As I read more AND play more, I'm getting conflicting signals. I was playing six-deck at Mandalay Bay weekly for about three months and winning pretty consistently. Than I learned my odds were better in a single-deck game so I went to Freemont St. last week and plyed the Nugget and the Horseshoe. Got beaten like a red headed step-child! In retrospect, the dealers may have been playing me...low penetration, shuffling when I put out a large bet, chatting me up to break my concentration, etc. Yesterday I read an article in the May issue of Casino Player, which argues that though the odds are theoretically better anda few pros "dabble at the handheld games", most avoid them because the casinos can spot the counters more easily at them. So...do I try the single deck games again, or try to beat the tougher shoe games?