Last edited by BoSox; 05-24-2020 at 09:22 PM.
“Others start banging away, with more or less trial and error, until, sooner or later, they start to have an idea of what works and what doesn't. I'm NOT that person. I'm the first person.”.....that’s me...tinkering, along with nuggets gathered from books and forums that I remembered.
My problems or the lack of greater success is because I insist that my Blackjack be recreational. That means no practice, no sims, no software and no time spent learning anything. Just read books and forum archives along the way. Being old, no longer able to concentrate for long periods and easily distracted, I tinker along, satisfied at being even or slight positive.
Don, I rather not look into this further since you already are a former English teacher. So I will ask you to decide my next two questions on one sentence of your quote:
"Some people read the manual before tinkering."
Is it not possible that someone would rightfully think that the sentence could be interpretational? Possibly because of the word before in it. Could using the word "only" either before or after tinkering have helped the reader?
Last edited by BoSox; 05-25-2020 at 09:30 AM.
I really can't continue this anymore. You are clearly misunderstanding something, as neither of your suggestions makes any sense at all. And, I don't know if this is your problem, but the word "read" is intended to be the present tense here. The meaning is: "Some people decide that they would prefer to read the manual before they touch anything. Others touch right away and try to learn by trial and error."
Still trying to figure out why that meaning isn't clear to just you and no one else.
Don
Don, the reason is because everything is not all clear cut. The book that was described in the thread is the great book Blackjack Attack 3. All due respect most ALL relatively newer players have to read that book more than once before things start becoming clear. If the new player only read it once and went out to play some blackjack, they unfortunately very well may find themselves doing some tinkering. Sorry for my confusion.
Last edited by BoSox; 05-25-2020 at 10:28 AM.
Interesting thing about BJA3 is that Zi got more from it by a Don pointing out on various threads where the answer to a question is. He would write, chapter x, page you and then I go look it up.
A how to play paragraph at end of each chapter that points to utilizing info in betting or playing hands would be great as so much more is about how the answers were derived, the considerations leading to the research, etc.
That's an interesting suggestion that no one has ever made before. In essence, you'd be looking for something like a "Key Points" (or Takeaways) for each chapter. Wonder if it would be at all possible, given the amount of information contained in each chapter. Still, worth considering, if (or when!) we ever reprint.
Don
Hope you do. To me, BJA3 is like car manual when all I want is to drive to the grocery store or short trip. Now, if I wanted to test the cars limit or tracked my car, when stakes are high then surely I would need to know a lot more. If BJ3 had a “key points” chapter ending, people would not say the book is useful to pros or those with much experience, it would be attractive to the intermediate or the recreational player too.
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