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A.P Heat

Shoe-Shopping Baccarat

I am back from my travels. I spent over three weeks in Macau, and learned a lot about Asian gaming from the experience. Mostly, I learned about baccarat. Try and picture a casino with hundreds of baccarat tables.

APs on Beating Promotions

I spite of what most people in the industry believe, few APs are card counters making their living playing blackjack. They just aren't. They are finding edges and opportunities that are much stronger. And these opportunities aren't just other games and side bets. One of the strongest sources of ongoing income is poorly conceived promotions.

Edge Sorting Let it Ride

Let it Ride (LIR) and Mississippi Stud (MS) have a lot of design elements in common. Both games involve no competition against the dealer. Both games pay based on the final poker-value of the player’s five-card poker hand.