Recent content by snorky

Right now I'm sitting in my comped 5 star hotel room in Vegas at 4 in the morning reflecting to myself. I finally hit the point where I'm convinced this game is very hard to make a living off of. My relatively young age brings me to expose my ID every trip. I've lost the motivation and faith as...

I sat down at a store and the pit boss asks me for my ID. I gave it to him and surprisingly, he wrote down my name, DOB, and some other info on a piece of card. Is that typical?

I was somewhat flattered and felt accomplished after my 1st backoff this June. After my 4th backoff lately, I felt shattered. Longevity seems impossible.

I've pondered the same questions and its been bothering me for a while as well. From what I'm told, the simulations underestimate the playing efficiency of the hi opt systems, hence the lower winrate. I'm not too sure though, so I hope someone can answer this in details.

on http://bj21.com/gamemaster/GameMasterClassics19.html, its written "Anyway, why would we stand with 10,6 vs.10 only when the True Count is at 4 or more? It all has to do with the total number of 10s in a single deck, which is sixteen and you already have one of them in your hand and the...

I guess this is wrong then, but I took its word for it. http://bj21.com/gamemaster/SD-BS-Variations.shtml

Using hi-lo, I just recently discovered it's a hit unless the count is +4 or greater in SD instead of 0. What is the index for DD? shoe games?

I received this opportunity a few weeks ago where I know for a fact my first card is a 10. The TC is 3, not that it matters. How much of my bankroll do I bet. What is the formula to determine the risk I'm taking. I know there is an article by JG on the ace, but I am bad at comprehending it...

I use hi opt 1, simply because I have the entire hi-lo indices from -10 to +10 memorized in H17 DAS and NDAS games. Since I use hi-lo for shoe games, it doesn't require me to memorize a new set of indices. This leads to another question on whether or not it is ok to use hi-lo indices for hi...

I overloaded my blackjack play this month with over 100 hours of play. I ran slightly above EV and had a lot of winning sessions clumped together. I'm not sure whether or not my approach or calculations are correct, but the google document below should explain a bit. I use a very pseudo version...

Using hi-lo with 75% pen, ROR is probably close to or around 30% and your winrate is probably $20ish/100 hands. IDK if that's suicide to you, but it sure is to me. Even after plugging in grifter's advice, you seem to be playing at a 13%ish ROR with a winrate of about $14/hr. That's about...

I've been using hi-opt 1 quite frequently in double deck games with a side count of aces. Lately I've gotten the hang of side counting 2s. I would side count aces using the alphabet, while side counting 2s with my toes. I attempted to side counting 2s using the monthly calender, but that gave me...

I'm not trying to advertising, but I think every serious player should seriously invest in a blackjack simulation program. I read a bunch of blackjack books along with going through a bunch of sites. I memorized every index for my local store and used what I thought was a decent betting ramp...

I goto chumash from time to time, and I was always able to find dealers giving around 75%+ cutoffs. However the other day when I went back, it appeared as if every dealer was giving close to (if not, more than) a 2 deck cut off. I don't honestly even know what a cutoff that big looks like, since...

I've been playing a lot of blackjack this summer (I've never taken it so seriously til lately). In my last 230 hours of play, I've hit two big downswings (I'm not even sure if they are big, since they are bound to happen). The first time it happened was early on this summer. In 18 hours of...