If you think Casinos were cruel bastards who prayed on the weak of mind to take their money while giving them free alcohol and the illusion of a chance of winning... Starbucks is far worse.. The...
How viable is backcounting in 2024?
I was playing around with CVCX and saw that my risk of ruin plummeted even when backcounting to 1 and playing out the rest of the shoe no matter what. Is this...
At Starbucks right now. I think the numbers with the asterisk are meant to be utilized in reverse of the normal meaning. Right or wrong, I think page 259 is in error, likely around page 253 (hi lo...
need help...that on a on a 44 v6 for example, just hit at a ct. of -6, -5, -4 etc.? i read his "how to use the numbers in the table" and can't get it in my head. table is on page 259
Where DAS (double after split) is offered (on most if not all shoe games), double after split is proper on most 44 v 5;6 hands.
Wong’s Professional Blackjack around pages 250 and 275 - hi lo and...
concerning the 4-4 vs 5,6 split. i have seen very little info. about a deviation play regarding this hand. it would seem to be ill advised with any ten rich shoe (or dbl. deck for that matter)
You should always use indices. GO with the indices calculated for the system you are using. If KO, they are in the book. Can't help you with any other systems.
Since you start with a negative count, when should you begin using indices rather than basic strategy? I am thinking like the 9v2, 11vA,12v5&6, and the 13 and 14 hands. Thank you for the time &...
I can ignore others at the table only so long until finally, someone bothers me. I can ignore bad cards only so long until finally, the variance bothers me. To your point, I always double 11s when...
When you say side bets that aren't blackjack based, what do you mean? Cvdata only sims blackjack, it can do a lot of blackjack side bets, but it's all blackjack based.
Listen to Don.. please.. What other players do or don't do correctly shouldn't make any difference. It's YOU vs the Dealer's cards. The only thing other players do is slow the game down and a slow...
Starting with dealer's upcard of 7 and going to T, these are the true counts (Hi-Lo) below which you don't double 11: -10, -8, -5, -5. In other words, except for doubling vs. ace (+1), you rarely...
With Max Bet out get a push on Blackjack and really needed that win never mind the 3:2 payout.
Whatever can go wrong goes wrong or some saying similar is how I sum up this game.
This has...
Yes, amazing that they were trying to give 2500 prizes or whatever...and were unable to do so. You could literally play 1 hand for $5 and win a $15 prize.
But people signed up earlier in the...