6:5 is going to ruin the game of blackjack. Should not be allowed to call it blackjack. Counting cards and playing for comps is counterproductive(no pun intended). Stay anonymous and use your...
They're clearly watching you at the cage. You really shouldn't cash that many chips all at once. You have no need to do that. Surely, you can think of ways to avoid that.
I also doubt that they...
BTW, my calculator uses a loss % for 6:5 of 1.84%, which is a reasonable assumption, since it's 0.18 points higher than the 1.66% edge, same as comping for 3:2 at 0.75% for games with a 0.57% edge. ...
Thank you for elaborating. To be clear, my comp calculator uses 70 rounds per hour, and 0.75% for a 3:2 game. For the comp percentage, the calculator lets you choose 10, 20, 30, or 40%, depending...
In a visit prior to my last, I cashed between $9,000 and $10,000 in chips at the cage. (I had bought in for a total of something like $5,000.) At one of my next visits, I lost over $15,000 before...
I use it to my advantage. This is why when occasionally go to new places and they ask why I don't get a player's card, I just say it isn't worth my time since I am not a high-limit player you won't...
People are talking at cross-purposes here. In the old days, casinos figured 2% loss and then comped at about a 40% rate. It was easy to verify those numbers when you received the comps. Little by...
I don't know why you thought I thought the 2% was a comp rate. Of course it's an expected edge. What I said was, if the casino comped you as though you lost 2% (instead of 0.75%), you wouldn't even...
MichaelBluejay,
I believe you are misinterpreting Zach Black's 2% figure: he isn't claiming that an average BJ player has a 2% comp rate, but rather a 2% loss rate. Thus, for 100 rounds at an...
I don't think so. The figure I use in my calculator (explained in the article) is 0.75% for 3:2 games; the source (cited) was the Wizard of Odds, who in turn cited an executive at a major strip...
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This place is a sweatshop. While they are wasting time looking for counters making...
I've never played for comps, so I googled casino comp rates and came up with your calculator.
I thought I've seen skill level plays a role in your rating for theoretical loss in other...
You like introducing new terminologies. I still haven’t found the exact meaning of Accurate Zen/vanilla Zen. However, regarding the exact TC value for the hit/stand decision of the 16v.10 hand, I...
A push is a win, right? :nevreness:
They should do something similar with movies. Some years, there are no good movies and other years there are several. I started watching the recent, big Oscar...
This Mortal Lock deal from Barstool Sports sounds like a solid bet, but you better double-check some numbers to see if it's worth your time. The odds on this game of three NFL games are pretty good,...
Don,
How about using the baseball Hall of Fame method you mentioned with the addition that the candidate with the most votes is enshrined even if the total is below the 75% threshold?
Of...
stefan,
Here is a link to the EV table from the Wizard of Odds for an 8D, S17 game:
https://wizardofodds.com/games/blackjack/appendix/9/8ds17r4/
Hope this helps!
Dog Hand
I have seen the pictures of the snow dumping the folks got out west. All I can say is it's pretty much unbelievable. Pictures of almost 5 feet of snow on folks roofs, and the sad part is these folks...
