Eliot Jacobson Ph.D.

Received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Arizona in 1983. Eliot has been a Professor of both Mathematics and Computer Science. Eliot retired from academia in 2009. Eliot Jacobson

After a decade as an advantage player, Eliot founded Jacobson Gaming, LLC in 2006. His company specializes in casino table game design, advantage play analysis, game development, and mathematical certification. Eliot's most recent book, "Advanced Advantage Play," based on material first published on his infamous blog apheat.net, has quickly become an industry best-seller on the topic of legally beating casino table games, side bets and promotions. Eliot consults with casinos internationally and is a sought after keynote speaker, trainer and seminar leader.

Eliot is widely recognized as one of the world's top experts on casino table games

Eliot Jacobson Ph.D. 's Articles

Card Counting the Lucky Win Baccarat Side Bet

Sep 30 2013

Last update: 1 year 10 months ago

At G2E (2013) last week, I came across a baccarat side bet I had not seen before at the Galaxy Gaming booth, called “Lucky Win” (LW). The side bet can be made on either the Player hand or the Banker hand and it pays when the winning hand totals 0, 1, 2, 3, or 5.

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I'm at a Loss about Loss Rebates

May 16 2016

Last update: 1 year 10 months ago

A short time back, I was contacted by a casino interested in offering a high rolling blackjack player a 30% cash rebate on losses he had incurred. The player apparently made this demand to the casino, saying he would not play again unless he was given this rebate.

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Card Counting the Rabbit Baccarat Side Bet

Jan 25 2014

Last update: 1 year 10 months ago

Baccarat side bets are often named after exotic or mythical animals. SHFL has the Dragon Bonus side bet. There are the Dragon 7 and Panda 8 side bets to EZ Baccarat.

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Ultimate Texas Hold'em Hole-Card Play: One Dealer Card, One Flop Card

May 25 2015

Last update: 1 year 10 months ago

When an AP finds a dealer on Ultimate Texas Hold'em (UTH) who is vulnerable to hole-carding, it is not unusual for her to expose the bottom card of every packet of cards she delivers (see this post for an introduction to UTH).

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Ultimate Texas Hold'em Hole-Card Play: One Dealer Card

May 18 2015

Last update: 1 year 10 months ago

Ultimate Texas Hold'em (UTH) is among the most vulnerable novelty games to hole-card play. Between the dealer's two cards and the five community cards, the player has seven opportunities to get some extra information. With the ability to make a Play bet that is 4x the player's original Ante bet, any extra information can be leveraged into a big edge.

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Card Counting the Super Pay Egalite Baccarat Side Bet

Oct 30 2013

Last update: 1 year 10 months ago

Many of the side bets I analyze on this blog are small-time opportunities that are unlikely to get much action from card counting APs. That is not the case with UR Way Egalite (URE) baccarat side bet or its first cousin, Super Pay Egalite (SPE).

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