Recent content by Eliot Jacobson

Here is my post on the DI for various baccarat side bets. https://www.888casino.com/blog/side-bets/the-desirability-index-of-baccarat-side-bets

I didn't delete any of my work. You should be able to find it by going to my website advancedadvantageplay.com and going to the pull down menu under AP heat.

Retired ...

Here you go ... totally worthless side bet for an AP: https://www.888casino.com/blog/side-bets/card-counting-the-match-the-dealer-side-bet-in-spanish-21

Thanks Ken. I was worried that I hadn't contacted you about this ahead of time, but I certainly want it to be a resource for your board and the larger blackjack community. With best wishes, Eliot

Greetings. After much thought I have decided ot make my book, The Blackjack Zone (c) 2005, free to download. It is available as a pdf file from my website, http://www.jacobsongaming.com (look in the Articles section). This document is made available for entertainment purposes only, and...

Quick update -- then back to lurking Photo is Yosemite. Just to bring you up to date... I don't play at all any more, and never was very good as an advantage player. I have three problems -- (1) I don't like personal secrecy, (2) I don't like being in casinos, and (3) I don't like...

Greetings, I enjoy reading this board, even though I don't post much on BJ boards these days. Given what has been posted here recently, I thought my single exchange with B.J. Holway may be of interest. I am offering this not as evidence of malice or intent, just as an exchange of possible...

ZG -- it is a balanced count ---------------------------------- For DD... A-9 (there are 72 of these cards) x +1 = +72 T-K (except QH, there are 30 of these cards) x -2 = -60 First QH = -10 Second QH = -2 (+72) + (-60) + (-10) + (-2) = 0...

A better system for LL I suggest using this counting system for FPLL on Double Deck -- A-9 = +1 T-K = -2 First Q of H = -10 Second Q of H = -2 Make the wager with a TC of 11 or higher. Cheers!

A twist of language >The number of hands you need to play to make your actual results equal your expected results is not measured in the thousands Your actual and expected results are not destined to be equal. If you flip a coin, the law of large numbers does NOT say that at some future...

Not quite >If you got a "charlie" every hand and bet the $10 minimum, you would realize a 2.5% increase over the house edge (which is around .63%). Actually, if you got the charlie every hand, you would have a 250% increase over the house edge, since $25 is 250% of $10. But Math aside, this...

The cut card effect In a game with a fixed number of hands between shuffles, there is no difference for the player using basic strategy in the house edge. However, if the house uses a cut card, then the house edge increases even against the basic strategy player. This is called the "Cut Card...

Online professional blackjack players There is no way to create an edge over online casinos with properly functioning games. You may find an online casino that is offering a game that is in your favor, this has happened in the past but it is is rare. This has never happened (as far as I...