Should you include computer play in your record keeping?

**falling star** · 04-21-2012, 04:50 PM

There is very little difference between a real casino bj game and playing against a simulated game,
assuming the simulator is a true mirror of the bj game you play. You are playing bj even though the money isn't real. The cards don't know the game is simulated.

Could simulated play end a losing streak?
Could simulated play end a winning streak?
Could it get you into the long run sooner?
What if you only go to a real casino when you are winning on your simulator.

Someone in Vegas with easy access might want to test the above and post your results here.

**Norm** · 04-21-2012, 04:58 PM

Are you Ion Saliu or not?

**falling star** · 04-21-2012, 05:21 PM

This was a serious post on bj21 years ago.

What Sonny posted had no meaning to me. I don't recognize any of the names. Nearly responded to him but, decided not to.

**Three** · 04-21-2012, 05:15 PM

Blackjack can't remember what has already happened and the future that is affected by history ends at the cut card.

**falling star** · 04-21-2012, 09:24 PM

There is going to be a lot of disappointed counters if blackjack doesn't remember to conform to the odds and give them their 1 to 1 1/2% advantage.

**falling star** · 04-25-2012, 02:08 PM

Originally Posted by Tthree

Blackjack can't remember what has already happened and the future that is affected by history ends at the cut card.

An afterthought. If you and others are correct about simulated play not having any affect on real play, then there is no harm done if you try it, because your next casino play will play out as it normally would.

**Aslan** · 08-31-2012, 05:26 PM

Originally Posted by falling star

If you and others are correct about simulated play not having any affect on real play, then there is no harm done if you try it

Neither does real play have any effect on other real play. Very few things can effect your play-- keeping an accurate count and getting enough sleep beforehand so you don't make mistakes are two of them.

**Roswell Crash Survivor** · 08-31-2012, 10:54 PM

Originally Posted by Aslan

Neither does real play have any effect on other real play. Very few things can effect your play-- keeping an accurate count and getting enough sleep beforehand so you don't make mistakes are two of them.

Aslan, what happened to your lion avatar?

**bvlgari** · 09-01-2012, 03:55 AM

Some roulette player believe in a "personal permanence". For them EVERY game has an effect for the next game. So they play at home and then go to the casino to continue the personal permanence. For roulette player is it equal how they determine their bets because they will always play with a -EV. For BJ player is this deepest voodoo.

**Aslan** · 09-02-2012, 02:56 PM

Originally Posted by bvlgari

Some roulette player believe in a "personal permanence". For them EVERY game has an effect for the next game. So they play at home and then go to the casino to continue the personal permanence. For roulette player is it equal how they determine their bets because they will always play with a -EV. For BJ player is this deepest voodoo.

For either player it is sheer insanity.

If anything, a repeating win at roulette could point to a gaffed wheel, so if "black" comes up many more times than "red," instead of "red" being due, "black" would be more likely to continue. This, of course, takes home play completely out of the equation, not that it should have ever been there in the first place.