Recent content by Beast

That's absolutely normal for shoe games. Have you tried wonging?

I played HO2 for years, and I can tell you the insurance index is 5 for all decks. RA indices generally pertain to splits and DD's. The only time I recall anything related to insurance was when taking even money.

My best while being accurate with Hi-Opt II without Ace was 9 seconds, but I averaged around 12-14. I hold the deck in my hand with cards face up and push them off with my left thumb. Although, I do agree with others that this isn't a good way to practice. You need to practice making all the...

I think you have the right idea...16vT is a very close BS play where you always stand on any positive count. That being said if one is betting higher in positive counts than negative ones it makes more sense and money to always stand if not using index numbers. I did a google search and found...

Hi, It is almost a certainty that playing this "fuzzy" counting will lose especially in shoes. I had a good friend that lost everything he had doing this including a branch of businesses.....a real shame. Single deck might be an exception especially if you use what is called a card...

IMO it is best not to create a scene and go quietly. The logic behing this is that you can slip back in more easily later. It's just part of the cat and mouse game. Best, Beast

I didn't run the numbers, but that sounds about right.

I ran a really quick sim of the game I described with SBA w/o LS, HiOptII w/o Ace, TC calculated to nearest 1/2 dk. The sim had a player sitting at only one table the whole time never looking for a better game in negative counts while only playiing positive counts. I backcounted tables, so my...

Hi, Well good games can be found from time to time if one looks.... That shoe game that I mentioned even had LS, but didn't make it much more than a month before disappearing. Hell, I have even found SD dealt to the bottom many times which was never reported by anyone on the internet. Of...

Of course, I meant to say rule of 6 for SD.

Hi, In short the answer is no. At extremely high counts you get more 20 pushes. Beast

Hi, Well, when I first started playing I played to 2k bank using the hioptII. I backed some shoes dealt to half a deck and doubled in less than a hundred hours with 5% RoR. I did that b/c I didn't really know if those books were rightlol. After that I was hooked, and went to a 5k bank and...

It may be true that some players don't count the hit cards of other players into their count before they play their hand, but I bet most people do. And, those cards that are seen when a player gets a BJ or busts I would guess have to be counted before you play your hand as those cards go to the...

Cool! Glad to see they got Kevin Spacey.

reKO Beast:) First, I changed the starting count to 0 for 1dk and -4 for 2dk, so Norm's 2 indices go to 3. Ok, here are the 3 index plays: 16vT; 15vT; 12v2,3,4; TvT,A; 9v2,7; 8v5,6; A9v5,6; A8v4,5,6; A6,A7v2; A5v3; A2,A3v4; 88vT(noDAS); and, of course, insurance I added another...