Did you buy the book <Professional Blackjack>?

[Butterfly]

Sorry,

I can eliminate idiomatic and vernacular slang and unusual words, but I cannot translate English into Hindi or Gujarati, Bengali, etc.

I suggest that you find a person who can translate for you.

Where do you play or intend to play ?

it's ok =]
actually i am from japan. just don't know what you mean "Be careful about revealing any more about yourself publicly. You need to use P.M. to communicate anything that may reveal who you are."???

i will go to korea and macau.

 

[FLASH1296]

I stand corrected.

I have only heard "isn't it" misused as you did by Indians.

P.M. means "private message"

Casino surveillance staff monitor public chat rooms like this and you can reveal yourself to be a card counter by saying revealing things.

 

[gamblingghost]

it's ok =]
actually i am from japan. just don't know what you mean "Be careful about revealing any more about yourself publicly. You need to use P.M. to communicate anything that may reveal who you are."???

i will go to korea and macau.

Why BJ? Can't you get an edge on Pachinko?: I met
several Japanese that claimed to win at that game all the time!

I like Pro BJ.

 

[Midwest Player]

So i decide to buy the "Bootleggers 200 Proof Blackjack" and "Professional Blackjack". Theses two books are focus on Hi-Low???

Besides, which count system do u all use? Thanks again!

Yes, Bootleggers book and Professional Blackjack are focused on Hi-Low. However, I believe Bootlegger actually used the KO count when he played blackjack, but his book is about the Hi-Low count.

I actually got a chance to meet Bootlegger in person at a green chip party a few years ago. He was a very impressive man. I say "was" since he just died a couple of days ago. Very sad.

The count system I use is Wong's Halves count as presented in Professional Blackjack. However, I started out with the hi-low count first and used it for several years before switching to the Halves count. Do not start out with a difficult count.

I don't think Wong's Professional Blackjack has betting ramps, but Bootleggers book does.

 

[b jay cobbson]

Read every GOOD book you can get your hands on...

...Unpublished quote by Stanford Wong..
"Counting cards is easy. MAKING MONEY counting cards is the difficult part.

After you learn a count you can manage, there are a zillion other things you will need to know about blackjack/advantage play. The more you learn, the more you realize how much remains to be conquored.

Good luck,
Cobbson

 

[paddywhack]

After you learn a count you can manage, there are a zillion other things you will need to know about blackjack/advantage play. The more you learn, the more you realize how much remains to be conquored.

x2

 

[QFIT]

Why BJ? Can't you get an edge on Pachinko?: I met
several Japanese that claimed to win at that game all the time!

I like Pro BJ.

Walked into a pachinko parlor on the third floor of a ramshackle “mall” in Kuala Lampur once. There were two malls across the street from one another. The juxtaposition was remarkable. One was extremely modern, looking like it was a luxury mall in a rich US suburb. Very few customers, nearly all Japanese. 'Cross the street was this “building” that really looked like a dozen buildings that had grown together over decades. It was mobbed with people. Very difficult to navigate. The top floor had a restaurant of sorts. There was a large pool filled with fish. You rented a pole and bait and caught your fish, which they would then cook. This was next to the pachinko parlor. One of the sadder places I’ve seen. Very dark. Actually, the entire third floor had little light, but the parlor was like a joyless nightclub. People sat there glued to machines, expressionless as they clicked and clicked and clicked and the balls tapped gently down the pathways. Worse than a heroin den. Got out quickly as I realized the entire building was one huge fire-trap.

 

[gamblingghost]

Walked into a pachinko parlor on the third floor of a ramshackle “mall” in Kuala Lampur once. There were two malls across the street from one another. The juxtaposition was remarkable. One was extremely modern, looking like it was a luxury mall in a rich US suburb. Very few customers, nearly all Japanese. 'Cross the street was this “building” that really looked like a dozen buildings that had grown together over decades. It was mobbed with people. Very difficult to navigate. The top floor had a restaurant of sorts. There was a large pool filled with fish. You rented a pole and bait and caught your fish, which they would then cook. This was next to the pachinko parlor. One of the sadder places I’ve seen. Very dark. Actually, the entire third floor had little light, but the parlor was like a joyless nightclub. People sat there glued to machines, expressionless as they clicked and clicked and clicked and the balls tapped gently down the pathways. Worse than a heroin den. Got out quickly as I realized the entire building was one huge fire-trap.

I like this story. Scary, dark, and weird as it is in those places. But, your
place is not Japan. I've been kicked out of places just for being a 'gaijin'.
I never liked it, I never argued against it. Waaay, too scary.

 

[QFIT]

I like this story. Scary, dark, and weird as it is in those places. But, your
place is not Japan. I've been kicked out of places just for being a 'gaijin'.
I never liked it, I never argued against it. Waaay, too scary.

Yeah, that kind of thing can be uncomfortable. As I said in an earlier post, it is important to walk around and see what a place is like -- and in particular, leave the beaten path. I left the "mall" and walked further down the street. I hate Karaoke bars, but ran into two and seeing nothing else of interest walked into one. Sat at the bar, ordered a drink and watched a Japanese businessman singing something or other. I was probably the only gaijin customer, even though this was 3,000 miles from Japan. Five minutes later, a Malaysian woman walked up and said "What kinna girl you like?" What? She repeated. Only then did I realize I had wandered into a brothel.

 

[gamblingghost]

wandering into an unknown brothel

Yeah, that kind of thing can be uncomfortable. As I said in an earlier post, it is important to walk around and see what a place is like -- and in particular, leave the beaten path. I left the "mall" and walked further down the street. I hate Karaoke bars, but ran into two and seeing nothing else of interest walked into one. Sat at the bar, ordered a drink and watched a Japanese businessman singing something or other. I was probably the only gaijin customer, even though this was 3,000 miles from Japan. Five minutes later, a Malaysian woman walked up and said "What kinna girl you like?" What? She repeated. Only then did I realize I had wandered into a brothel.

Yeah, I do that all the time in the mid east!!:laugh::laugh: hmm, what
a coincidence! one in a .......

 

[christopher1]

cant all the info in those books be found online (for free)? just wondering

 

[gamblingghost]

cant all the info in those books be found online (for free)? just wondering

Should all books be available for 'free' on line?

 

[21forme]

Walked into a pachinko parlor on the third floor of a ramshackle “mall” in Kuala Lampur once.

As I was reading this, I was expecting the location to be Canal St.

 

[QFIT]

Should all books be available for 'free' on line?

Communism failed. It was in all the papers. But, if you want to give away all your work for nothing, that's your option.