Recent content by elkobar

ok you win! Hi Qfit & zengrifter, Thanks for the reply, you win I give up; Elkobar..

all knowing card counters Hi 21gunsalute; I must congradulate you on your optimism, and your ability to "know" when to increase and or decrease your bets, with card counting; from what I have read in previous threads, there are a lot of folk that wished that they had the same ability to...

again with the progression Hi 21gunsalute; Thanks for your insight,sounds like you have a good system there as well? There is no valid reason, nor is it logical, neither is it mathematical in essence,and it is not a system, simply put it just happens, observation indicates that runs of...

winning without counting Hi Caramel6 I have hesitated in responding to your question, as I have been waiting for the smoke to settle from the last discussion about progressions,( walter thomasons thread ). But yes I have been using his progression for about 6 years, and have had good...

walters progression. Hi Zengrifter, & Walter; Yes It was I, Since I purchased the book some 6 years ago, I have been using Walter's Progression, plus the Quit Points,(for exit) and have been getting good results. Of course you have days when the cards do not fall as you would like, but...

walter thomason,s progression. Hi Again, Feels like DeJa Vu, again; Somtimes I feel that we allow the computer and mathematics to overule our powers of observation, and empirical evidence; We know that the strategy does not always work, either does card counting, or progression betting...

shuffle machines. Hi, all you shufflers, thought I might add my observation on CSM's, the machines here in townsville are similar to a ferriis wheel, and the cards are placed by the dealer into the top of the machine, and the machine feeds one at a time the cards into the spokes of the...

progression. Hi 21 gunsalute I use the assumption that if I win a hand then there is a 50/50 chance of the next hand being a winner, and it is only a trigger that I use to give me an indication of what to do next, it removes the confusion of guessing.as I have said before card counters...

progression Hi psyduck, sorry, I cannot help you with another progression, although there are several, john patrick, donald dahl, charles einstein; all had different veiws in the subject, I found that the one I follow, is simple and works, there is also martingale, labouchere, reverse...

Hi 21gunsalute; I mentioned also to have a predetermined exit point, (mine is losing 4 hands) the table limit will prevent a long martingale; in townsville we have a $350 limit, on the $10 tables, so you could only lose 6 hands. Elkobar

martingal progression Hi mikeinjersey, yes I have to admit that it takes a lot of will power to have a game plan, but it is part of the discipline required to play and win. I have mentioned many times, and have been criticized for it, but never the less it is how I play, and win , of...

blackjack vs stockmarket. Hi Shadroch, yes a good point, you must have a game plan whether playing blackjack, or the stockmarket, and a lot of folk have neither, they use their emotions, and some win but most lose. Most people rely on fund managers to run their portfolios, and they...

negative progression Hi Mikeinjersey, My view would be to reduce your bets to a manageable amount, like $25 minumum bet and do martingale correctly, you are not getting back your outlay when you win. If you keep your bets low you will be able to handle losing runs better, and stay in the...

blackjack vs. stockmarket. Hi Junior counter, could not resist this one, with regards to investing ; long term as opposed to trading short term is recommended. if you read, Successful investing formulas, by Lucile Tomlinson. 1950 edition; and Benjamin Grahams,the Intelligent invester. you...

progression Hi rwrw1. Your system sounds very much like the one that John Patrick mentioned in his book 'John Patricks Blackjack', 1995 edition; starting with a $10 minumum bet if you win then go to $20, win the next and revert back to $10, if you win the next then go to $20, $30, $40...