The Shoemoney Crazy Affiliate Summit West 2012 Contest Blackjack Hand

Every year for the past three years, Jeremy "Shoemoney" Schoemaker has sponsored his Crazy Affiliate Summit West 2012 Contest. For the second year in a row, the Hotdogman came up short. This year's winner, Julian Hooks, the founder of Advertising Commissions was gracious enough to do an interview with me. 

The video of the interview is below.  

I was able to tag along with Shoemoney and Julian. I snapped this picture before he threw all that cash- $2000- down on one hand of Blackjack.

The video of Julian playing the hand is below. Check it out to see what happened....

Win or lose, Shoemoney gets TWO THUMBS UP!!!

V Man wins Two Grand at Blackjack

The "clandestine video" of Vinay winning a $2000 Blackjack hand is up. CHECK IT OUT!




 Here's Vinay and Shoe before he laid it on the line.

Poker is the New Black Jack

In the past when I went to Vegas, I'd spend a lot of time at the blackjack tables. One year, I won enough for BOOTMONEY. As little as ten years ago, you could find a lot of double deck, straight blackjack games up and down the strip. Now, every house has 6 decks, auto shufflers, and bad rules like the dealer hitting the soft seventeen. In a straight blackjack game, the dealer stands on all seventeens. Hitting the soft seventeen is a bad rule for the player. If you don't believe me, check the Wizard of Odds.

I have lost my enthusiasm for blackjack as a result of most casinos stacking the deck further in their favor. Poker has become-for myself and a lot of other blackjack enthusiasts- the replacement game. This trip, instead of hunkering down and counting tens in the blackjack pit, I'll be playing in the Purpose Poker Tournament on Sunday Night at the Mirage. I was able to get one of the last ten seats available in the second night of a two night tournament. With a little luck, maybe I'll come home with some ostrich skin boots.

More insanity to follow....

Backgammon Masters Launches Live Customer Support

Backgammon Masters is at it again. The innovative online game site which provides a platform for playing backgammon, poker and blackjack online for real money has launched their live customer support service.

The site's traffic has exploded in recent months due to the popularity of their online tournaments and their terrific customer service. With rapid growth comes an increased need for quality customer service and they actually decided to do something about it. Now you can actually click a button on your screen and speak with an operator live while you're playing your game. Backgammon Masters is all about keeping their customers happy and they have a rather old fashioned belief that if the customer is cared for, it's good for their business.

Live support is only available in English now, but they'll be rolling out live support for the 11 other languages they support soon.

Backgammon Masters offers other benefits to their customers too. You can brush up on your blackjack basic strategy on their "How to Play" page. They offer a free blackjack download and they have a platform to play free blackjack too.

You can access all their games from the All-in-One Game Lobby. Whether you like poker, blackjack or backgammon, Backgammon Masters is THE place to play.