I also help fellow AP Nick teach card counting at www. The drive north on 95 from Las Vegas to Reno at this time of the year is awesome. The Sands Regency allows you to double down on 9, 10, and 11, which equates to a 0. In a single-deck game, we look at the number of rounds dealt prior to the shuffle, with the more the merrier. The colors in the desert in the late afternoon are a sight to behold. The seven and a half hour drive seemed to fly by because I used the time wisely, brushing up on my single-deck basic strategy. The above playing rules hold true with the following exceptions: Boomtown, Nugget and Western Village have games that you can double on any two cards. Instead of an early start, I was on the road out of Vegas at four in the afternoon. I found out early that the actual count system is only a small piece of the puzzle. So much for, "early bird catches the worm. This site is best viewed in a x graphics mode, or higher.{/INSERTKEYS}{/PARAGRAPH} Hi Lo is my choice of strategies and "Professional Blackjack" by Wong is my bible. Contact webmaster bjinsider. The art of blackjack is a lifetime endeavor. Get his books and you could too! I worship a large spread, and have been known to wong everywhere I go. Since moving to Vegas, I play mainly double-deck games, but I grew up on single deck and make the trek north every few months to play exclusively single-deck games. Read how Ken used skill to win a recent blackjack tournament. {PARAGRAPH}{INSERTKEYS}Ken Smith's second e-book on tournament blackjack contains more of his winning strategies that have made him one of the best tournament blackjack players in the world. The house advantage clocks in at 0. What are we looking for, you ask? No material to be copied without express permission of DeepNet Technologies. The rules for single-deck blackjack in Reno are pretty much the same everywhere: dealer hits soft seventeen, you can only double on 10 and 11, and you cannot double down after pair splitting. I had planned to leave early in the morning and make Reno by mid-afternoon; unfortunately, my timing was off by about ten hours. The house edge is a mere 0. The views of the mountains, with their fresh dusting of snow melted away, only increased my aggravation for getting a late start.