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  1. How To Learn Basic Strategy

    This is a cross-post from my blog

    Basic Strategy is the correct strategy for playing every hand in the game of blackjack. It lets you know when to hit, stand, split, double, and surrender. Blackjack gurus often hand their students the following chart from the Wizard of Odds, and tell them to memorize it:



    Nice info, Mr. Guru, but how in the world do we memorize this?
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  2. Guess What... Casinos Cheat!

    This is a cross-post from my blog

    Introduction

    I constantly hear APs tell me the standard opinion that “casinos are heavily regulated, they would never think of cheating.” Here’s how the reasoning goes:

    1. Casino licenses are valuable
    2. Casinos have regulators constantly scrutinizing their every move
    3. Therefore, the cost of being caught cheating is higher than the gain from cheating
    4. Therefore, casinos
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  3. Cover Part I

    This is a cross-post from my blog
    Introduction
    This series of posts is dedicated to killing sacred cows about “cover” (I use quotes because I think even the basic mental assumption of cover advice are bad). The purpose of these posts is to get you to realize that most of the advice out there is garbage, and shamelessly sell our class “Getting Away With It.”

    The Cancer That is “Cover” Advice
    Nearly every new card counter that comes to one of our classes, or stumbles ...
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