Originally Posted by MisterV View Post
What got me thinking about this was the comment that there are not many newbies asking questions on the boards about BJ, for example.

Of course there are several possible reasons for this, including declining numbers of new players, or aversion to the rough and tumble of message boards, or the availability of info from other online sources.

But it is my impression that BJ is not as popular as it once was: same with craps.
Absolutely, MisterV. There used to be 3 types of table games, now there are 10 or more.

As for forums, the reason there are far less real AP's sharing anything on these forums, is because of what they have become. A few of us remain, wade through, participate in the drama, but most have moved on to private membership forums that aren't open to the public, where they share experiences with one another. The kind of forums where one or more members has to vouch for you to become a member. Unfortuantely for the newer players that excludes them and means they no longer have access to many real players. Instead they are bombarded with magical progression systems, and all kind of goofy baccarat system sand guys claiming all kind of riches.

I honestly don't know where a newer player interested in learning to play some different casino games at an advantage can go today to begin to learn some of that. Maybe a $5000 "boot camp" or seminar or something.