Recent content by natdm

What are your details? Starting bankroll, unit size, and what changed when you've been losing now?

Wouldn't that be pretty close to doubling your bankroll?

Jesus, I'm definitely not the first one to see this and I obviously searched incorrectly. Thanks for the links, man. I guess we were dead on with +6 or more.

At Casino AZ here (not the BEST casino for card counting and not the worst, but decent for steering), they've got a side bet of "Lucky Lady", which is, if your first two cards equal 20 (face cards or A,9) then you get at LEAST 4:1 on the side bet. If it's two matching cards, I think it pays 10:1...

Gotcha, thanks. It makes sense.

Are you saying if I use too many of them, my edge decreases a bit, with diminishing returns?

I know all that, but thanks. You don't read all of Professional Blackjack without getting all that pounded into your head over and over and over. Basic Strategy is tattooed in my head and it's not coming out. And Bankroll management is there, too. Just the actual bankroll isn't (yet). Counting...

Hey, guys. I made a thread earlier about how I won then lost horribly overbetting in Vegas, which was the obvious outcome. I'm determined to NOT go back till' I'm much better with a bankroll much higher than 1200. I'm reading tons of threads about guys that ask how to count or talk about how...

How on earth do you count two tables at the same time? I can keep track perfectly of one table, no matter how fast the dealer (at least, all that I've seen). I just figured, counting more than one table would be too insane to ever practice. Seems kind of common from people on these forums...

That's kind of what I do. I usually walk up just when the shoe began and say, "It's their shoe, I'll just watch." It never fails that they invite me anyways, so I say, "Well, maybe" and just shut up for a while. Even take a seat.:grin:

How can you backcount without being obvious though? I've done it a few times. Obviously effective, but.. Obvious. Sometimes I'll watch a friend at the table and just act like I'm watching just his plays. Other than that.. How can you not be obvious? I got heat once when I was betting 25, then...

I'll have to find some other way of getting stats, I'm on a mac. :-/ Probably just partition it later. Thanks, man.

I brought 1000 to play with, but dindnt put it all down. thanks for the help, guys. Still in vegas so who knows. Yeah, got back three days ago from Spain. Was there for the cup.. Crazy! We started in greece, so dropping by Monte Carlo was a must. I obviously didnt count though. Didnt even...

I was overbetting, probably getting pretty cocky towards the end. That, no doubt, was the death of me. And no, NONE of that information is something I have. Probably a good idea I held back so much information so you couldn't say as much! Thanks for your help, man. Any advice on how...

Hey, guys. So, just thought I'd throw in a little story. New to card counting. I can keep the count under any condition I'd see in most casinos, I think. I've been practicing for 3hrs a day since April. Know all the basic rules, etc. BUT, I just turned 21 in May. I've been to Monte Carlo...