Recent content by JimmyFortune

so noone saw you as an exception last night ;) :joker:

Hi, you've almost read more books on advantage play than having played in real casinos. Good thing, because most gamblers won't ever read a book about gambling. So you already know of the chances etc before even starting a serious carreer. You have all the knowledge and still you say you think...

If everyone knows you are going to stand, why waste any more time over it. I personally hate dealers, who ask you for every single hand whether you gonna hit or stand. Not to mention the ones who ask me whether I want to split or double my 5's....:confused:

Thanks for the response; this puts backlining in a whole new perspective..! But who can tell me which splits exactly are defensive (minimizing anticipated loss) and which are offensive (maximizing anticipated gain) ? The examples Scott gave are rather obvious, but what about 8-8 vs. 2 etc. ..?

When playing at my local casino yesterday, I noticed something interesting. I had been playing for a while, when one of the other players at the table decided to backline me. I was dealt two eights against a dealer nine. playing BS I decided to split my hand, and the player backlining me...

In European Casinos, where double on 9-11 only is normal, you can't double 9/19 being 19. So if you get a deuce you have 11, not 21.

:vomit: Gatverdamme, So we have to go to Germany and East-European countries? do you have experience with those casinos? gr. J. Fortune

hmm CSM's, It seems they're all over the place now in Belgium and the Netherlands and I just wanted to start my ccc at the beach casino's in West-Belgium, because I thought the rules as described above were quite good for European casinos (no hole card). But if all Belgian casinos have the same...

Is there a third option? I don't visualize neither say it to myself. Don't know how I remember it, but I can recall it when I want, storing it in the short term memory. I think my method is the best, but the supremacy of visualization vs. self talk could be explained by this: When you talk to...

It almost makes you think that their blackjack bet is an ante to be allowed to play such a good side bet. "we don't understand why the casino is offering perfect pairs or whatsoever, but we make a lot of money out of it":cry: . Indeed some blackjackplayers have more chance to win with their...

hi just wondered what your splitting record is. I know that in a lot casinos you can only split 4 times or so, but in my hometown casino you can split as long as you want. so a few months ago I splitted a pair of sixes six times, lost most of them ofcourse. So what's your record? JimmyF

I just ordered Vancura & Fuch's "Knock-Out BlackJack" from Amazon.com. On page 28 there's a BS table which tells me to *never* split my 4's. However, according to the BS engine I should split against dealer 5 or 6. What is the correct play?