In a special return edition of his gambling blog, John Piassek presents his top picks for the upcoming weekend in horse racing, offering betting options at different budget levels. Piassek has contributed to the horse racing sites The Racing Biz and Danonymous Racing and worked at Tioga Downs, Monmouth Park, and Saratoga Race Course.
Month: October 2022
Breeders’ Cup Fantastic Finishes: Japanese Outsider Stuns Stacked 2021 Distaff Field
The 38th Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Del Mar lived up to expectations in many ways. The year prior, fans were prohibited from attending the Breeders’ Cup at Keeneland due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the crowds that made it to the 2021 event at picturesque Del Mar in California were more than ready to celebrate as NBC Sports chronicled the festivities.
The future of blackjack card counters
The question our members are most concerned about is what will be the future of the blackjack card counters. are the days of card counting over? many believe so.
Automatic shuffling is being used in todays tables which makes shuffle tracking or card counting impossible. The land based casinos are going to insert shuffling machines at the tables.
It is said that in places like Las Vegas – Nevada, surveillance cameras are being used to analyze the skill of the players and smart blackjack tables that keep tracks of players hands and strategies using magnetized chips.
The gambling control board in Nevada, an agency that protects the right of both the players and the casinos to ensure fair gaming decided that casinos may not alter the games in a way that would change the frequency of the payouts. Since then, many Nevada casinos train their dealers to count cards and shuffle as they please, and also a wide variety of casinos keeps information of card counters, including names and photos to try and keep them out of the game.
These casinos have big corporations supporting them with huge political power and money influences. The professional blackjack players on the other hand are unknown.
So what will be the future of this blackjack “war”? is it just starting or will it soon reach an end? Despite all their latest technology, political and money influences, I believe there is still a chance for a happy ending. With more than 25 states within the US offering blackjack games legally, there are more profit possibilities for card counters than back in the good old days.
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Pletcher, Breeder Stonestreet Stables Achieve Rare Dead Heat At Keeneland
A racing rarity occurred in the ninth race at Keeneland on Thursday when Pure Pauline and Grand Entrance finished on even terms for a dead heat for trainer Todd Pletcher. Both 2-year-old fillies appeared in the winner's Circle for the traditional win picture.
Both fillies were bred by Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings and are closely related. Pure Pauline, who races for Stonestreet Stables, is a daughter of Curlin and the Pulpit mare Keen Pauline. Grand Entrance is by Bernardini and is out of Keen Pauline's dam, the Two Punch mare Grand Pauline.
It doesn't occur often, but it has happened before that one trainer has saddled both winning horses in a dead heat.
In 2016, Peter Miller saddled both Solid Wager and St. Joe Bay to win the Grade 3 Midnight Lute Stakes at Santa Anita. Gary Barber, a co-owner of Grand Entrance with Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Steve Rocco, was also co-owner of Solid Wager.
Two years earlier, also in a stakes, Robertino Diodoro sent out the dead-heat winners of the Shakopee Juvenile at Canterbury Park – Grand Full Moon and Native American – for Ernie Moody's Mercedes Stable.
Thursday's race was a maiden special event for 2-year-old fillies going 1 1/16 miles. Pure Pauline, ridden by John Velazquez, was the 9-5 favorite and raced from just off the pace, gaining the advantage at the top of the stretch but was caught at the wire by her stablemate. Grand Entrance, ridden by Luis Saez, broke slowly and was last early, then rallied seven wide into the stretch to finish on even terms with Pure Pauline.
The wins gave Pletcher his eighth and ninth wins of the current meet, putting him four ahead of Brad Cox in the trainer standings. Saez (nine wins) and Velazquez (eight) are clustered at the top of the jockey race with Tyler Gaffalione (nine) and Florent Geroux (eight).
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