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    Basic question

    Might be a dumb question but what % of decks will I actually raise my bet above the min? I'm using rookie KO so I have a small bet and a big bet and that's it. I play an 8 deck shoe with 80% pen. About how often will I just min bet the entire shoe? Seems like almost all shoes see me raising...
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    In-Between side bet

    The casino I visit often just introduced a new side bet called "in between" where you use your first two cards as the "high" and "low" and then the dealer's up card has to come in between for you to win. So if you are dealt K3 then any card 4-q would be a win. I'm 99% sure the payouts are...
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    KO Rookie and a few other ?s

    1. Yes, I do use the IRC to avoid negative numbers as much as possible. I've actually slightly modified the way I keep the count. I start each shoe at 0. Then, for the # of hands dealt in, I multiply by 2 (the # of starting cards for each hand). So if there are 5 hands dealt in I add 10...
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    KO Rookie and a few other ?s

    I'm using the KO rookie system with modest results so far. I play in a game with 80% pen, 8 decks, S17, Double any 2, 2 splits max, and usually $15 min and $500 max. Basically I bet the min until the count hits 22 and then I immediately jump up to at least 5x the original bet. That's really...
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    K-O system questions, and a quick bankroll question or two

    I'm very new to counting. Let me give a quick background. Played poker professionally for 2 years Bet sports/booked bets for the last 10 years Played blackjack w/o counting for about 3 months, then after losing a bunch started looking into counting. Found this site with a few others...
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