Recent content by darksun

After watching the 1997 wsop on espn2 on Christmas Eve, I googled Stu Unger to learn a little more about the 3 time winner. In the short biographies that I found was Stu's ability to predict each card in the last 2 decks of a 6 deck shoe here is an excerpt: "Stu Unger would bet anyone $10,000...

Hi all, Today was my first real shot at advantage play, and I'd say I did pretty good and I have learned so much more in one night than in 5 months of reading (Although those 5 months gave me a pretty solid foundation I'd say). First off, the Barona casino outside of San Diego is brand new...

san diego blackjack is vegas style fortunately. Vegas would be ideal but I have no choice but to patronize SD casinos due to my age.

Looks like it's time for my second BJ outing. I'll be in San Diego this weekend and blackjack is on my agenda. I'm looking for a little insight regarding the blackjack conditions at the Golden Acorn and Barona. Thanks, -Eric

Re: LA Area I had thought about doing this but it didn't seem like all that great of an idea. A lot of it has to do with my girlfriend probably freaking out about people she doesn't know coming to our apartment haha. I also found that it's a lot more efficient to use software. -darksun

Re: has anyone seen this? I agree =( I think it sucks that right about when I start learning how to count the MIT story surfaced.

while browsing google today i stumbled across this: (Dead link: http://www.mitblackjack.com) the domain is registered to a David Irvine, dba Beat the House LLC. any takers on whether this is going to be a scam site or legit? -eric

I'm just curious, but what kind of rules do these casinos offer?

The funny thing is... so she calls me obsessive.... we go on this cruise and she is the one with her eyes bugging out as she drops 115 bucks into the slots and checks the machine for lost quarters. I lose 4 units. =P

So I count through a deck for about 30 mins a day, play hands on my computer at work for about an hour a day, probably less. I love Blackjack because it reveals little suprises to me the more a learn about it. Blackjack is the only hobby that has really caught my attention since my interest in...

yeah I am confused on this one, what is the "order of operations" so to speak...does the pair splitting chart that tells you to always split 8's have more precedence over the hard count chart that says surrender 16 vs 10. -darksun

yeah it was quite thrilling. I was down to my last 4 chips and i rallied on 2 sessions. Lol I know it seems funny to consider a 20 dollar winning session a rally, but it was a lot of fun. -darksun

So I had a great time this weekend on my cruise, and a big part of it was the blackjack aboard the ship since it would be the first time I have ever played for real. It was a great experience, complete with ploppy stories and all. First things first, the game quality was pretty poor: 6D, DA2...

Re: A new college team... Where does the 50 to 100k come from? That's the issue =P Another one being, do team tactics really exist anymore? big player, etc? Or is the only team tactic these days more counters = more profit.

Re: A new college team... seriously zg. i read the mit book and it really motivates me, I hope to eventually get to that level.