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Blackjack update and show preview

Hi everyone. I've been sick so I haven't posted in a while. I have been feeling a little better the last couple of days so I will post a gambling update and a show preview for tomorrow Tuesday August 22nd.

Remember Casino Confidential airs live in the Reno area at 4 p.m. on Tuesdays on 1180 AM KCKQ radio. You can also listen to it stream over the internet at americamatters.us or on the TuneIn Radio app.

So tonight, Monday, I went to my favorite low limit blackjack tables, at an unnamed Casino in the city of Sparks. I played at a $3 minimum, single deck table, bought in for $50 and left with $20. Oh well, you can't win every time.

I mostly flat bet $5 a hand, lost my first few hands and never got up at all. I was able to play for almost an hour on that $50. I never got into a high positive count or Ace rich deck where I felt like I could confidently increase my bet, so I didn't.

I did  had a situation where I felt like varying from basic strategy involving a pair of sevens against a dealers ten. Basic strategy for the single deck game, says that you should split sevens all the way up to and including a 7 for a dealer up card. That I understand and fully agree with. Where I disagree with basic strategy is what you do against an 8, 9, 10 or Ace for an up card.

Basic says to hit versus an 8, 9, or Ace up but stand when the dealer has a ten up. You are in a real bad situation here any way you slice it. Two 7's vs a dealer's 10 is just a really bad hand. The fact that it is two sevens really doesn't matter to me, I just look at it as a hard 14 which you are obviously always going to hit against the 10 up.

So I did hit, and busted. The dealer ended up having a 10 in the hole so I would have lost either way. But it made me think about it the number of difficult to remember decisions that you need to make to master basic strategy.

So that's what we're going to talk about on tomorrow show. The most common mis- played hands by the average player, and the hands that are difficult to remember when you're trying to memorize basic strategy.

So tune in tomorrow on 1180am at 4 p.m. for Casino Confidential.

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