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I have completely mastered the Advanced Omega II counting system, with the help of Bryce Carlson's "Blackjack for Blood". I also have a descent sized bankroll and I am ready to go. The only problem is my age. I am only 19 and my only playing options at this point are to travel to Canada where I can legally play in casinos at age 18 or I can try using a fake ID. I plan to use somebody's real ID so that it is official with all of the scan codes and everything. My question is how closely do the casino personnel look at the ID's for a young person?

I think i would be lying if I said i never wondered into an over 21 establishment before the ripe old age of 21. You don't want to ruin your welcome just yet??? Just my two cents

casino, so they will check closely. Plus, they will look at you thoroughly due to your age. Lets say you go to Canada and wong into a table. You wong out at low count. Then what? Where do you go? Your legal playing options are so few and you are a target due to age that you will not get much playing time.

Maybe you could use the Canadian casinos for a bit of 21 and then learn poker while you're at it. By the time you're 21, you'll have both mastered. You could also learn VP if they have it there.

Spend the next 2 years honing all these skills and you'll be much better off at age 21. That may seem like a long time to wait, but it will go quickly.

Guard your bankroll with your life - don't throw it away on junk games just to learn them. Study and go prepared and understand variance for your size br.

The casino's in upstate NY have a legal gambling age requirement of only 18.

Nothing about game conditions?

...As anxious as you are to try the big time, the trouble you can get into is not worth the effort. I have two sons, both in graduate school. I have been there, done that as far as fake ID's are concerned. If you can't find a place to play legally, don't bother. Use your time over the next two years perfecting your knowledge of the game. You still have a lot to learn.

BTW, if you do make it to a casino legally, let some of the members of the board who have all given you advice know how you made out by writing a trip report. We sense that you are serious and won't beat up on you if things don't work out as planned.
Cobbson

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