Recent content by Abraham de Moivre

Problem with the 9. Although counting the 9 as -1 helps with BC a little, you lose more power because: a negative 9 hurts your IC (Insurance, most important play you can make). it also hurts your 12 vs 2 12 vs 3 play indices. You would do much better overall with: -2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 0, 0...

Starting Hands. the subject of starting hands is covered at this link: http://www.posev.com/poker/holdem/strategy/preflop-abdul.html (Archive copy)

win rates -- your mileage may vary. I could probably get 6 BB an hour from it, depends how long they will keep paying off my aggression when I raise. If you aren't hitting 3 or 4 BB an hour, then you need to keep studying. Don't worry about old guys playing and knowing poker, they probably...

Juicy Game. " Usually about 5-7 people see the flop then things begin to thin out, with about 3 people seeing the river. " You can clean up on a game like that with the proper starting hand selection, and not having major leaks in your game. Go to the site the Mayor suggested, get some solid...

I Do I've only been studying hold em since December. Play a lot of live $3/$6 and grind it out online at $2/$4 right now. $200 to $300 a week pretty steady.

YESSSSSSSSS! Some table conversation I've heard the past few weeks: (usually by people you have already lost at least a rack of chips) "Now which is it again? Does a straight beat a flush?" "Any two cards can win, it all depends on the flop." "If I get two clubs, I'm raising. Clubs have come...

GOLDEN AGE This is the Golden Age of Poker. "Basic Strategy" Poker can be profitable, while you look for those juicy blackjack games. And if you can't get out to the B&M casino, there are 50,000 fish every night on Party Poker waiting to give you their money. A true Advantage Player goes where...

The answer to your problem The answer to your problem is contained in the title of your post. I actually use this 'problem' to my advantage: I adjust my internal clock. Wake up late at night refreshed, bright-eyed and bushy tailed, and then go hit the graveyard shift dealers in the early AM...

Why Few Are Able To Do It why few do it: 1 - counting is work and a grind -- People want easy money, not to work for it. 2 - counting requires discipline -- an ever faster vanishing character trait. I want mine now, quicker. Instant results rule! 3 - casinos have lots of traps -- many a...

Even more tap dancing. > I have read that some poeple think there are very few (in the 100's) > proficient card counters actually playing. Why is that? Because it is not something you can learn by paying $800 for a weekend seminar.

Mickey isn't as smart. Notice newbie want-to-be counter that didn't know that an $800 watered down counting system seminar wasn't a good deal, all of sudden is throwing around Jerry Paterson's name. Hmmmm... seems to know about the counting scene from 20 years ago. Maybe Mickey knows more than...

Some Numbers 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 T A - - - - - - - - -- - 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 -2 0 PE .63 BE .90 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 -2 0 PE .66 BE .89 Incorporation of an Ace side count would add around .05 to the BE for the above counts.

An Immediate Improvement Instead of counting the 2 as +1, count it as 0 and count the 7 as +1 That would give you a big improvement on PE, which this count should be very good at. I assume you would some how side count the Ace for reasonable BE also.

Learn Basic Strategy COLD Know basic strategy 100%. Pick up KO Count book or any of the other basic texts here (ask for advice). Have the discipline to practice and learn how to count. The secret to playing the shoe games at your casino is to not play every hand! Have the patience and...

I'll repeat it one more time. "I have played 10,000 hands on a computer counting program from Deepnet (up $9000 with $15 units), and also 5,000 hands using 6-7-8 software and have come out as well as the other computer players using ko and hi-lo. Maybe this is not enough also." IF for $800...