Recent content by IcedTea23

Thank you all for the posts. BJCount, this is basically exactly what I was looking for when I made this post, some great advice. Thank you very much. I agree with you about having to many people at the table, It is nearly impossible for me to get a table with one other person. I have to go...

Thank you for the response. One question though, I was under the impression spreading to 2 hands reduced RoR through co-variance?

Sorry, 1400 unit BR. And I'm not quite to sure what I am hoping for in response. More just almost needed to vent, and get back on the horse after feeling slaughtered. I know it's a small sample size. It hurts, but it's what I signed up for when I decided to take on this challenge. If...

Hey guys, just wondering if anyone could chime in. Basically, I'm down 362 units from my highest, and 192 from my initial BR. In a total of 4 sessions, or 9 hours. My game is 6D H17, DOA, DAS, RSA, 5/6 pen. No surrender. I use Hi-Lo, I18, and have been practicing ST in the form of Cut...

21, The point they are trying to make about overbetting, is that if you are not comfortable with the percieved risk of betting that much for the increased EV, you are essentially overbetting. May not be overbetting your br, but you are overbetting your comfort zone.

I do recall before Leaveawinner, you also said you don't follow BS fully. Also, you side-counted your aces on your count without knowledge of what to do with this info, and just deducted it from your running count for your betting action. And, you didn't know if you played a 2 deck or a 6 deck...

Uh, Not being rude, but your concept of CSM's are idiotic. They in no way alter the outcome of the cards. No casino would use a machine to alter the outcome, this is asking for a law suit and to be crushed. I thought I might be able to beat the machine by going against basic...

I agree about not playing more in -TC. Just yesterday, I was playing 2 shoes, that back to back, the count plummeted. I'm talking around -5 - -7. Yet, I couldn't wong out from a table I was was winning every hand at. In fact, in a highly - count, I hit 8 BJ's in 1 1/2 shoes. 8!. That's...

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But the fact is, you weren't guaranteed to lose it statistically, as long as you were playing with a sufficient enough BR. You may have been in the small % that lost it all, but for a set time of play you probably were just a victim of variance. Lets say I start counting today, figure my RoR...

"I've had it hit 100% on a $10 table with $500, well no... I left with about $18 remaining...." Just for the record on this, you wouldn't have "hit 100% risk of ruin". You would be playing with a built in RoR. For example, lets say the 3.8%. Now, if you lose all 500$, you wouldn't of had a...

If you are playing a game, 4/6 pen, and the running count as the cut card comes out is 15, you just played a shoe lacking in high cards playable. If you are playing a game, 5/6 pen, and the running count after you started back counting a deck in is 15, you are playing the scenario above. You...

I have had conversations with people about back-counting a shoe that you haven't been since the start. Typically, you just consider the cards not seen as part of the cut-off amount. The problem is what you stated, you don't know for sure if the count is actually in your benefit. Just...