Is Hi_Lo good enough!!?

[biggg]

I use HL but I admit my deck estimation sucks, except at casinos where I have played regularly. Different kinds of cards, discard trays, Spanish 21 vs regular bj, 8 vs 6 decks, they all mess me up. The numbers say that HL is a tiny bit better in shoe games but if I'm off by one deck? Maybe not.

The truth is though, if you are playing decent games, putting out big action when the count is good, leaving the table in the negative counts, and not making expensive cover bets or plays, the sims say you are getting most of the profit with any reasonable count. I decided long ago the time to get 5-10 percent better at bj was better spent focusing on other advantage plays, and I would only play juicy games/play for fun but if you really want to master counting theres nothing wrong w that, this is a bj forum after all.

[Sharky]

...I admit my deck estimation sucks, except at casinos where I have played regularly. Different kinds of cards, discard trays, Spanish 21 vs regular bj, 8 vs 6 decks, they all mess me up....

every place I go squares up the cards between shuffles....ck the distance from the top of tray (1/4", inch, etc), then you just extrapolate..not hard

[Exoter175]

so your ev is $20/hr and you tip $25/hr.....hmmmm....more "well compensated" than you?...are you sure you are winning?

That second quote was an arbitrary number and you know that sharky :P

You cannot play like Tiger Woods by changing your gear. Your succes sdepends more on your personality, your self discipline, your BR and your strategies ( games you play, when you play and where you play) and less on the count you play.

if you lose, do not look at the count you use, look at yourself.

Wise words right there.

But Tiger Woods has sucked for a long long time. At least as compared to other pros. Really ever since he fired his coach or whatever you call it years ago. I think I heard in the last year his best finish was in his own tournament were he came in dead last but the field was only about 3 dozen golfers.

You know, the injuries had a LOT to do with that, too.