Recent content by apex

Low If you are confident in your skills and understand the possible outcomes, I say go for it. A 20% ROR is still an 80% chance of success. During certain points of my play I was walking that line and I am happy I did. You have to understand the perspective of some of the answers you get...

Taking a break from BJI Well, this site has officially become the new facebook for me. I have spent most of this morning lurking and doing some posting. This is unacceptable! It is now busy season and I need to be working. I am hoping to Wong out of the BJI conversation until about November...

Hi-Lo! 2-6 +1 10-A -1

Counting is a basic technique that gives you a small advantage. The right time to go a step further in your progression is when the count improves. You are in a great spot. They think you play progressions, so you are a good customer in their book. Would be an excellent time to learn to...

If you want to give card counting a try, you can do it with any ammount of money. I consider it gambling with an edge (until you get to a "proper" bankroll) which is an excellent thing for gamblers to try. I wouldn't say I started AP with a $1000 bankroll. I was a gambler on a trip to Vegas...

I do it when the count is at about negative .5 and the table next to me just finished the shuffle. It is tough to do but I can keep track for a couple rounds well enough.

Yeah, forget the side count except maybe in single deck. My thought on counting is that you are keeping track to get a good idea of the composition of the deck. Higher level counts will give you a slightly better idea, but IMO it isn't that useful. For ideal play, like computers do in...

Signals are the easy part. Come up with something on your own and don't post it. Can your cousin count? If so, you will be better off with you both counting different shoes and spreading $5-$200. You can do a modified big player approach. When you wong out, go check on your cousin. If he...

Go with Hi-Lo! Save the extra effort for other things.

Should be enough I think 110 units is probably enough to likely last through your 48 hours of slow play. It sounds reasonable to me.

I agree with you that my original argument was BS. I agree with many who think some info shouldn't be posted publicly, or at least that it isn't in their/my best interest for it to be posted. I agree with you that e-mails and PMs should happen, and that you can't fight the flow of information...

I basically agree with you at this point in my career. I wanted people to share the info with me but realize now how valuable it is and see the value in not talking about it. I realize this does not reflect well on me. At the time It seemed odd to me that some things were allowed to be talked...

Some of you may have seen my first post about how I started counting. I practiced a bit and hit the ground running in Vegas. Not knowing much, I played double deck SF21 at Hooters. Was spreading $5-$120. 6-8 hours later and $1000 in positive variance later, I was politely backed off. The...

I have only seen one other AP, that was in Vegas. He was HCing a great game (wasn't blackjack.) I sat next to him and tried to play, but the angle wasn't quite right. Decided to try to wait and get his seat while playing table min. I started bullying him in my mind, hoping he would go bust so...

Jeepers! Did you win? I guess if you even had a chocolate chip, accidentally betting it couldn't have been too terrible for your BR.