Hi all,
Half a year ago or so I stumbled on a documentary called 'the hot shoe' and caught the Blackjack (here after BJ) bug. I had been playing purely for leisure before and I'm sure the casino's loved me. Now I have different plans for them. Hopefully, the barely passable movie '21' won't create a hype as 'Rounders' did... In rapid succession I have watched most credible BJ instructionals, notably Andy Bloch's and Semyon Dukach's DVD's. Currently I am starting with Ken Uston (1M$ BJ) and am practicing with SuperBlackjack. Perusing the forum I saw one question that was burning in my mind answered: 16 V dealer 7+ and when to deviate from basic strategy (BS).
But here is my first question; What books do you reccomend that deal with deviating from BS and do these books contain charts for these deviations? If not, are such charts available, and where do I find them?
The software I use is very flexible in terms of rules, BS, penetration and counting system configurations and has some nice training tools like flashing cards for counting. The only downside is that one can only play one seat.
But, using the software, playing a 6 deck shoe with 1/4-1/3 remaining I find it very hard to get a hot shoe. What is the frequency of a hot shoe? When do you, on average start increasing your bets?
If casino's use automatic shuffle systems, is there a way to exploit it, or is ace tracking/card tracking the best one can hope for if player cutting is allowed?
Finally, if there are any dutch readers, how 'on' is the security at Holland Casino and does anyone know if they use a continuous shuffling machine or an automated one?
So many questions, I'll be gratefull for just a few answers... Thanks in advance!
Half a year ago or so I stumbled on a documentary called 'the hot shoe' and caught the Blackjack (here after BJ) bug. I had been playing purely for leisure before and I'm sure the casino's loved me. Now I have different plans for them. Hopefully, the barely passable movie '21' won't create a hype as 'Rounders' did... In rapid succession I have watched most credible BJ instructionals, notably Andy Bloch's and Semyon Dukach's DVD's. Currently I am starting with Ken Uston (1M$ BJ) and am practicing with SuperBlackjack. Perusing the forum I saw one question that was burning in my mind answered: 16 V dealer 7+ and when to deviate from basic strategy (BS).
But here is my first question; What books do you reccomend that deal with deviating from BS and do these books contain charts for these deviations? If not, are such charts available, and where do I find them?
The software I use is very flexible in terms of rules, BS, penetration and counting system configurations and has some nice training tools like flashing cards for counting. The only downside is that one can only play one seat.
But, using the software, playing a 6 deck shoe with 1/4-1/3 remaining I find it very hard to get a hot shoe. What is the frequency of a hot shoe? When do you, on average start increasing your bets?
If casino's use automatic shuffle systems, is there a way to exploit it, or is ace tracking/card tracking the best one can hope for if player cutting is allowed?
Finally, if there are any dutch readers, how 'on' is the security at Holland Casino and does anyone know if they use a continuous shuffling machine or an automated one?
So many questions, I'll be gratefull for just a few answers... Thanks in advance!
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