Me Tarzan not Thunder you Jason
Billy... er... I mean Jason, I reposted the nifty little introductory blurb on here with no specific reason or intent. You asked why would I repost it on here as it was inconsequential, irrelevant and meaningless but I saw it as one of the greatest backjack-related posts I have ever written and perhaps worth getting it out there SOMEPLACE at least. Is there a proclamation cast in stone that if you post anything on a blackjack board it has to be bland, sterile and have about as much joviality to it as a proctology exam?
In all actuality, there were layers of imbedded thought process in the post that are essentially "the holy grail" of blackjack play in today's games if you are to be an AP but so few picked up any of the abstract conceptualizations of the humorous approach, much like taking a group of hillbillies from the Appalachia Mountains to Dennis Miller's stand-up routine and expecting them to understand it and laugh rather than look at each other completely dumbfounded. By reposting here, I merely sought to get the post out there among other blackjack players who may appreciate the 5 minutes of my time I devoted solely for their amusement, nothing else... and nothing against Stanford Wong or bj21.com or anything like that.
Hot tub and pool party at my place with tiki torches going and 3 Borgata waitresses and their 5 friends? I can already tell who among us would actually get laid and who wouldn't... Flash and I would get one each... and Creeping Panther would have at least two of them saying, "Take me to your teepee". 21for Me, you are a great guy and I like you but you would be too focused on talking about how Tiffany's tweetybird tattoo on her ass cheek makes no sense with purple panties, making her roll her eyes and excuse herself. Jason would call Julie another name and also be focused on "Why is this party here instead of at Wally Halpern's place down the street" and too distracted by that to enjoy the party, leaving the remaining 4 female guests virgins for the night for lack of anything better to do. Bland and humorless is fine when putting together a spreadsheet, reviewing statistical data or playing blackjack but if you are incapable of coming out of that mode of operation for any reason... it may be an issue. I don't say all this to be critical; I say this because I love you guys and you are like family to me (even if I have a few red-headed stepchildren in my family).
Marillion, I use what I have always called the "Tarzan count". It is something I began working on back in around 1980 or so that goes way beyond a typical "number line" counting system as I have always called them. I once thought I was the sole creator and innovator of this incredibly effective system but I found out in recent years that someone else also thought of the exact same count and called it "DHME". Dr. Mitchell wrote a book or two about it and you can easily google it or whatever to research it. A very broad generalization of it's description would be to envision an older type stereo system that has a graphic equalizer with all it's bars of LED lights going up and down according to frequency in comparison to one another. You are tracking ratios of specific groupings of cards played, which allows for unique insight beyond a "hi-lo" type count and some very advantageous index play in certain scenarios. You are counting separate groupings of 2-5's, 6-9's, 10-F's and Aces. The only remaining part of the equation is converting this data to obtain a TC as is used in an ordinary number line counting system for base bet purposes. A typical card-counting demonstration that I do is to flip through a few decks of cards, getting down to the last 10-15 cards and then tell people what those cards are, as in how many 2-5's, 6-9's, 10's/F's and Aces. I have been highly successful for many years using this method and avoided "spilling the beans" about it like D.H.Mitchell did, that dirty rat fink. There are far more simple counting methods easier to learn, so it's not like everyone is going to go the distance on learning it anyway... it's too difficult and too obscure to be "main stream".
Billy... er... I mean Jason, I reposted the nifty little introductory blurb on here with no specific reason or intent. You asked why would I repost it on here as it was inconsequential, irrelevant and meaningless but I saw it as one of the greatest backjack-related posts I have ever written and perhaps worth getting it out there SOMEPLACE at least. Is there a proclamation cast in stone that if you post anything on a blackjack board it has to be bland, sterile and have about as much joviality to it as a proctology exam?
In all actuality, there were layers of imbedded thought process in the post that are essentially "the holy grail" of blackjack play in today's games if you are to be an AP but so few picked up any of the abstract conceptualizations of the humorous approach, much like taking a group of hillbillies from the Appalachia Mountains to Dennis Miller's stand-up routine and expecting them to understand it and laugh rather than look at each other completely dumbfounded. By reposting here, I merely sought to get the post out there among other blackjack players who may appreciate the 5 minutes of my time I devoted solely for their amusement, nothing else... and nothing against Stanford Wong or bj21.com or anything like that.
Hot tub and pool party at my place with tiki torches going and 3 Borgata waitresses and their 5 friends? I can already tell who among us would actually get laid and who wouldn't... Flash and I would get one each... and Creeping Panther would have at least two of them saying, "Take me to your teepee". 21for Me, you are a great guy and I like you but you would be too focused on talking about how Tiffany's tweetybird tattoo on her ass cheek makes no sense with purple panties, making her roll her eyes and excuse herself. Jason would call Julie another name and also be focused on "Why is this party here instead of at Wally Halpern's place down the street" and too distracted by that to enjoy the party, leaving the remaining 4 female guests virgins for the night for lack of anything better to do. Bland and humorless is fine when putting together a spreadsheet, reviewing statistical data or playing blackjack but if you are incapable of coming out of that mode of operation for any reason... it may be an issue. I don't say all this to be critical; I say this because I love you guys and you are like family to me (even if I have a few red-headed stepchildren in my family).
Marillion, I use what I have always called the "Tarzan count". It is something I began working on back in around 1980 or so that goes way beyond a typical "number line" counting system as I have always called them. I once thought I was the sole creator and innovator of this incredibly effective system but I found out in recent years that someone else also thought of the exact same count and called it "DHME". Dr. Mitchell wrote a book or two about it and you can easily google it or whatever to research it. A very broad generalization of it's description would be to envision an older type stereo system that has a graphic equalizer with all it's bars of LED lights going up and down according to frequency in comparison to one another. You are tracking ratios of specific groupings of cards played, which allows for unique insight beyond a "hi-lo" type count and some very advantageous index play in certain scenarios. You are counting separate groupings of 2-5's, 6-9's, 10-F's and Aces. The only remaining part of the equation is converting this data to obtain a TC as is used in an ordinary number line counting system for base bet purposes. A typical card-counting demonstration that I do is to flip through a few decks of cards, getting down to the last 10-15 cards and then tell people what those cards are, as in how many 2-5's, 6-9's, 10's/F's and Aces. I have been highly successful for many years using this method and avoided "spilling the beans" about it like D.H.Mitchell did, that dirty rat fink. There are far more simple counting methods easier to learn, so it's not like everyone is going to go the distance on learning it anyway... it's too difficult and too obscure to be "main stream".
I have replaced the innocent with the 'guilty'. 
