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There is already a thread in the Voodoo subforum, but nothing in the General & Card Counting subfora. Too funny!

My sims usually top out around +17 I am also curious about this: I practiced with Fred Renzey's ramp, and noticed I was throttling up fast, to the point of quintupling my bets on successive hands fairly often. I have run a few dozen Mentor sims on CVCX and CVData, and I have never seen a...

For 6 decks, about 0.2%; more for double/single deck games. (Going from memory here - someone will correct me if I'm wrong.) Index tables. See any blackjack book which discusses the system you're interested in. 15v10 is a loser hand either way. In high enough counts, you lose less often if...

Also enjoyed the fractional-Kelly evangelism. :joker:

The right decision If you don't want to be an unpaid babysitter, you shouldn't. The hassles involved in moderating and de-spamming a discussion board are ongoing and thankless. I appreciate the help you have given me by allowing access to so many good posts here. You done good for a lot...

Were it not for variance, non-counting and non-basic strategy players would lose every time, and blackjack would not exist at all. The huge variance makes it possible for casual or addicted gamblers to convince themselves that they can beat, or are beating, this game, for weeks or months...

But of course: I insist on it. Are you of a different opinion?

Seems to be an eternal question The general rule of thumb, stated in Wong's book and elsewhere, is that two hands at 3/4*X is about the same ROR as 1 hand at X, where X is the maximum bet, and the ramps are similar in the sense that the max bet comes at the same count for either scheme. I am...

Can't remember the reason for this. It superficially seems to contradict the True Count Theorem, but, of course, it doesn't. I must crack open Blackjack Attack III tonight.

Depends on the particular count: ranges from not much to 2*(not much). It will be worse for a level-1 count than a level-2 count, because a single point is worth more in level-1 count. I have seen this mentioned occasionally, and have run sims with count errors built in. I believe such errors...

50-50 For all numbers of decks and all balanced counts, the count is positive 50% of the time.

I share this opinion. My first 150 hours were much like being tossed over the fence at the Rottweiler sanctuary. Now, winning sessions feel like gifts from Iblis and Baphomet. I am grateful for every nickel won, and see it as undeserved windfall which could be taken back at any moment.

Good, good - all good. I now side-count jacks: I played a couple of shoes on my coffee table, and I noticed that, if I had known there was a jack coming, I would have saved $1 million on this one play, because I use a $100,000 unit when I'm playing at home. To those who scoff, I ask: How many...

Do what the next guy is doing! I gave off an unintended aura of competence one day. The guy next to me, won over by my winning double downs, doubled all his hands for the rest of the shoe!

I guess it wouldn't hurt to be vigilante, but most APs believe that being vigilant is also good, and probably less hassle from a legal perspective.