Recent content by willhou

Yeah... I haven't had good luck at the DD but I've really enjoyed getting to play $10 DD. I wonder if the lousy penetration means I should stop enjoying it. ;-)

Hey - anyone have any experience playing at Coushatta in Kinder, LA? I'm headed to Lake Charles this weekend, and Coushatta is a bit further on, but I might head that way too. I'm mostly curious what the table conditions are likely to be if it's a busy Fourth of July weekend. I have played...

hmm, good advice there. so if I'm willing to put down $100 before splits/doubles, I should be putting $100 down on TC=6 instead of TC=4? should i keep it an 'even' distribution, just spread it out further? (something like 1=$10, 2=$35, 3=$50, 4=$65, 5=$85, 6=$100?)

thanks for the kind words, and sorry I forgot to add rules: Generally I play $5 DD (with min bet lowered), occasionally $10 DD, and $10/$15 2D (with min bet raised). Dealers stand on soft 17, double any two cards, no surrender. I enjoy Tunica trips now and then but don't have the strategy...

Hi, everybody... I'd like to get some advice about my betting progression. I'm playing hi-lo using a modified illustrious 18 (no splitting 10s, a few other adjustments), against $10 DD. I had a couple of great trips and now two bad ones in a row (lost $800 and $600), and though I'm still up...

Thanks. I've had this recommended to me before, so I just zipped over to amazon and ordered it. I appreciate the advice.

Thanks for the helpful comment - the games I play most often are $10 6D and $15 6D - so it's 1-10 or 1-6.67. A lot of the "double deck" nearest me is 6:5 and therefore useless, but I do play decent DD on my trips to Tunica or Biloxi. So is 10x (or 6.67x) a decent spread for 6D? also, you...

Right, but I can't put down an initial bet of $200 yet. It's a comfort thing. I'd have to settle for the lower win rate corresponding to a big bet of $100, because I'm simply not capable of doubling/splitting a $100 bet without getting the willies. :-) Where do I get these hands on the...

I hear what you're saying about having a better idea of expected win rates... DD vs. 6D, $5 minimum vs. $15 minimum, of course those are going to have significantly different rates. So perhaps I should break my spreadsheet down, not by trip, but rather by parts of a trip: $10 minimum 6D here...

What's the best way to keep track of my buy-ins? I do a lot of buying in at one table, ratholing chips, then buying in in cash again at another table later... THEN cashing it all in. So what do you think are the important ways to note what I'm doing?

Hello, all. I've really enjoyed lurking here... lots of smart folks, lots of good advice. I have two questions that I'd like to throw out to the group, but first, a little about me. I played a LOT of card games as a kid, and when I turned 20, I decided I'd try to learn blackjack. I learned...

Thanks for the reply. I'll give a report if I go to Coushatta; I'm not sure how far out of the way it actually is, though, and if I'm winning, I get lazy and stay in one place. Hm. I learned to play in Mississippi (Philadelphia, the Gulf Coast, Tunica) and I don't think I've ever played...

I'm headed to Lake Charles next month, staying at the Isle of Capri, where they gave me a great weeknight rate (compared to the website)... guess all that playing both there and in Biloxi has finally added up to something. I haven't played in Lake Charles in over a year. What are the...

thanks so much to you both. I've checked room rates for my day and the Isle and Coushatta are very similar in price. Where would you recommend staying? (From your last post, I'm guessing Coushatta....)

Hello from Houston, TX :-) I am a blackjack player with experience from Tunica down to the Gulf Coast. However, I have not been to Lake Charles, Louisiana since Katrina/Rita/etc. hit. Does anyone out there have any recent information about the blackjack conditions at L'auberge du Lac or...