Recent content by 10JQKA

Again myself and Newb jump to the rescue of the UK game :grin::grin: EV isn't THAT bad on some UK games. Do they do any side bets or anything similar in your casino? Once an hour(approx) in my local casino they do a double payout on one deal/spin of the roulette wheel etc. As well they...

Depends on your definition of 'gamble' Walking across the street is a gamble, you could get hit by a car. Playing the lottery is a gamble, only about 13million to 1. That said I do agree, both sides are always gambling. The house used to always have the edge as they made the games that...

Depends, whats the TC? :)

Brainstorm :p

An AP will only 'never' reach EV+ if they go bust. Think about it logically, 50% either side of the EV line would have to be quantified, like 'after 500 hours' but then at some point there will become a point where 2SD is for example 5x starting BR at which point 97.5% of AP's will be above that...

What happened to your $1000 BR you spoke about ina thread a couple of weeks ago?

I am not sure seeing the movie 21 will motivate you....see-ing as they lose once in the whole film, it is not going to be a great motivater on a losing streak. I would advise reading the book by Mezrich that the film is based on "Bringing down the house" The film is a very loose base on...

betting $500 will only have an average $2.50 loss but how often does this happen? How many times would this need to happen to reach N0 on this particular play? May as well go put $500 on red on roulette, then the pit boss thinks you are a roulette loser too. I guess it depends how much you...

LackJack?

I only just stumbled upon this thread, it is indeed very interesting. One thing I would find quite interesting are where abouts are the 1SD and 2SD on that graph. Also you stated the (poor :)) game and the bet size and spread but you did not state the bankroll, or I missed it.

No offence but that looks like they just found a way to get rid of all the taco's they burnt

Since I first started reading these forums a couple of months ago, there always seems to be a "bankroll" thread in constant conversation. Usually started by a new player asking a simple question about bankroll or a very vague one that forms a mass of responses. Could some of the best answers...

That actually makes a lot of sense, we don't know the parametres and variations of his demo. We don't know how much he knows about card counting, or to be more precise, how much he doesn't know. It says tested in the UK, I'm not sure we have RFID anywhere over here, certainly not in chain...

(Dead link: http://www.betastic.co.uk/gambling_news-blackjack-card-counting-under-threat-from-new-detection-software.htm) Doesn't this already exist and is widely open for casino's already?

There would be a massive increase in variance I believe, you are still just as likely to get a TC of + X or -Y as the dealer but you will just have them at different intervals. If the dealer has a +8TC and you have a -8TC then you would be at around a 9%? disagvantage and vice versa...