Recent content by rainmanuk

I've been out of the counting scene for many years but now having plenty of time since I've retired plus a few shillings / dollars to spare I thought I'd try and make some pocket money out of BJ here in the UK. When I was a lad it was 4 decks - DAS - DD hard 9/10/11, no soft DD, ENHC rule, no...

And that is the loneliness you can't explain to anybody else - unless you've been there yourself.

old time Thorpe Hi-Lo Yes, that looks about right. My play / strategy was based on the 1967 edition of Thorpe's 'Beat The Dealer'. I remember learning such turn points as 15 v dlr 8 [+15] and 12 v dlr 2 [+14]. There were two of us playing this - one counted and the other fed the info...

Erm... my real name is NOT rainmanuk BUT I do intend to play somewhere on planet Earth. Have I've given away too much information already? :eek: WTF, rmuk.

Er... How about less of the 'golden', I'm more like entering into my silver years. Plenty of miles under this bonnet / hood yet even though there is 100,000KM on the clock and a bit of body damage. lol.

Hello Everyone! A little info about me. I'm UK based. I used to play casino BJ quite seriously many years ago but nowhere good enough to give up my day job. I used to play the Thorpe Hi-Lo count when the game in the UK was 4 decks, DAS, no re-splits, no insurance except BJ v Dlr Ace, DD Hard...