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I've been looking for a set of casino chips for home use. Currently I have a set of those generic single-colored chips with the dice logos on them, they're nice and heavy but way too slippery. I can't go more than a few minutes without bumping them and having stacks and stacks fall over. My...

Hey guys, I hate to bump my own thread it, but I've recently received a pm from someone who was using my chart but also was surprised by my result of having 17 stand against an Ace always. Could anyone give me a definite answer as to what the correct play is at 17 v A? Rules are: h17...

It may be to try to reduce the chance that a BP would under report his winnings, or perhaps to try to punish people who periodically lose the count or miscount or misbet. These are just my ideas, the experts here will be able to give you better answers I'm sure.

What happens if they don't have enough cards to finish a hand?

To both you and Muppet, this is very interesting. I did not know this before. You divide the running count: RC = HIGH CARDS (you've seen) - LOW CARDS (you've seen) and then divide that by the number of remaining decks left to be dealt. True Count = RC / remaining decks So in...

But if you were to do this with the next 6 cards (as would be the case with 3 extra players at the table) would the results be the same? My point was simply that the more people there are playing the more cards are used. And the more cards that are the used the more likely the TC will move...

Well I'm certainly not a guru, but what you're experiencing is just variance. It's certainly possible to lose several hands in a row (even in high counts) -- the higher the count gets the odds of you winning increase but it's never a guarantee. As for playing heads up vs. with players, you...

Ok so if your spread is TC -1 (with TC of 1 and <=0 using 1 as well going up to a max of TC=7 with a bet of 6 units) playing 4d, h17, das, ls, 75% pen here are your index numbers (this was Big 63 on CVData and I included all positive counts but only indexes down to -2, since you should not be...

As I'm running the sims it looks like there will be a difference. I'll have your index ready in a bit.

Actually, I recently did this for myself--same rules except I did mine with 6d. To the other players here: does anyone know if index will have changes between 4d and 6d? While I wait for a response I'll run another test, but I put 50+ index plays (I am planning to wong out at -1 or -2 so I...

What are the rules for the game you're playing (how many decks, does dealer hit soft 17, whats the pen like, is there late surrender, can you double after a split, etc.)? You'll want to make sure you're using the right index values for your specific rules. If you provide me with the rules I...

I noticed you guys mentioned Hinkley but no one mentioned Grand Casino Mille Lacs -- are the conditions there similar? On my way to my cabin I pass right by Grand Casino but have yet to stop.

I have been answering a lot of my own questions. Each of my two prior posts had about five questions each which I later removed. I do have one question though: When I generated the Big 63 for my play it gave me some results which differed from the BS chart I generated on this site. On here it...

I know this is a little off topic, but I was wondering what you mean by a "stiff".

I was reading another newcomer's thread and someone advised him to learn like 50 index plays since he was already going to learn I-18 -- so what other indices for 6d, h17, hi-lo should I consider? Thanks again :) Itake Edit: I used CVData to find the "Big 63" index plays for me (as well...