY OF VIDEO POKER by Jerry "Stickman"
CASINO ANSWER MAN by John Grochowski
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