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    just diged out from my 390 hours neg variance and going up for some refill in my br.

    i hope this helps

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    Quote Originally Posted by CEO1 View Post
    Knowing how to play every hand at every possible count, probably costs as much as it makes...all things considered.
    Quote Originally Posted by PinkChip View Post
    Very good post, CEO1! I also was a bit scratching my head concerning what the phrase invoking the "Huh?" exactly meant, but now it's crystal clear and logic.
    CEO'S1, above quoted sentence can have different meanings depending on the reader. The quote gives the implication that the player is learning the game "including index play" from a play all perspective which in my mind makes the game so much harder. Why learn so many negative number index plays if you are a smart player as you should be taking a break from play? No need to learn most of them if you play a shoe game and Wong out. One and two deck games is a different story.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CEO1 View Post
    But good and appropriate "huh".
    Gee, thanks

    I see your point. While I haven't been playing as long as you, I've been playing a long time. I use somewhere between 100 and 150 indices now. Why?
    Why not?

    As time transpired, I just learned more of them. A play would come along where I didn't know the index. When I got home, I'd look it up and then I'd know it for next time. Granted, in the overall scheme of things, it doesn't add a lot of EV, but it makes the game more interesting when you split your 9s against a 7 or A, for example.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 21forme View Post
    Gee, thanks

    I see your point. While I haven't been playing as long as you, I've been playing a long time. I use somewhere between 100 and 150 indices now. Why?
    Why not?

    As time transpired, I just learned more of them. A play would come along where I didn't know the index. When I got home, I'd look it up and then I'd know it for next time. Granted, in the overall scheme of things, it doesn't add a lot of EV, but it makes the game more interesting when you split your 9s against a 7 or A, for example.
    Both of you guys bring up good points. My style of play more closely follows yours. You KNOW them for next time. I recall the first time I doubled 7v6, the first time I refused to split aces, the first time I hit 12v4 and then hit 12v4 twice. Index play is there for a reason.

    CEO1, I think is playing the old 80-20 rule of business - simply stated as 80% of sales comes from 20% of product. That 20% of index play has the best and most easily accessible space in his brain. Other nuances to improve his game, such as the regaled FBM ASC, occupy the less accessed portion of his brain.

    Further, the 3 of us have trained ourselves to handle multitudes of distractions with ease, not allowing bodacious ta ta’s, nice backsides etc. to interfere with instantaneous decisive and correct decision making, limited only by the various nuances we have all trained ourselves for.

    CEO also said something about analyzing the advice of others - essentially from their perspective. This is actually quite interesting. I could carry on for some time, however, Don is impatiently awaiting analytical updates to the FBM ASC.

    On an unrelated matter, does anyone have any experience with their stockbrokers office making a big fuckup. I’ve just discovered a misapplication of funds which will probably cost me about 11k with the tax man - Will the tax dept. allow a revised entry allowing the original clearly stated intent to go forward (requiring backdating). If not, will the brokerage people come to the party.

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    “I’ve just discovered a misapplication of funds which will probably cost me about 11k with the tax man”

    To clarify misapplication - they did nothing illegal, simply screwed up by putting a deposit into 1 account versus another (both mine). The original intent was clearly stated by email.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Freightman View Post
    On an unrelated matter, does anyone have any experience with their stockbrokers office making a big fuckup. I’ve just discovered a misapplication of funds which will probably cost me about 11k with the tax man - Will the tax dept. allow a revised entry allowing the original clearly stated intent to go forward (requiring backdating). If not, will the brokerage people come to the party.
    I've had my broker reverse a transaction when an error was made or there was a misunderstanding. Talk to them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 21forme View Post
    I've had my broker reverse a transaction when an error was made or there was a misunderstanding. Talk to them.
    The email is already in. I missed it on my tax return and it applies to 2019 taxes. I’ll know soon enough.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Freightman View Post
    The email is already in. I missed it on my tax return and it applies to 2019 taxes. I’ll know soon enough.
    Inb my case, I noticed the error within a few days of the transaction.

    Speaking of taxes, almost time to mail it in. Have some big checks to write - first two quarters of estimateds plus the balance due on 2019.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Freightman View Post
    CEO1, I think is playing the old 80-20 rule of business - simply stated as 80% of sales comes from 20% of product. That 20% of index play has the best and most easily accessible space in his brain.
    This is the famous Pareto principle. However, I think you'll find that, for many situations, the I18 does even better: it affirms that learning just 10% of all the available indices gleans 90% of all the edge. So, I see Pareto, and I raise him 10%!

    Don

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    Quote Originally Posted by Casinoguy13 View Post
    I made $25,532 since Covid ended
    The amount claimed to have been won is not the part of this statement which raised my eyebrows!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gronbog View Post
    The amount claimed to have been won is not the part of this statement which raised my eyebrows!
    Yup, he be livin’ in la la land. He be wearing a f$&#ing mask, dreamin Covid died...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gronbog View Post
    The amount claimed to have been won is not the part of this statement which raised my eyebrows!
    Sad, sad commentary on the state of human development for the past how many thousands of years? Many of us may be doing a disservice to the memory of Cro-Magnon Man.

    Don

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    Don - take a look at this video. I think you'll get a kick out of it:
    https://twitter.com/mattbooshell/sta...674732544?s=21

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