Fred Renzey
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Even Money, Insurance exact same betNov 03, 2021 12:06 pm - There's something fundamental about blackjack that most players don't understand, and what happened at the casino the other day gives and excellent example of it. The fe...
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House-banked games offer taste of pokerNov 03, 2021 11:11 am - Many casino customers would enjoy a little friendly bit of poker now and then. The majority, however, feel uncomfortable walking into a live poker room and playing again...
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Can you play basic blackjack with no house edge?Nov 03, 2021 10:05 am - Typical blackjack players give about a 1½ percent advantage to the house because of the mistakes they make playing their hands. But even those who get their entire basic...
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In blackjack, the cards tell you how much to betNov 03, 2021 9:00 am - You know what the real problem is with your blackjack game? More than anything else, it's that you bet the wrong amounts at the wrong time. Here's what I mean. Suppose y...
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Those little blackjack mistakes add upNov 02, 2021 7:50 pm - I just returned from a Caribbean cruise. One of the men at our evening dinner table was also a frequent blackjack player in the casino, and I mentioned I had written a b...
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What does a slot's 'payback' really mean?Nov 02, 2021 6:38 pm - A friend of mine was cashing a slot ticket at the cage in one of the local casinos the other night. He noticed a sign on the back wall that read, "Last month, our slots ...
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When you've got the hand, you must double downNov 02, 2021 4:50 pm - The blackjack player next to me was playing two hands at a time. The dealer had a 4 up. He was dealt a 6/4 on one hand and a pair of 7s on the other. Doubling down on t...
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What do you have in these Omaha Hi/Lo hands?Nov 02, 2021 3:48 pm - Omaha Hi/Lo is a "sister" game of Texas Hold'em. It creates more action than Hold'em for a couple of reasons. First, the pot is split between the best high and best low ...
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Think you're a gambling whiz? It's probably all luckNov 02, 2021 2:51 pm - Think you beat the game? Here's another name for it I'm going to utter a timeless phrase that has influenced anybody who's ever wagered 5 cents on anything. The phrase ...
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Shuffling machines bad newsNov 02, 2021 1:11 pm - Fifty years ago, blackjack was dealt with a single deck of cards, the dealer dealt all the way through the deck and then shuffled the cards by hand. My, how things have ...