Recent content by Xenophon

Very, very, sad. This has been one of my favorite places to supplement my enjoyment of recreational cardcounting. I've often thought about how great a value this site is. Thanks for your time Ken.

Thanks for taking the time to write such a great report!!! I'll definitely be visiting Western Village and Rail City!! :grin:

How did your trip go? Anything interesting to report?

Thanks.. I ended up deciding on Atlantis a couple weeks ago. I got 2 round trip plane tickets from socal for myself and my girlfriend, 4 nights in the deluxe tower, and a rental car for about $550.00. I'm sad that they are now D10.... So I plan on also playing at Sienna and Boomtown for the...

Bravo!

Both according to CBJN have 4 sd tables with ~60% pen and unfortunately D10. Looking to stay at Grand Sierra or Atlantis in early November for 5 days. I'll have a car and look to play at those two, Peppermill, Boomtown, Sienna, and anywhere else with playable single or double deck. Red chipper...

This causes alot of confusion when learning about true count adjustments. The indices for the true count that you deviate from basic strategy (or change you bet) are calculated using either count per decks remaining or count per half decks remaining. So if the indices for your count are...

The numbers you have on the spreadsheet do not look rounded to me. I'm not sure what a good step would be for Zen - 0, 5, 10, 15 might be a good place to start. The best way to figure it out is with CVCX. You can sim and tweak the numbers. If I remember correctly Kevin Blackwood's book...

Use Hi-Lo lite count per half decks remaining, or Hi-Lo count per decks remaining with rounded indices. It's been known for quite some time that rounding indices properly doesn't affect performance materially. All indices for Hi-Lo lite are +-2,4, and 0. Hi-Lo and RPC (count per half decks...

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I'm using Hi-Lo lite, dividing by half decks remaining to convert to the true count. When playing a six deck shoe during the first 3 decks I don't bother trying half deck accuracy; ie, I just divide by double the whole number of decks remaining or 12, 10, 8, 6 during the first 3 decks...

Right. He named his chart "The Snyder Profit Index." It takes into account: 1) number of players 2) percent dealt 3) rules 4) spread It then defines the game as a winner, table hop only, or time waster. I recommend first getting this, then getting CVCX.

Buy Blackbelt in Blackjack by Arnold Snyder. It has a chart that balances all of the factors needed to determine if the game is playable.

Oops... Wasn't aware BJinfo had it for sale. Thx for the redirect. :joker:

I played there recently with my girlfriend. Nice casino, nice rooms, good DD ($25 minimum), and I saw a couple dealers cutting as low as about a deck and a quarter off the 6 deck shoes ($5 minimums).