Recent content by Youk

It would be wise for you to buy some software that gives you your precise EV. That way, you can have some piece of mind on how much money you should be making an hour. It will also give you what your standard deviation is every 100 hands. Given that you are a green chipper, you should have no...

It seems like you have a good grasp on what your expected EV is. Just remember that the EV is what we play for. In some sense, the results don't matter, as long as we are hitting the EV we want, insomuch that we can tolerate the variance. Watch John Auston's video to keep your mind in check...

What is 'very long'? That is the most important thing. NDAS sucks, but S17 (instead of H17) makes it somewhat playable if you can get 2.5 to 3 decks before reshuffling. And I don't advise saying where you play, especially in areas with few BJ games.

Then that is just truly sad that he even commented. He truly 'backed you off' with paranoia. I wouldn't have given two shits about the PB with that shitty spread (sorry, but that is just shitty). Just to give you some idea, at places I play at less often, I will go from 1 to 2x12 at DD. And...

Some of this is dead on wrong IMO, and some of this is dead on right. I won't comment on which is which. Nonetheless, if you did all of this, that is definitely not a bad thing haha...especially things that provide 'free' cover...

I assume you were playing the S17 6D games. Those games have one PB for two tables. That ratio only happens at Wynn, Venetian, and MGM. If they have that many PB, they are giving off the 'smell' that they are paranoid about APers. This doesn't mean that the PB know what they're doing, and nor...

I'm a little confused...you live in Vegas, and you play the games, but you don't know if there are less pit bosses who cover more than 4 games a table? :confused: My bet is that they aren't putting more money into surveillance. Probably going with the utter minimum these days.

Amen :grin:

$10 to $25 was your spread at MGM? And they were hawking you, and calling you a card counter??? Truly pathetic. But, I'll tell you that it doesn't surprise me at MGM. That's usually why I'll go 'balls out' there...

Awwww you don't like it when you go to the casino and there are no BJ tables?? (BTW, I'm sorry to the person who went to the casinos where that happened and I happened to 'cover' those casinos) :p Generally, Vegas doesn't change toooo much. From my experience of reporting Vegas for about 3...

Thanks for pointing it out. I always thought that CBJN did underestimate casino advantage. Nonetheless, you can now see the difference. Although the differences in the values are about .08%, it is not very significant when it comes to the fact that you are playing for a 1-1.5% advantage. -Youk

Not true. http://www.qfit.com/calc.htm

People are not giving you quantifiable information. The information you first need is the following: -Type of game you are playing (double deck, 6D, 8D, SD) -Rules (H17/S17, RSA, LS, DS, others) -Penetration (e.g. 1.5 decks/6, 1/6, 1/2, .8/2) -Spread (e.g. 1-8, 1-12, 1-16, 1-20) -How much...

1. Regarding heat: the higher-end casinos will not care too much about a 25-300 or 400 play, as long as you don't abuse your privileges. Yes, you can lose comps if you get backed off at a sister property. I would still play rated, but I have less experience on this compared to others. 2...

Dealers are always greedy. They'll take all of your winnings every time, and even your initial bankroll too. Every APer, especially ones who used to be ploppies, need to make a tough decision on what you want to do regarding tipping. It depends on what your attitude is. If you are there to...