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Hello Ken I absolutely love this site!!! i have always been interested in playing black jack, and when i found out tournament pay out are $25,000 with a $250 buy in from a friend, this go me hooked (it would also be great for paying school tuition). i also love the practice software. any advice for a newbie? also is their a facebook group?
No new or noteworthy blackjack or tournament books have been published in the last couple of years. Fortunately, most of what is available is still as relevant as ever.
Fair enough Ken. Thanks for posting the link to your explanation.
I must say I feel it is real shame, and I have only know about this site for about 6 months. Some of the older members must have been truly devastated when you shut down the messaging.
I cannot think of a convenient way to estimate the correlations for Speed Count. I’m not a fan anyway, as these counts are quite weak. I think the KO count is a better choice for an easy count.
Most of the deviation play amount to minute practical differences. For the vast majority of players would resources be best spent on focusing on a large enough kitty and supporting the psychology to contain a x10+ spread when normally you would play at best a x8 or x4 spread?
Yes, increasing your spread will have a much more dramatic impact on expected win than learning and using all the strategy variations. The advantage of card counting comes primarily from betting more when you have the advantage. Changing your strategy based on the count is just the icing on the cake. Focus on building your bank and increasing your spread first.
Hi, Love your website thank you I’m finding it very helpful! I’m wondering if you can please tell me if I use the Basic Strategy cards online blackjack will they work to be profitable overall in the long term if I follow the rules as they are? Thanks in advance! Warm regards, Ed
Basic strategy will reduce the house edge, but not eliminate it. In typical games, your long-run expectation will be to lose around half a percent of your total action.
Your basic strategy table doesn’t make sense for player 16 vs. dealer 10. If there is surrender it is “Rs” but if no surrender it is “H”. It should be Rh if there is surrender. That is what your printed cards say.
When you should quit depends on whether you are playing with an edge or not.
If not, quitting immediately and never playing again is optimal. Of course, you may not find that very entertaining. In that case, quit when you have exhausted your entertainment needs or budget.
If you do have an advantage by card counting or another technique, you should quit when you are tired, or when you are getting more attention than is comfortable. Notice that your current win or loss has nothing to do with the decision, except in the way it affects the casino personnel’s opinion of you.
Hello Ken I absolutely love this site!!! i have always been interested in playing black jack, and when i found out tournament pay out are $25,000 with a $250 buy in from a friend, this go me hooked (it would also be great for paying school tuition). i also love the practice software. any advice for a newbie? also is their a facebook group?
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Is there any current bj books and r tournament books, like 2014 and 15
No new or noteworthy blackjack or tournament books have been published in the last couple of years. Fortunately, most of what is available is still as relevant as ever.
Ken,
Just so I’m clear, how would I go about posting on your forum in order to find some London based players to meet?
Cheers!
Sorry, the forum closed to new posts a few years back.
Why?
Can you suggest any other sites for this then?
See https://www.blackjackinfo.com/knowledge-base/site-announcements/the-blackjackinfo-message-boards-are-closed-to-new-posts/
Other blackjack forums include http://www.bj21.com and http://www.blackjacktheforum.com
Fair enough Ken. Thanks for posting the link to your explanation.
I must say I feel it is real shame, and I have only know about this site for about 6 months. Some of the older members must have been truly devastated when you shut down the messaging.
Thanks for the other website links too.
What about Speed Count and OPP and hand substraction ?
I cannot think of a convenient way to estimate the correlations for Speed Count. I’m not a fan anyway, as these counts are quite weak. I think the KO count is a better choice for an easy count.
Most of the deviation play amount to minute practical differences. For the vast majority of players would resources be best spent on focusing on a large enough kitty and supporting the psychology to contain a x10+ spread when normally you would play at best a x8 or x4 spread?
Yes, increasing your spread will have a much more dramatic impact on expected win than learning and using all the strategy variations. The advantage of card counting comes primarily from betting more when you have the advantage. Changing your strategy based on the count is just the icing on the cake. Focus on building your bank and increasing your spread first.
Hi,
Love your website thank you I’m finding it very helpful! I’m wondering if you can please tell me if I use the Basic Strategy cards online blackjack will they work to be profitable overall in the long term if I follow the rules as they are? Thanks in advance!
Warm regards,
Ed
Basic strategy will reduce the house edge, but not eliminate it. In typical games, your long-run expectation will be to lose around half a percent of your total action.
Your basic strategy table doesn’t make sense for player 16 vs. dealer 10. If there is surrender it is “Rs” but if no surrender it is “H”. It should be Rh if there is surrender. That is what your printed cards say.
Well, it’s complicated. Both the card and the chart are correct, in their own way.
Read the explanation here: The confusing situation with 16 vs Ten.
dang, that makes sense. thank you
Thank you.
I agree. I use ReKO. It was mainly to calculate how weak Speed Count is.
When you should quit depends on whether you are playing with an edge or not.
If not, quitting immediately and never playing again is optimal. Of course, you may not find that very entertaining. In that case, quit when you have exhausted your entertainment needs or budget.
If you do have an advantage by card counting or another technique, you should quit when you are tired, or when you are getting more attention than is comfortable.
Notice that your current win or loss has nothing to do with the decision, except in the way it affects the casino personnel’s opinion of you.