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Still useful? Does anyone know if this book is still useful? Have casinos taken measures to defeat the strategies used in this book? Thanks.

I've been to casinos several times now. I use high-low with the illustrious 18 and some advanced indexes. I am okay with this, but I'm willing to learn a more complex system for counting 6 deck shoes. What is the overal best counting method? I go the site with the counting advisor, and it...

According to Basic Strategy, you stand on A7 vs. 2. What do you do when the TC is +1 or higher? Do you hit or do you double?

Summary Ok, so I go into a casino. I sit down and lose $5,000 at a table. I decide I don't like this table, so I get up, go to the restroom, and come back to a new table. This time I win $10,000. I leave the table, cash my chips, and go home, never to gamble again. Do I report $5,000 as...

I'm struggling with some tax issues right now. Last week I made a five figure profit playing blackjack at perhaps 7 different casinos. I brought in cash, and I left with cash. I never made more than 2500 at one casino in one day. I moved around from table to table a lot. I never cashed out...

Hmm I was really wondering about the full tables that include the true count. In other words, according to the matrix table, you're supposed to hit with a 12 versus a 4 if the count is at all negative. So there are tons of these things. Do those tables change and how do they change once the...

Wheeling I thought there was supposed to be a 5-deck game at Wheeling. Does anyone know about this?

Not really They never did any of those things. I could tell that that wasn't their culture. In fact, I felt a little guilty about taking so much money from them. But usually there was at least one other person at the table, so I don't see how they could suddenly just reshuffle. No, I think...

Ok, AC then Ok, what about AC. By law, they cannot bar you, but recently I went there and made quite a lot of money counting cards. It comical how much heat I had. No one barred me or made me bet flat, but they knew what was going on and they may have known that I knew that they knew, too...

I have the matrix tables for hi-low with s17, das, 6 decks. Do the matrices change if s17 becomes h17? I know that you are now supposed to double with A17 against a 2 and A6 against an 6, but do any of the matrices also change? If so, where can I find these?

You go into a Vegas casino. You're counting, obviously, and you're winning, and they know it. Do they immediately bar you or do they bar you if you keep coming back? Does this vary depending on the scale and reputation of a casino?

I'm a little confused about when to surrender (when late surrender is allowed) when you're using the Hi-Lo counting method and the illustrious 18 play variations. There is something called the Fabulous 4, which means you surrender on 15 versus A at +1 TC, 15 v 10 on 0 or higher positive running...

Spanish 21 Ok, it looks like Spanish 21. Thanks for the link.

A few casinos in a few games offer redoubling, where you can double again after you doubled once. Does anyone have any info on that--i.e., when you redouble, optimum times for basic and advanced strategy and card counting? Thanks.

Does anyone have advice on where to get the latest conditions on blackjack tables in Atlantic City (or anywhere for that matter)? I just signed up for trackjack.com, but I'm astonished to see that most of the information on the casinos in Atlantic City have not been updated since 2005!!!! I...