Recent content by Katarina Walker

I've sold 81 copies since Feb 12. If I had to live on my book earnings, I'd be way below the povery line. A 14 yo Burger King employee earns more than I do from my book. And I went to college for ten years, and was the second-top math student at one of the top universities in Australia. So I...

I've sold 81 copies since Feb 12. If I had to live on my book earnings, I'd be way below the povery line. A 14 yo Burger King employee earns more than I do from my book. And I went to college for ten years, and was the second-top math student at one of the top universities in Australia. So I...

Spanish 21 A single-level count is not optimal for Spanish 21, just as it is not optimal for BJ. Bear in mind that the EOR for a 5 in BJ is 0.84 (H17, DAS, LS) but the EOR for a 2 is only 0.42 in BJ. Half as much! Yet they both use the same tag in Hi-Lo. Out there, it is Hi-Lo players that...

SP21 S17 advantage play EV If you bet proportionally, and back-count, and the pen is 81.25%, you can get a 2.2% EV from S17 6D. That is from simulation. As for 1-10 spread, I wouldn't know, as I don't use betting spreads. I bet proportional to my advantage. I know my advantage at every...

Why Spanish 21 advantage play is no harder than BJ advantage play I am wondering why people think you need to be smarter to count SP21 than count BJ, using the Hi-Lo. 1. Both use the same counting system. 2. You don't need to know any of the conditional plays in Spanish 21, which makes...

A good start is always to read (and then quote) the actual text On page 91, I explain how to abridge your indices to the Illustrious 18, using exactly the same algorithm as the I18 for Blackjack uses. That's why it's called the I18. I didn't make up the idea of using I18, and I didn't make...

A good start is always to read (and then quote) the actual text On page 91, I explain how to abridge your indices to the Illustrious 18, using exactly the same algorithm as the I18 for Blackjack uses. That's why it's called the I18. I didn't make up the idea of using I18, and I didn't make...

I am sure you are a very good Blackjack player. But my book is half theory (half practical), so it has a lot of math which can be complicated and difficult to understand if you don't have a solid math background (i.e. college math). I'd be happy to answer any questions you might have. Wong...

>Where was Janecek, Wong, Auston, Wiz, Bryce, even Norm, etc, all capable perhaps of doing what you have done but, for >some reason, apparently not interested in doing it. I even asked some of them but it was "maybe later, no time now" kind of >answer. Thanks. I am first for a couple of...

Counting in Spanish 21 I use Hi-Lo for Spanish 21. In terms of betting efficiency, it is the most efficient 1-level counting system. Hi-Lo is unbalanced for Spanish 21, since there are 4 10-spots missing per deck. So you start your running count at -4n, where n = number of decks, and...

Counting in Spanish 21 >Out of the woodwork! I've been around for a few years now, but as a Spanish 21 player, there was nothing to be gained from participating in forums like this, as they are for Blackjack. Plus I wanted to keep my secrets to myself so I could keep playing with total and...

Counting in Spanish 21 >Is your un-balanced system of +8 vs -6 correct? I have no idea what you're talking about. >If so, is it geared this way with the thought of S21 in mind? Looks like it, >since the ace has twice the value of tens. I use Hi-Lo, which is unbalanced for SP21. The...

10 reasons why Spanish 21 is more beatable than Blackjack If you play the Spanish 21 games with low house edges (and they are all over the northeast, Canada, and the Pacific northwest) e.g. S17 Spanish 21 (6-deck house edge 0.37%) or H17 with redoubling Spanish 21 (6-deck house edge 0.42%)...