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Entering Thunder Valley's casino outside Sacramento, California, you might find yourself toe tapping to "Beat It" by Michael Jackson via the piped in music. Station Casinos operates the casino for the United Auburn Tribe. Private equity firm Colony Capital LLC owns Station Casinos and holds the title to Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch. Colony saved Jackson's ranch from foreclosure in hoping to lure him into performing at the Las Vegas Hilton, it is rumored. Yep, the same place his former father in-law Elvis Presley delighted audiences. Jackson is not with us anymore and is missed by many.
Beating the casino at the eight double deck blackjack tables is as easy as ABC, 1,2,3. The $25 minimums are expensive, but the odds can be changed to our favor with blackjacks paid at 3:2. One cannot enter during mid-deck, but leaving when there are more aces and tens played is permitted. Playing perfect basic strategy and counting (non tens, except aces, are +1 and tens are -2) with a side count of aces is needed. Choose a table with 3 or 4 players and place $25. An ace should appear every 13 cards or about every round. If no aces appear and the count is around even, stick with $25 for the second round. Same goes if one ace was played and the count is +3 or more and two aces with +4. Leave the table if the count and aces described are not met.
In the third round, bet $50 with 1) no aces played and at least a -9 count, 2) one ace with at least a -4 count, 3) two aces with a +4 count. Again, leave the table if these conditions are not met. The table has used a little less than a deck with 4 players including yourself. In the fourth round, bet $50 with three aces played (or less) and +4 or better, again, leave when these conditions are absent.
Table hop (betting from table to table) while counting a couple times before ending your session and going home. This might not sound like fun, but it is a hell of a lot better than hitting up an ATM and blowing the rent. Leave the ATM cards at home and only play what you can afford. Thunder Valley double deck blackjack is a good bet for the disciplined.
Article published at http://www.examiner.com/x-18051-San-Francisco-Blackjack-Examiner~y2009m8d28-Beating-blackjack-at-Thunder-Valley-Casino-managed-by-Michael-Jacksons-Neverland-Ranch
Beating the casino at the eight double deck blackjack tables is as easy as ABC, 1,2,3. The $25 minimums are expensive, but the odds can be changed to our favor with blackjacks paid at 3:2. One cannot enter during mid-deck, but leaving when there are more aces and tens played is permitted. Playing perfect basic strategy and counting (non tens, except aces, are +1 and tens are -2) with a side count of aces is needed. Choose a table with 3 or 4 players and place $25. An ace should appear every 13 cards or about every round. If no aces appear and the count is around even, stick with $25 for the second round. Same goes if one ace was played and the count is +3 or more and two aces with +4. Leave the table if the count and aces described are not met.
In the third round, bet $50 with 1) no aces played and at least a -9 count, 2) one ace with at least a -4 count, 3) two aces with a +4 count. Again, leave the table if these conditions are not met. The table has used a little less than a deck with 4 players including yourself. In the fourth round, bet $50 with three aces played (or less) and +4 or better, again, leave when these conditions are absent.
Table hop (betting from table to table) while counting a couple times before ending your session and going home. This might not sound like fun, but it is a hell of a lot better than hitting up an ATM and blowing the rent. Leave the ATM cards at home and only play what you can afford. Thunder Valley double deck blackjack is a good bet for the disciplined.
Article published at http://www.examiner.com/x-18051-San-Francisco-Blackjack-Examiner~y2009m8d28-Beating-blackjack-at-Thunder-Valley-Casino-managed-by-Michael-Jacksons-Neverland-Ranch
