lolasdad: Anyone try Scoblete's unbalanced "Golden Touch"?

[lolasdad]

Just wondering if anyone has seriously tried Scoblete's "Golden Touch" unbalanced count. I'm a high-low myself, but have recently begun trying it out when I'm a little tired and want to ease my brain a bit -- and darn if it doesn't give me pretty decent results. Not quite as powerful as high-low with indices, but if I can ultimately play longer undetected because of its variations on BS, why not give it a shot occasionally? Any thoughts?

[Parker]

This has been discussed at length in this forum. Just use the search function at the top of the index page, and search for "speed count."

Bottom line: The count is vastly inferior to hi-lo (with indices). If you want to use an unbalanced count, learn KO. It is just about as easy (especially Norm's REKO variant), and gives results similar to Hi-lo.

I probably don't need to tell you that your personal results are meaningless, due to the small sample size.

[Daily Dubble]

> Just wondering if anyone has seriously tried
> Scoblete's "Golden Touch" unbalanced count.
> I'm a high-low myself, but have recently begun trying
> it out when I'm a little tired and want to ease my
> brain a bit

I recall someone calling this the best count to use when you are too drunk to count...

[Norm Wattenberger]

KL said that. But he may have been drunk at the time.

> I recall someone calling this the best count to use
> when you are too drunk to count...

[Wylie]

If Frank Scoblete wrote about it, he's probably exaggerated it or its erroneous. :-)

Don't waste time learning a system that will give you only a micro edge, yet requires you to look like a counter while risking your bankroll.

Learning a system is just one part of playing a winning game in real casino environment. REKO gets my vote for easiest yet quite powerful.

-Wylie

[lolasdad]

Thanks, I agree -- I can (and do) play this count drunk. Part of the charm, I guess.

Perhaps this is a novice question, but I've been using advantage play strategies for about five years now. I am definitely familiar with the Vancura/Fuchs KO count -- but could someone please tell me what REKO is? I haven't heard that term before.

My apologies if it's a dumb newbie question.

Thanks.

[Parker]

Not a dumb newbie question at all, since it has gotten little exposure outside of this forum.

REKO (not to be confused with RICO) stands for Ridiculously Easy KO, and is a variant of Vancura & Fuchs Knockout (KO) count.

It was developed by Norm Wattenberger, creator of the incredible Casino Verite blackjack software suite. It only uses one index number, yet compares favorably with KO Preferred and Hi-lo.

Find out more at the link below.

REKO