Originally Posted by
Midwest Player
Ozzy, you know nothing about me. The fact is I did write several articles for Blackjack Forum. I was contacted by Arnold, and he asked me to write for him, and he paid me very well for the articles I wrote. The articles were about blackjack conditions in the U.P. of MI, and back in the day the blackjack conditions were very good here. I played at one time or another all the casinos in the U.P. except for one. Check out the Fall 2003 edition of Blackjack Forum for the best blackjack game in the U.P. at that time, and probably one of the best in the country.
Very nice MWP. Just ignore Ozzy. Everyone else does.
So can I ask you how your results were with these games that looked so good on paper?
I am asking because about the time I wore out my welcome in Atlantic City, 2008-2009, Games in the Midwest, including the U.P. that you mentioned, along with Wisconsin were all the rage. I knew a number of players that were traveling to that area regularly, making those games a regular stop. Why I knew I was going to settle in Las Vegas, I seriously considered, sort of bouncing around the Midwest for a year on the way to Vegas. I decided against that because I just had no or little confidence in the Indian Casinos (still don't).
It didn't take long before I started hearing from some players that had incorporated a lot of travel to the Midwest into their rotation, that their results just weren't up to par (expectation for the good games). Results weren't matching simulated expectations. Not necessarily that they were losing, but just not winning anywhere close to expectation. I am not accusing anybody of cheating, I don't know enough about it. I just knew of a number of players that suspiciously, all seemed to be on the wrong side of the bell curve to varying degrees.
I don't know if you are able or willing to confirm anything suspicious about that time period, but if you are, how are things today in regards to that?