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Welcome to Advantage Play, BJnb. Prepare yourself, because there’s a lot tolearn and lot’s of mileage to cover. Myrecommendation would be to pick up some good books, and then study, practice,study, practice…. I would recommend starting with Professional Blackjack byStanford Wong, and Black Belt in Blackjack by Arnold Snyder. After you get yourfoundations established I’d recommend diving into Blackjack Attack by DonSchlessinger, and Modern Blackjack by Norm Wattenberger. To respond to your questions:
1. As Shadroch responded, derive the TC by dividingthe RC by the number of unseen decks, which includes the cards behind the cutcard. Estimate the number of unseen decks down to the quarter deck, e.g. 4.25decks, 2.75 decks. Personally, I find it easier to do the TC conversion bymultiplying by the inverse, rather than doing mental division, but whateverworks for you is fine.
2. You should stay at a table as long as you can solong as the conditions remain favorable. I know, that sounds mysterious, but there are many factors to considere.g., heat, penetration, game speed, positive/negative count, fatigue, etc. Solong as conditions don’t deteriorate, e.g., dealer starts cutting off morecards, more players join reducing your hands/hour, pit starts watching you, you start making counting, playing and bettingerrors, the count goes way negative, youmight as well play. Those are the "whys" to leave. FYI - a spread of 15-75 at 6D won't send up Red Flags, but it won't make you much money either. (Not sure how you got to two hands of $1000 if your normal spread is $15-$200. Sounds like you might be overbetting for a typical RoR). For sure, there’s no sense in having a “Stop Win”threshold. BJ is one long session, and you have to think in terms of quality hoursplayed, rather than sessions won/lost, and let the wins/losses total up. You might need to leave after a sizable winjust because it crosses a casino’s threshold for a barring, but having asizable win in itself is not a reason to leave. Pick up some goodsoftware, like CVBJ/CVCX or BJRM, so you can see how changing/varying conditionseffect your Expected Value and Risk of Ruin.
3. Other players’ play has no bearing on yourExpected Value over the long term. Youdon’t want to give up a quality game just because someone made a ploppy play.However, if you’re about to leave, citing ploppy play is a good act toadvertise why you are leaving.
4. I’ve got no experience with Biloxi. AC has toughconditions for a Newbie. You should consider going to LV where you can findgood game conditions at the Red Chip level. Tunica has lower minimums, and penetrationis mediocre to bad, but the casinos are close together, so it might be worth ashot to get in some AP experience and mileage.
Sorry for the long winded response. I remember when I started, and after many miles, I treasure the wisdom and experience that I've absorbed through these frums. Best of Luck!
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