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I just heard this guy on a local radio program saying he is a pro. He was pushing his seminars and books. He said basic strategy and card counting does not work, but, of course, his methods do? Does anyone know anything about this guy - read his books?

I see on the Mohegan Sun website that they are promoting new $5 bj tables in the Casino of the Earth (is that where the poker is?). Has anyone seen this live yet? How many tables? ASM's being used? Anything else different from the rest of the games? Long lines? It is time to bring some...

Thanks Sometimes it just feels good to "share" like at a good AA or GA meeting on this site. Also it feels like I have many "sponsors" helping me navigate the ups and downs and understanding of all this stuff. Thanks for all your input and advice.

Thanks Sonny My numbers added up to only 90% - good thing I am an accountant by trade. I guess I am a little surprised by your answer that the %'s dont change with the count. Intuitively I would have guessed that at a count of +4 (+1.5%) that my win % s/b over 50% at least? If...

I read that the averages on any hand of Bj is win 40%, lose 45%, push 5% or something like that. I assume that is at a count of 0. Does anyone know how those %'s change based on the count? Is there a table for this? Count W L P -1 ? ? ...

Last Thursday at MS I experienced a real-life Standard deviation melt-down at the BJ tables using Hi-Low. It was a case of simply bad cards at the wrong time. I even got tired of going to the bathroom during negative counts and just played through and actually had my highest winning times...

I went on a practice run a few days ago and tried wonging out at -1 for the first time. I was amazed at what happened after I stopped betting and just watched. At high negative counts the dealer almost repeatedly was pulling a 5 or 6 to fill his 21 to the angst of the entire table except...

Zengritter ? I am not sure what you mean by 40-40 at +4. Also, by wonging out at -1 I feel I maybe walking and watching more than playing. Plus I play where entry to new tables is not that easy. It seems also that -1 comes around pretty often. How long do you give a new shoe to go...

I am still pretty new to this counting thing and doing lots of reading, practising, and experimenting. Building up my abilities and nerves as I practice live at the tables. I was wondering if someone can run a sim for the EV on what I have been doing lately at the tables. 8 deck, 7/8...

I spent yesterday at Mohegan Sun and it was just one of those days. I found those 6 deck games in the Wolf Den but noticed that the penetration was lousy at maybe 75% if that much. It seemed like anytime the count got close to a bigger bet in the later part of the shoe, it was time to shuffle...

Kiss Count?

I am trying to convince myself that using the Ko system is worthwhile so I wont have to do the true count conversions. But the more I read about it the more I am concerned. I finished reading KO Blackjack last week and was rather disappointed that for a book of 150 pages, 1/3 was about the...

hi-low go? I had an eye opening experience at a real table using KO. I noticed how I kept getting beyond the Key Count only at really late penetrations into the shoe. I started thinking more about that and thru people on this board learned that KO doesnt work so great early on (missed...

I keep hearing that KO compares equally to High/Low in all the simulations that have been run. And I know that KO is easier in not having to do a True Count conversion. But in my last question about KO I learned that it does not work well early and late in the shoes. The way to adjust...

Ms Yes, it was at Mohegan Sun. I was in the non-smoking section trying to play at the lowest limit tables ($10 on Wed morn) to work on my counting skills. Anyways, they are about 50% in the non-smoking section and popping up now in the regular high traffic areas around the entrances. Have...