Recent content by UK-21

Some years back I popped into a casino in a hotel in Kyrenia, Northern Cyprus when on holiday there. Handed over a wad of Turkish Lira and received back just six chips and some change. What's going on? The croup didn't speak English and so the floor supervisor was called. All play at this place...

I've never seen foreign currency allowed at the tables, anywhere. Think about it . . . how would the poor old croups know how much to pay out in local currency chips? You may find you can change up your Euros at the cashiers counter.

Hmmm . . . . I think you've come to the party a tad late to be honest. The number of shoe-dealt, exploitable, games in the UK now can be counted on the fingers of both hands - as a result of all of the main operator chains electing to go with Dysons on their blackjack tables. The few that still...

Apologies for that. I will endeavour to get it right in the future.

Correct. Think S-Curves. Issue is, I think, that people who are attracted to the concept of blackjack card counting tend to be obsessive types, and have something inside their heads that tells them they haven't done the job properly if they haven't covered every last base. A bit like...

I've just relit my membership to this forum after being away for over five years (most of which the board was locked down). Who's running this site now (and has it's fundimental raison d'etre changed) ?

Yes, I echo the sentiments of others. After seeing "the movie" and scouring the 'net for the bits it was obvious had been left out, I found BJINFO. It has, without doubt, the most useful and informative contributions from members and I have found it to be invaluable in learning the game. It has...

In a single deck game the cost of the error will be higher than for the six deck shoe games that we tend to be stuck with here in the UK. For a six deck shoe game, I would think that an error of +/-3 on the running count will have little overall impact?

You build your spreadsheet and work it out. :grin:

Good stuff. I found when I built mine, the two most important pieces of info to know were: (a) distribution of hands by true count. (b) the %age positive and negative edge at each true count. The first you'll find buried in Wong's Prof BJ somewhere or Mr Schlesinger's Blackjack Attack...

I've seen it . . . . I $hit you not !

How are you with spreadsheets ?

Yeah . . . . the Peking Duck's only 1,200 years old . . . . .

Probably is if you count the canabis plants the locals grow in window boxes as woodlands and the weeds and moss growing up between the paving stones as public parks. What do you expect when you let some marketing spiv loose on a prospectus?

Correct. Green leafy part of the UK? There are still quite a few to be found. Alas, Sheffield isn't one of 'em.