Greenchip membership or ?

Given a ohoice, which is more useful, Paying for Greenchip membership or CBJN? Since I do read posts on a lot of good free message boards on line and there is lots of advice picked up on the Bj21, RGE21, blackjack hero and other sites and since I have read various books, do either really helps?

Greenchip membership is well worth the small price. The advice and information you can and will learn there will dwarf what you learn from other sites. And the best part is that the moment you join, you have access to all the archives. Invaluable. I recommend you join for 3 months, really take a look around, and that means read the archives not just the current messages and then ask yourself this question again.

CBJN is an important tool, but it is just that. One tool. I place it behind both my own scouting and reports and information that get from other players that I network with regularly, and most of those that I do network with are a direct result of my greenchip membership.

Green chip seems for the professionals who make their living via BJ. I am just someone who plans on BJ a couple of times a month, playing Green in the Midwest, maybe a 2-3 day visit to Las Vegas once or twice a year. I have a full time job, play for a bit of extra income at best. Not sure Creenchip is for me.

...I would say it is for anyone that has more than just a passing interest in blackjack and other forms of advantage play.

An added bonus is that you will, if you wish, make friends with people with a common interest as yourself from all over the USA and overseas.

You say you are playing green. Ever lose a $25 double down? That's fifty buckeroonies. Add another nine bucks and you have a whole year's subscription. I assure you that you will recoup that $59 bucks in spades, so to speak.

Cobbson

I recommend that if you have to choose one or the other, definitely go for Green Chip.
While the information in CBJN is valuable for playing conditions, it's a snap shot, and you have to do your own scouting anyway to get the latest. You can buy a copy now to get some general comparisons between locales and regions, and then get another copy later before a trip.

Green Chip, othe other hand is a collection of wisdom, that's not always found in books. I'm not a "pro". I have a ton of BJ Books, but I have learned all the really important stuff through the threads on GC. GC provides a wealth of experience you just don't filter out of books, and the emotions and passions that come through the threads helps drill the "soft stuff" into me.

Both GC and CBJN have a positive expectation for anyone that uses them. If you are on a limited budget, then I would rank positive EV expenditures as follows:

1. The core books that should be in every players library (Professional BJ, BJA). These books will give you the highest return on your investment (even considering the cost of your time to read them).

2. Good software for calculating your betting approach (I would recommend either BJRM or CVCX)

3. GC membership

4. CV Blackjack for practicing. I also really like the Deepnet applications for the iPhone.

5. CBJN

6. Other BJ books beyond the "core" books above.

YMMV, and others will disagree, but if I had it to do over again, that is the order that I would focus on.

A family trip to upstate New York has come up for next week and I have a few days to spare, wondering if I chould take the family to Niagara Falls ( we have been there before) or Atlantic City. BJ wise, which offers better success for a $15-$25 min. bet player?

First of all, AC is very far from Niagra Falls. There is not much to do in either place, but in AC there is the beach, outlet malls, and golf. Probbaly better restaurant choices in AC. The BJ in AC is not great but it should be better than NF. I was only in the casino on the Canadian side of NF one time ((maybe 7-8 years ago) and the pen was terrible. Played 6-7 hands (won them all) and left when the count got negative. If you don't mind the distance, AC is the better alternative on all counts (which says more about NF than AC). JMHO.

out of place in this thread----just sayin----I'm not a thread cop!