Serious Advantage Players Only

To advantage players: I notice that the Bish has offered an invitation for you guys to join a private forum for the Serious Advantage Players Only. Please click the link & find out how to join.

I provide the link here just in case some advantage players (i.e.: DD') may miss the invitation due to their temporary MIA for months & out of the loop. I think you guys are probably interested in joining the "private" forum. Since the Wong's Blackchip Forum is no longer available for us to join, I think that the next best board to join may be the Bish's brand new "private" board. It seems that the Bish's offer is the best bargain in the internet because it's no charge, & it's free of casino agents! It's all paid for by the Ads.

The Bish has made no such assertion. Casino employees are not welcome, but that does not mean that over time some will not find a way to join.

bp

The Bish has made no such assertion. Casino employees are not welcome, but that does not mean that over time some will not find a way to join. by BP.

You get a very good point about "sneaking in" by casino agents OVER TIME. It's almost always good to be cautious & upfront with anything. So my wording of "free of casino agents" should be reworded to "almost free of casino agents".

Despite of that problem, the Bish's offer is still the best bargain. It's like watching free TV. We don't get charged, but we just have to put up that little problem---COMMERCIALS. In our case with the Bish's offer, we just need to put up that unavoidable problem: casino agents/spies will eventually lurk within the board.

Speaking of casino spies, hey BP, what was the reason for the shutdown of Wong's Blackchip Forum after almost a decade? Was it because of the lurking casino spies within that Forum?

Yes bigplayer.

Arnold, like Stanford does not live in a state of denial, both are aware that it is impossible to keep out someone who is determined.

I am not sure of the wisdom of public private sites, if they're meant to be secret and need secrecy then their existence should not be advertised.

I suspect that these public private sites do more for the ego of the members than for the protection of information.

MB

There were roughly 90 blackchip members, and about half of those were casinos (estimate). Real players didn't dare post anything of value and casinos didn't dare quit in case something of value was posted. It was a case of "Mutuslly Assured Destruction" in action. The only winner was Wong who got to charge everyone $595 per year for the membership. Eventually the 45 real players left the site to trade info via private e-mails and all that was left was 45 casinos. We suggested that Wong keep the site up just to soak the casinos, but he felt it was best to just shut it down.

like another "advantage play".

Set up a site for pro players and teams only. $1000 per year. Only the pros/teams don't pay. But they do post some gobbledy-gook that looks legit to attract the interest of you-know-who. :)

See www.blackjack-game.us for a new players site.

The parody isn't too far off the mark. Remember Bev's page several years ago? It was a real page frequented by real players, who divulged personal information to get on the page. Turned out that Bev was Beverly Griffin. At the time, I received invitations from Bev to join the page, but never did. There was something about it that was not quite kosher to me. Every once in awhile, your instincts are right.

I recall Bev. She had an odor about her and I don't mean the type caused by a failure to bathe. (Although I have no knowledge of her personal hygene habits.) I also passed on her invitation to join. Am I thinking of someone else, or was she at one time associated with a website presented by an AP?

I remember there was a lot of suspicion, but I don't recall it ever being conclusively proven. Do you know something I do not?

I didn't join either.

No, I am not 100% sure, but a number of folks in the blackjack community feel that was exactly the case. Some of them were closely associated with the webmaster for that page at the time. You'll notice I haven't mentioned the webmaster's name. If I was 100% sure, I would have.

The rumors went back and forth. Then she disappeared. It wouldn't be the first time. Some players have found that people they have played with for long periods of time worked for casinos.

do you apply for these jobs :-)

JB

I don't remember Bev's Page. Was it by invitation only. I am a $5 player, unless the smallest table is $10. I am an occasional player. I spend much more time on blackjack websites than in the casinos. I haven't written any books on blackjack. I post mostly on beginning or intermediate level items. I don't claim to know as much as Don and don't try to fake it. Therefore, I am not known to players or casinos. To quote you, it seems that Bev's Page was as kosher as pork.

It's the nightly self-flagellation to atone for their sins that causes the high turnover:)

At the time I received the invitation to Bev's page, I was just a frequent poster on blackjack sites. I may have had a published article or two, but I'm not sure. I was naive enough then to include my e-mail address in my posts, and I suspect it was simply harvested as a potential card counter and I received the invitation.

She said I was (as was the case) on Wong's Black Chip and she did not want me.

She turned me down!

Posted By: chicago
Date: 6 Jun 05, 8:36 am

In Response To: Not too far off (Bootlegger)

She said I was (as was the case) on Wong's Black Chip and she did not want me.

Why would Bev be so dumb? I'm confused. By ejecting you, Bev shut herself out of Wong's BC Board, no? Why did Bev turn you down? Why won't Bev use you to vouch her to get into Wong's BC Board...as soon as she got your trust? Or was she already in the Wong's BCB?

Did I miss something, or are you pulling my leg? If I were her, that how I would get a foot into a secret AP society at that time, and from there...I would get a foot into other secret AP groups, such as the Greeks', the Czech's & the Tommie's, etc..., No?