Aug 19 2026
Baccarat Card Counting Flimflam
(flim′flam′) noun 1. nonsense; rubbish; humbug (ref. Webster's New World Dictionary)
Advantage Play in California Card Rooms
California has two types of entities that offer casino table games. There are the Native American casinos that operate Las Vegas-style games. The gambler who visits these casinos will find a full slate of card-based table games that play in every way like the same games in Las Vegas and elsewhere.
Baccarat Angst
I have long avoided the subject of baccarat mythology on this blog. I am a seeker of scientific truth. As substitutes for truth, fiction, story telling, anecdotes, false memories, mythology and outright lies frustrate me.
Blackjack: An Ace or Ten in the Hand
Casinos around the world are getting hit by advantage play teams involved in various schemes that allow them to predict when Aces and ten-valued cards are likely to be dealt. When I searched the literature for the edges possible from this type of play, I was surprised to find that these numbers are not publicly available.
