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IS SLOWER )F YOU ARE JUST LEARNING BASIC STRAT EGY IT WILL GIVE YOU TIME TO LOOK AT YOUR CHART YES THEY WILL LET YOU HAVE A BASIC STRATEGY CHART AT THE TABLE SO THAT YOU CAN BE SURE TO PLAY THE HAND CORRECTLY !DDITIONALLY WITH A FULL TABLE YOU WILL ONLY BE PLAYING ABOUT HANDS PER HOUR AND SINCE THE CASINO HAS AN EDGE OVER YOU ON EVERY HAND YOU WILL LOSE LESS PER HOUR )F YOU ARE JUST LEARNING TO COUNT CARDS YOU WILL WANT TO PLAY AT TABLES WITH OR OTHER PLAYERS BECAUSE YOU WILL HAVE MORE TIME TO CONVERT YOUR RUNNING COUNT TO THE TRUE COUNT PLAY THE HAND COR RECTLY AND CALCULATE THE CORRECT SIZE BET FOR THE UPCOMING HAND 0ERSONALLY ) LIKE TO PLAY LATE AT NIGHT WHEN ) CAN GET ONE ON ONE WITH THE DEALER 3INCE ) AM A CARD COUNTER ) HAVE AN EDGE OVER THE CASINO AND THE MORE HANDS ) PLAY THE MORE MONEY ) MAKE 4YPICALLY ) CAN PLAY TO HANDS IN AN HOUR AS OPPOSED TO WITH A CROWDED TABLE ) HAVE BEEN PLAYING LONG ENOUGH THAT ) CAN TALK TO THE DEALER JOKE WITH THE WAITRESS AND STILL CALCULATE THE TRUE COUNT UPCOMING HAND BET SIZE AND PLAY THE HAND CORRECTLY 4HIS ALL COMES WITH PRACTICE BUT IF YOU ARE A NEW COUNTER YOU MIGHT STICK WITH TABLES THAT HAVE OR MORE PLAYERS 4O HAVE AN ADVANTAGE OVER THE CASINO EVERY TIME YOU SIT DOWN TO PLAY YOU WILL HAVE TO LEARN TO COUNT CARDS )N MY BOOK h"EATING THE #ASINO AT 4HEIR /WN 'AMEv ) TAKE YOU FROM BASIC STRATEGY THROUGH CARD COUNTING !DDITIONALLY SOME OF THE OTHER TOPICS ) COVER ARE THE SURRENDER OPTION SIDE BETS ETIQUETTE SHUFFLE TRACKING AND MONEY MANAGEMENT )F YOU WOULD LIKE A COPY OF MY BOOK SEND TO 0/ "OX 0H !: 5NTIL NEXT TIME ) HOPE YOU PLAY WINNING BLACKJACK 4 * *ORGENSEN HAS BEEN A PROFESSIONAL "LACKJACK PLAYER FOR OVER YEARS (E IS WELL KNOWN FOR HIS LIVE TOURNAMENT PLAY BOTH LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY (E HAS COM PETED AGAINST AND BEATEN SOME OF THE TOP TOURNAMENT PLAYERS IN THE WORLD (E IS THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK "EATING THE #ASINO AT 4HEIR /WN 'AME AVAILABLE THROUGH HIS WEB SITE WWW FREEWEBS COM TJSBLACKJACKCORNER OR BY E MAIL 4* JUSTICE MSN COM

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