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“can you believe I’ll have you zipping through a deck in less than 20 seconds?”
This is hard to believe. I timed myself going through a whole deck without counting and the fastest I did was 25 seconds. Hard to believe someone is going to go through the whole deck while counting in less than 20 seconds.
That list is very useful. But the real trick is to learn to variate according to true count. There is no need to learn all the variations according to counting only the most important from true count -2 to + 3. Of course prepare to hear complains at the table from players that play basic strategy exactly and think that is the Bible of Blackjack.
I happen to a know an extremely beatable game down where I live and it’s the only club that offers it (in the whole city). Unfortunately, I don’t have the bankroll for it to take a swing at it. Anyone willing to team up and crush this casino, let me know. We can discuss uneven share of the profit.
~$250 max bet 6D-er, 70-75% pen (certain dealers even offer 80%), , DAS, RAS, S17, early surrender, no peek, split to 3 hands. Estimate casino edge of just 0.08%.
does this rule apply ONLY to 6 decks s17??????????? can it also be applied to 6 decks h17??? or 2 decks h17??? or 2 decks s17??? just need to know if 6 decks s17 is the only situation FOR 16vT “RS” ! thx
Hmmm seems I have been making some bad calls for years now, I thought splitting tens against anything but an ace or 10 was a good move :/
Thanks for setting me straight!
This isn’t random shuffle. It is designed to teach us hard lessons and allows no room for gambling as you would at the casino. While there are rules that use the odds it allows no room for streaks, and ultimately causes you to lose if you gamble at all. If you use the coach you will ultimately lose in the end if you make a single mistake. Real blackjack isn’t that cut and dry.
Coinbase seems like it behaves like a forex company, it simply converts my USD to Bitcoin and I need an eWallet to accept the BTC. Can Coinbase hack into my eWallet?
21’s for the dealer happen at the real tables more often than you might think. Once the deck was so shitty for the players that the dealer was getting 21 after 21. A new player was attempting to join the table and we all began to discourage her. The dealer began the next play with a 4 card showing. I told this woman that even though the 4 card was a bust card the dealer would turn it into a 21. When it came time for the dealer to play the dealer’s hand she flipped over a 10 from the hole and then dealt herself a 7. The new player was petrified. She said “Holy shit…..you even predicted it”.
Their cheating isn’t limited to the circumstances you describe. And yes, it’s ostensibly idiocy for them to risk their licenses but they get away with it so apparently that is an insufficient deterrent or the gaming commission is such that the casinos aren’t actually taking a risk… and you’re seven consecutive losses at Blackjack is nothing compared to my 22 consecutive losses at Baccarat… 3 am… I was alone staring down about four pit people
“can you believe I’ll have you zipping through a deck in less than 20 seconds?”
This is hard to believe. I timed myself going through a whole deck without counting and the fastest I did was 25 seconds. Hard to believe someone is going to go through the whole deck while counting in less than 20 seconds.
That list is very useful. But the real trick is to learn to variate according to true count. There is no need to learn all the variations according to counting only the most important from true count -2 to + 3. Of course prepare to hear complains at the table from players that play basic strategy exactly and think that is the Bible of Blackjack.
I happen to a know an extremely beatable game down where I live and it’s the only club that offers it (in the whole city). Unfortunately, I don’t have the bankroll for it to take a swing at it. Anyone willing to team up and crush this casino, let me know. We can discuss uneven share of the profit.
~$250 max bet 6D-er, 70-75% pen (certain dealers even offer 80%), , DAS, RAS, S17, early surrender, no peek, split to 3 hands. Estimate casino edge of just 0.08%.
does this rule apply ONLY to 6 decks s17??????????? can it also be applied to 6 decks h17??? or 2 decks h17??? or 2 decks s17??? just need to know if 6 decks s17 is the only situation FOR 16vT “RS” ! thx
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I’ve been a bit nervous about going to the casino and getting the hand signals wrong so thanks for clearing that up. Great article btw
Hmmm seems I have been making some bad calls for years now, I thought splitting tens against anything but an ace or 10 was a good move :/
Thanks for setting me straight!
This isn’t random shuffle. It is designed to teach us hard lessons and allows no room for gambling as you would at the casino. While there are rules that use the odds it allows no room for streaks, and ultimately causes you to lose if you gamble at all. If you use the coach you will ultimately lose in the end if you make a single mistake. Real blackjack isn’t that cut and dry.
Coinbase seems like it behaves like a forex company, it simply converts my USD to Bitcoin and I need an eWallet to accept the BTC. Can Coinbase hack into my eWallet?
No because the wallet is hosted on your own device. If anything, you’re funds are only susceptible to hacking if you leave it stored on Coinbase
Hey fellows. Just got into this blackjack interest after reading the blackjack life by N. Tilton. Any good software like CV out there for Mac?
21’s for the dealer happen at the real tables more often than you might think. Once the deck was so shitty for the players that the dealer was getting 21 after 21. A new player was attempting to join the table and we all began to discourage her. The dealer began the next play with a 4 card showing. I told this woman that even though the 4 card was a bust card the dealer would turn it into a 21. When it came time for the dealer to play the dealer’s hand she flipped over a 10 from the hole and then dealt herself a 7. The new player was petrified. She said “Holy shit…..you even predicted it”.
It seems like it teaches people to stay home if they want to win.
It can be adjusted to make the dealer hit on a soft 17 in he options mode.
Make sure Blackjack pays 3/2, many these days pay 6/5
Don’t think it matters how many people are playing if its just 1 deck then blackjack could only appear 4 times, once for each Ace in the deck.
I think you would lose
Yes, you can normally only get one additional card for each hand when you split aces.
What drivel….
Their cheating isn’t limited to the circumstances you describe. And yes, it’s ostensibly idiocy for them to risk their licenses but they get away with it so apparently that is an insufficient deterrent or the gaming commission is such that the casinos aren’t actually taking a risk… and you’re seven consecutive losses at Blackjack is nothing compared to my 22 consecutive losses at Baccarat… 3 am… I was alone staring down about four pit people