Recent content by kmartonik

thanks Thank you very much for the info... I'll go check 'em out! :-)

Any recommendations? Does anyone have a recommendation for a good book that teaches more detail of counting cards? I bought Beat the Dealer, but I felt it was kind of vague on actual bet strategies while counting. Thanks, Kar :)

Thanks soooo much! :)

Enjoy when it's good, but don't forget to keep learning along the way! I've been playing about 4 months as well... started with $100 and brought it up to $500. I was a happy camper. :D But... after another month, I'm back to -$100. :( I'm thinking this is probably the way it goes in the...

I think it's making more sense now Ok.... thanks to all of you... I think this makes more sense now... no wonder I've been so thrown off. :eek: I guess it's all in the way we learn eh?? So, you can come into a game, at any time, start counting from 0 and take the running count then...

Another question... I'm just making sure I understand correctly... ok... You have an 8 deck shoe with 2 decks cut off in the beginning. The count is +2 after 1 deck gone (plus 2 cut off). You divide +2 by 5 = +.4 ($5 bet)........... a +6 with 3 decks (plus 2 cut off) would be 6 divde by 3 =...

Thanks for the comments here... Well... I am new to this and have been practicing the counting system. Finally went to the casino and have been keeping up pretty well w/ the count as long as I don't have more than 2 beers. Hahaha So, what I generally do is start at $5 and play that for a...

I recently took up blackjack and have moved onto try out card counting with the +1/-1 point system. In the beginning, the casino I've played at had 5 and 6 deck shoes. I was winning most of the time. Now I noticed they've gone to 8 deck shoes and I've been losing most of the time. I'm...