Recent content by turbomonkey

I've always enjoyed Jacobson's writing, both for the content and style.

If the ROR calculations are accurate and they say there is a 1% chance of ruin, it must really suck when you get bad variance and are the 1%. But somebody has to be. I'm not being glib about your losses. Depending on how much money you have overall (not just your BJ bankroll), you should take a...

I think you've hit the nail on the head in terms of travel being essential to maximise profits. I'm a full time AP and card counting only accounts for less than 1% of my income, however the benefits of traveling apply to different areas of AP too. I live on the move constantly between different...

In my experience they are supposed to settle this side bet before the players take any actions. If this dealer isn't trained properly and isn't settling it until the end of the hand, they might be open to being confused and paying your hand as a winner if you've split and formed a poker winning...

You're correct in that the formula 'wagering requirement * house edge of game = EV', will give you the basic EV of a bonus, however depending on the nature of the bonus the variance of the games you're playing can be critical too. I spent my first few years as a full time AP focusing mainly on...

Hi Mr Anderson, I'm also interested in networking. I'm from the UK but I spend a lot of time travelling and scouting what different countries have on offer, so I could quite easily be in your area at some point in the future (post-Covid). There are few games here worth playing, so card...