Christopher: Know thou enemy and know thou self

[Christopher]

In his Feb 4 article, BJT spoke of the gambling tug-of-war between professional gamblers and casinos. BJT concluded that the 100% sure winner would be the one who knew thou enemy and knew thou self.

The know-thou-stuff proverb appears pretty straightforward. To me, it's pretty easy to know thou self, i.e, my own imperfections such as "hot-under-the-collar". However, it's not that easy to know thou enemy, aka the casinos & their dealers. For example, how does a new counter in town know if an Indian casino is honest in dealing with gamblers? I'm sure you guys can recall an Indian casino which offers the best deal of the century: a $5,000 match-play-coupon for any one who shows up at its door with a driver license. How does a participant of said promotion know if that casino does not cheat to make up for the $5,000 expense? So BJT, how do you [or other counters]know thou enemy a head of time while you guys travel around the world gambling?

One more question, BJT. While we talk about knowing thou enemy, how do we know if the dealer does not cheat after she pulls 12 blackjacks in the row? I kid you not... I actually witnessed a lady dealer who had done the almost impossible---12 bjs in the row--- while I was watching her game. Go figure!

[BJTr]

[BJTr]

[rainer]

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> 2. Dealing seconds... not many dealers can do it
> smoothly and dealers are very nervous of doing it. We
> (I and my parner) scared cheating dealers away at at
> least 3 occasinos and got our loss back from new
> dealers.

Great BJT, before 3 years I was at EL Gouna in Egypt near
Hurghada.
In that Casino was a dealer dealing second and what you say, he was nervous and ripped off an owner of a ship playing there.
At that time I didn't know anything about dealing second
and till today I know what to do against them.
Because there were unexperianced dealers too.
the best rainer

[BJTr]

[Orson]

Hi BJT,

Just, when you have time, could you elaborate a bit on countries ABFG, as I already know what are CDE:-). Feel free to e-mail me when you have time, and also let me know, when you have your schedule for CDE!
Orson

> I read books and from web finding information. For
> example, I read from "Gambler's Guide to the
> World" about Curacao and went. I also got
> valuable informtion about Greece(Corfu Island),
> Peru(Joker game) and Cyprus and went. I learned
> Macedonia game from a Greek CC I chatted at internet
> and went. I went to Africa after changing informtion
> with a Japanese CC at Prague. I met a Romania
> restaurant owner at Macau BJ table. he invited me and
> I stayed at his place at Bucharest. I went to Cairo
> before and didn't like it. a CC went finding casinos
> there changed rules to full ES so we went together
> again. I try get as much information as possible
> before going, when there were little informtion, I
> just go as I intend going to 100 countries with or
> without information. I am scheduling for a new trip
> now which will include 7 countries, 4 new 3 old. The
> old ones are places I have been to with good games:
> A Country: old place with good game.
> B: near A, been to another city of that country, got
> some informtion through a correspondance CC.
> C: Home country of an accuainted CC, been refused visa
> before now can go with new Schengen status.
> D and E: Near C.
> F: Near C and got some informaton from correspondance
> CC, also new scehgen nation.
> G: been to the country, miss the spot, read from web
> aboit the playable agme there.
> The CC at Country advised me good hotels at C, D, E,
> and F.
> Burnt joints informtion are not so secretive...
> Chinese said "Good things stay secret, bad things
> spread fast"... felow CCs tell burnt joints much
> much more than good games. No bad word about all the
> countries I intend visiting in this trip.
> I played two days ago,head on game I played one to 2
> boxes. Dealer got 10 BJs in 3 shoes while Igot none...
> but I was even after 3 shoes. Cheatings are difficult
> and occurred very rarely. I came across perhaps a
> dozen after over 700 casinos. There are 2 major
> cheating methods:
> 1. Short shoe... easily identified after sveveral
> unusual hogh counts shoes... always play small when
> play new small casinos.
> 2. Dealing seconds... not many dealers can do it
> smoothly and dealers are very nervous of doing it. We
> (I and my parner) scared cheating dealers away at at
> least 3 occasinos and got our loss back from new
> dealers.
> Hope these help... I may write a column from your
> question later. I wiil give a lecture at Macau at
> March, if you are around, you are welcomed dropping
> by.