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Playing 8-deckers in Atlantic City I'm stuck playing in Atlantic City where most of the lower-limit games are eight decks, hit soft 17, 75 percent penetration. It's almost impossible to wong because of the lack of low-limit games. But I'll do almost anything not to play when the count gets...

Wong writes that a shuffle is irrelevant. I believe him. The dealer is at the same advantage/disadvantage as the individual player, EVEN if the cards aren't shuffled at all. I've been counting for thirty years and have never met a successful shuffle-tracker --MIT dudes notwithstanding...

Playing two hands The counter is at a disadvantage against the dealer most of the time, until the count rises, especially toward the end of the shoe when a plus count means more. So why play two hands when you're at a disadvantage? You're just giving money to the casino. I play two hands...

Penetration explanation In a multiple deck shoe, after shuffling, a player is asked to place the yellow cut card somewhere into the multiple decks. A player then inserts the yellow cut card, cutting the multiple decks. (the player must place the yellow cut card so that at least one deck is cut...

General A.C. info Six deck games (along with a few four-deck games, e.g., Caesars, Trop) were dealt in A.C. FROM '78 TO '93 when Ken Uston won the cardcounting case in N.J. With counters allowed to play, most casinos then switched to 8 decks, though many casinos continued to offer four-...

Hope your son is better and stays that way. I've been playing 6-deck BJ in A.C. casinos for thirty years. I stopped last month when all the A.C. casinos switched to eight decks (at most reasonable $ limits), with the dealer now hitting soft 17 (new in A.C.). This eight-deck garbage game is...