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If you were to play FPDW with a 100.7% return how do the taxes on the royal flushes effect your EV. I cannot seem to understand if taxes put you in -EV or just takes a percentage of your winnings. My problem is that if you tax just the royal flush it lowers the value of the royal flush which...

I recently went to Silver Legacy and searched for the FPDW machines and could only find the "Not So Ugly Ducks" Deuces Wild machines. When did you last see them and where were they?

I hate it when people deviate from BS like that, and then when I make an index play they say I am messing up the cards.

opinions on barona?

There are times when you have to hit 12,13 and even 14,15,16 against a 4,5,6. To me these plays will almost always get some kind of comment from another player, dealer, pit boss even. What do you say in response to their comments?

How would you calculate these since they change depending on where you are in the deck, what cards have come out, etc.?

Thanks for the advice. I might take a break from this store.

I'm relatively new to this and have never been told to leave a store. For the past couple months I had been hitting this store about 5-10hrs/week spreading 25-200. But the past 2 weeks I have been going around 20 hrs/week. This store is pretty large and a 25-200 spread isn't that big, since I...

What have been cases where there was a conviction or trial?

Thanks for all the info.

What's the difference between CVCX and CVData, and is CVBJ as important?

Are there any free sims out there? If not, where and how much could I buy one for?

I recently started counting cards on a DD DOA DAS H17 LS game. My betting spreads are 1-8. I use the HiLo count with a side ace count. I have played ~150 hrs and my hourly is current at ~5units/hr. Is this just really good positive variance or is it standard? Also, how many hours would...