Backcounting is quite viable, but it’ll be location dependent.
At the properties I play at I can just wong in place. Lose a couple hands then complain about the shoe not being good and let...
Shit happens. I recall some years back a monster count shoe laying 2x350 getting 2 pat 20 hands dealer getting a multi card 21 - a couple of hands later losing 2 pat 20 hands again to a dealer multi...
I just got back from a trip where I experienced consistent, prolonged negative variance like nothing I've experienced in my short AP life. In most of my previous trips, there was some negative...
True story - I’m playing and this Asian (looks like a) kid puts 2 lammers to my right. Right away my spidey sense tingles. He goes to the baccarat table - with clean line of site to my table. Gets to...
I disagree. Your "act" needs to consist of making it appear that you're not backcounting. For example, talk on your phone or watch the TV in the pit while making a quick glance at the table when...
Not only viable, but one of the best ways to make money playing blackjack. Just stand behind the table, try to blend in, count the cards. Don't "put on an act", just stand there and count.
So you entered the game when TC hit +1 then you played out the rest of the shoe. The former is good but the latter is bad. You should set an exit point like -2 or -3. Make an excuse to leave table...
Awesome! thank you so much for the advice, I noticed that it says you are from Minnesota, I am also located there. Any chance we could chat sometime? I'd love to pick your brain about the area and...
It all depends upon where you play. Some shops literally don't care. Some have no-midshoe entry. Some places have so few tables open that if you try to wong in you will never get a seat when the...
I am sure, that nearly everyone feels your pain, I know I do. Just a month ago I dropped $2.5k at a table playing for 5 hours and it seemed like every single hand I should have won, I didnt. The...
Not really. Was out of town recently with horrendous crap in the main area. I was away on a family issue and thought I could pick up 1 session of $25 or $50 min. They were absolute crap. Wasn’t...
I think you are making this a lot harder on yourself than it is. The correct RED 7 play for a 4-4 vs a dealers 5 or 6 is ALWAYS a split, basic strategy play. There is NO deviation play for RED 7...
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...
