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    Dynamic Blackjack by Dr. Richard Reid

    Folks,

    Dr. Richard Reid wrote an ebook in the 1990's era titled "Dynamic Blackjack". Apparently originals have been lost and are not available. I am trying to locate a copy. PM me if you have one or know where I can get one.

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    Stealth
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    Dynamic Blackjack

    At one time I asked Richard's son if he could get me a copy and he couldn't. The book had a chapter about analyzing player results for shared bankroll teams. This chapter is reproduced in Norm's Modern Blackjack . It is fascinating:
    http://www.qfit.com/book/ModernBlackjackPage501.htm

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    RR was kind enough to send it to me some years ago. Well done ebook.

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    Richard lost the original doc when he retired and moved. He told me that I can make any use of the work that I wish. But, I haven't felt comfortable with this. I will look back at our conversation. The chapter Shark mentioned is interesting, and his unique cover idea of alternating bankrolls is a brilliant stroke.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Norm View Post
    Richard lost the original doc when he retired and moved. He told me that I can make any use of the work that I wish. But, I haven't felt comfortable with this. I will look back at our conversation. The chapter Shark mentioned is interesting, and his unique cover idea of alternating bankrolls is a brilliant stroke.
    Alternating Bankrolls?
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    You have two bankrolls of different size and two betting ramps. Every other hand, you bet with ramp A and the other hands ramp B. Your betting looks crazy.
    "I don't think outside the box; I think of what I can do with the box." - Henri Matisse

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    interesting..

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    Quote Originally Posted by ZenKinG View Post
    interesting..
    An understatement
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    Dr. Richard Reid very good autor. EBJ 2 very good system, Hi Lo ........> EBJ 2.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Norm View Post
    You have two bankrolls of different size and two betting ramps. Every other hand, you bet with ramp A and the other hands ramp B. Your betting looks crazy.
    Thanks Norm interesting concept.

    Would like to understand more of Dr. Reid's concepts.
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    Norm sent me his program for analyzing player results. I plugged in my first 50 sessions where I won 300+ units over a 30 hour time-frame. Big swings on my way up and the program told me I was afraid to put the money out. Huh? Then I plugged in my last 80 or so sessions where I lost all 300+ units and then some. Again big swings and I get the same msg. afraid to put the money out. Lastly I plugged in all my sessions up-to-date where I recovered up to 65% of my expectation. Some 150 total sessions again swinging all over the place. Again the msg. afraid to put the money out. I'm puzzled by this since I absolutely shove it out when I should. Otherwise why play. Norm any ideas?

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    Been years since I looked at this and I just copied Richard's logic. If you send me the data, and I can find the old code, I can try to find out what's triggering the warning.
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    I noticed something interesting. In my DB I didn't keep track of hours so I simply gave each session the same number of hours. This may be the problem. I'm going to start a new DB keeping track of my hours then see what the program spits out. Some years back I was accused of not putting out the dough on a team. Now that I have a little more insight into this, here was my mistake. I assumed the team capt. used RRs methodology. Some examples. One trip to Foxwoods I lost around $18K over 14 hours. Then I won almost $19K a day later at the Borgota playing 4 hours. I should have reported it this way but instead I combined it into a trip of 18 hours with just under a $1K win. One more example: I lost $23K in one hour and after dinner won back $23.5K in 4 hours. I reported this as a $500 win playing 5 hours. I have many more examples of this on the DB I sent to the team capt. Wish I could go back in time but I suppose it's water over the bridge.

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