Archive | Blackjack

04 November 2007 ~ 18 Comments

Johnny Chan Academy: Casino Dealer School

Who’s Johnny Chan? He’s a professional poker player, born in Guangzhou (Canton), China in 1957 and now living in Las Vegas, Nevada. His name in Traditional Chinese is 陳強尼. Yeah, I’m international like that. He’s got 10 World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets, two WSOP championship titles (1987 and 1988) and founder of online casino [...]

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25 October 2007 ~ 1 Comment

Double Down Texas Hold’em: Poker vs Blackjack

Say the name, “Double Down Texas Holdem™” and most casino table game players will quickly correct you, explaining due to your lack of gaming knowledge you have confused two entirely different card games, sort of like saying the baseball player scored a touchdown. The news here is the Double Down Texas Hold’em table game recently [...]

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12 October 2007 ~ 8 Comments

The Myth of the Bad Hand

There’s really no such thing as your favorite hand or your worst hand. It’s all in your mind. That thing between your ears. The brain. The noggin. The dome. The psyche. I’m not saying you’re crazy. A lot of us have weird things that we do, say, or think about. We may not say them [...]

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