Recent content by Bobaloo

Thanks Canceler.

Deepnet Mentor vs BS Engine: A,8 vs 6 in 8-deck Ah,,, prolly the answer is obvious and I am just dense but it looks to me like the Basic Strategy Engine on this site calls for doubling A,8 vs 6 in 8-deck, H17, DAS, no Surrender, while Deepnet Mentor's Basic Strategy says to stand on A,8 vs 6 in...

Thanks BJinJ

I intended to be tongue in cheek Zero ole boy; I played hundreds or thousands of hands over three days, working like a madman and wound up with a paltry few bucks to show for it. How dopey is that? I dont think I said I was banned totally from any casino. I was told I could no longer play bj...

Many thanks you guys for the comments and the suggestions. I guess I better get a copy of Wong's book if I want to see how Thorp's basic strategy has evolved. Also that will help me figure out what "wonging" means I bet. Great message board, but damn! some of you fellas must be math geniuses...

Thanks for your explanations. Much appreciated. I may not be all that observant, but I was surprised there weren't more differences vs the game of 30 years ago. Multi-deck is new, players cards are new (at least electronic ones are), and peeking with the electronic eye is new (I don't recall...

Having nothing else to do in the evenings between ladies in my life, I picked up a copy of Thorp's book BTD in 1975 and basically imprinted its Basic Strategy and hi-lo counting system on my feeble brain through repetition. I took a bus to Reno from nyc. Over three days I played 30 hours or so...

Uh... so does this mean that the copy of Thorp's Beat the Dealer I have carefully stored away for 30 years (2d edition) contains a basic strategy that is no longer valid? Damn. I was just getting ready to use it again.