Fred Renzey
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Insure your blackjack for less?Nov 04, 2021 7:11 pm - What do you do when you're dealt a blackjack and the dealer's got an Ace showing? If you're in the vast majority, you'll take even money - it's a sure thing. Trouble is,...
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Test your moral quotient with these scenariosNov 04, 2021 4:10 pm - Most gamblers go to the casino hoping to get lucky and win, but figure they're probably going to lose. They know the house isn't in business to give away money. So many ...
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Gambling myths only hurt playersNov 04, 2021 12:24 am - Throughout the casino, gamblers search for some "foundation" to build a winning strategy upon for their favorite games. The bad news is, most of these so-called foundati...
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Which blackjack game do you want to play?Nov 03, 2021 11:23 pm - At any casino you walk into, the blackjack games will look about the same. But when it comes down to the nuts and bolts, each casino has its own personalized set of sub-...
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Ace in the handNov 03, 2021 10:17 pm - So you think you play a pretty solid game of blackjack, eh? Well, if you're like 98 percent of the players I see in the casinos, you bungle your "soft" hands something a...
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In poker and blackjack, bad beats aboundNov 03, 2021 9:16 pm - It hadn't happened to me in quite a while. I was playing two hands of blackjack and was dealt 20 on my first hand and 7/4 on my second. The dealer had an 8 up. I doubled...
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'21' serves up a heaping dose of blackjackNov 03, 2021 8:07 pm - I recently saw the Kevin Spacey movie "21" at a local theater. All in all, I'd have to say I enjoyed it. Was it totally down-to-earth in representing real-world blackjac...
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The easiest way to win the hand isn't always the best playNov 03, 2021 6:58 pm - Suppose in blackjack you've got a pair of 9s against the dealer's 2. If you just stay pat with your 18, you'll win the hand 56 percent of the time (after adjusting for p...
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Splitting some blackjack pairs not the best playNov 03, 2021 6:02 pm - Just because the book says to split a certain pair against a certain dealer up-card, that doesn't necessarily mean it's a winning play. All it means is that splitting i...
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In blackjack, a deuce is not the dealer's AceNov 03, 2021 3:55 pm - How many times have you heard another player at the blackjack table say something like: "Never double down against a deuce!" or "I wouldn't split those against a deuce!"...