Recent content by Calib Vincent

I just don't get this online BJ thing! Isn't it just too easy to run a parallel perfect play computer and take bank? I am REALLY suspicious about gambling money on the internet. Surely they can monitor whether you're counting and refuse to pay up? What are some reliable sites that are easy to...

So, there's someone spotting on the other side of the pit and he signals to the player at the table the value of the hole card? Dangerous if found out. Maybe you could use a rotating spotter who signals to an intermediate who signals the player? Many variations on the theme no doubt. Is this...

Excuse my ignorance but who are LVHCM and what are these mysterious tactics of theirs? Do they just try to get a sneak peak at the hole card? "That old trick never works." Whoever they are or whatever they stand for, I think you're within your rights to apply the same standards to their posts...

Yes, phantom007, we're all looking forward to your review. Cover is the most serious issue in cc today and represents the most significant challenge to the profitable future of our trade. If this book achieves what it says it does, then it's got one of my green chips! cjv

What other tactics, zg? How do you stay on the comp grift without alerting the casinos to the fact that you're cleaning them out on a regular basis? cjv

Re: How Many Decks? All other games at Crown are 8 decks, there is no exception for Pontoon. My assumption is that the only way to beat it would be to back count and wong in after recuperating a RC of 12. The chances of seeing a high count in this game, however, are no doubt significantly less...

You can Wong in if you're discrete. DA2, DAS but only split to max. two hands. I guess any strategy would involve starting the running count low to account for the missing tens (starting RC of -12)?

Crown Casino Melbourne has recently replaced all red chip bj tables with the new exciting game of "Crown Pontoon" (rules below). At first I thought this was just a shit game, a gimick to make the casino a stack of cash (all the tens removed!!!) under the guise of fun fun fun. But reading the...