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CapJack, Here is the perfect answer: The Hi-Lo Card Counting System: A Complete Guide to Index Play, by Don Schlesinger and Dave Brolley (who posts on various BJ boards as Gronbog). Available from Amazon.com for under $40. Hope this helps! Dog Hand

Are you the author? If so, I would review it, though I'm traveling for the next two weeks and so might not be able to get to it until I return home. Dog Hand

Well, the entire book is only 33 pages, so how much material can it actually contain? Also, I noticed that the B.S. table in the book does not contain the Pairs chart for splitting, which seems to be a troubling editorial decision. I have trouble believing this book is worth $8. Just spend $1...

I have never seen a $75 min table... Most places use a min of $100 after $50. Dog Hand

"What Do Words Mean?" or "Casinospeak" A casino that I used to play years ago allowed resplits on Aces on their DD game. They also had a rules sign posted on each table that included the line "Hands can be split four times." One day I received AA, so I split. The first A got another A, so I...

Norm's incredible CVData (version 6 has just been released) has the capability of wonging out based on a combination of TC and shoe depth, so it can sim a game where the player wongs out whenever at least two decks have been played and the TC is negative. What happens in your game if two or...

Unanamis, If you are planning to use HiLo for the BJ betting and playing and the color count for betting the sidebet, then yes, CVData can indeed perform the sim. However, it would not be able to combine the two counts: this means, for example, that you would not be able to tell CVData to play...

Sushiguy, When I play DD, I estimate the remaining decks to the nearest quarter-deck, mainly because I sidecount Aces (I use an Ace-neutral count), and on average each quarter-deck has 1 Ace. If the RC is +3 and 1.25 decks remain, I multiply +3*0.8 = +2.4 and then truncate to +2. Hope this...

Sushiguy, Just to be clear, for HiLo the divisor is ALWAYS the whole decks unseen. When The G Man says "quarter deck", that means you express the undealt decks using quarter-deck accuracy, but you still divide by whole decks: it's just a fraction. For example, if 65 cards (so...

I estimate the dealer cut off precisely 35 cards... Just kidding! I actually counted. The cut card appeared after the 69th card. Dog Hand

xengrifter, Wouldn't "zapping" make that chip uncashable? The casinos that I have seen using RFID chips at the tables also tend to scan those chips at the cashier. Dog Hand

JohnCrover, Well, go to the following link, select your game, and look at the Double EV column: if the EV is above zero, the Double is +EV: https://wizardofodds.com/games/blackjack/expected-values/ Hope this helps! Dog Hand

Don, A small but significant typo in your answer: you wrote "The hourly standard deviation of a counter's results is anywhere from 15 to 25 times the hourly standard deviation." The end of your sentence should have been "...from 15 to 25 times the hourly expected value." Hope this helps! Dog Hand

deepgritz, Your act should also include a "do the opposite of what I'm saying" signal. For example, she gets 10 vs. the dealer's 10, but the count is high enough that doubling is the correct move. You tell her, "Just hit that: don't double" while stepping (gently!) on her foot, thus letting her...

bwssr, Welcome to the wonderful (insert sarcasm emoji here) casino practice called "managing to full", in which the pit wants ALL the seats filled at ALL the open tables before opening any more. Dog Hand