Recent content by meteomonk

Minimum age at firekeepers? I'm only 20 and am also hoping dearly that firekeepers has a minimum gambling age of 18, although I'm expecting it to be 21. I looked everywhere online but can't find the information, do any of you know? I read that the casino south of grand rapids will be 21...

This simply does NOT make sense to me! Would the odds not go from 33.3% to 50% after being revealed what was behind door 3? why on earth would changing his answer give him 66% odds? there is no reason that after being shown there was a goat behind the door he DIDNT choose that his first...

Someone I know is trying to double $15,000 with a 25-150 spread. simply because of the "100 maximum bet bankroll rule" using KO I would guess many would call this spread tooo small. any opinions? I believe they chose 25 as min. rather than 15 to merit room and food comps to save money...

Ahh thank you! I was having a difficult time understanding the logic in your second paragraph. But after using the percentage of non-ten cards in the deck (.6923) as the percentage of time you'd win your blackjack while NEVER taking even money and a $100 bet as reference. With 3:2 payout and...

ahhh, yes that all makes sense. I must pose a question that may be terribly obvious. Is it implied that every set of casino surveillance personel knows how to count/has one or one employee per shift that can count/was trained in multiple signs of a card counter that couldn't easily be...

I suppose It works out quite nicely that most dealers don't know how to count, or don't know much at all about blackjack besides the rules. From all the 30 or more dealers i've had in the three casinos i've played at i can only remember one that could count and actually told me "nice" as I...

I know casinos take red chip advantage players less seriously, well atleast give them less scrutiny, does that mean i should be able to get away with more than a 5-50 spread on an average 6-decker. maybe 5-75 or more? obviously this depends on the casino but just wondering any experiences or...

I'm curious what the general rules of thumb are for spreading onto multiple hands and the bet size of each. It is probably a difficult topic with many aspects but if anyone could answer these questions it would be much appreciated. I've been told that it decreases risk as well as win rate due to...

Many of the deviations from basic strategy during various high or low counts make sense i.e. doubling on hard 8 vs. 5. When teaching my girlfriend basic strategy i have found it sensible to explain the reason for each decision. Now if any of you have an understanding of some of the harder to...

I've been playing an east coast casino with pitiful blackjack games. It is almost entirely continious shuffle machines and single deck with a 6:5 payout.. Due to the nature of this area, casinos are very sparse, and before by bankroll allows flights or long hotel stays i must make due...

Ahh thank you again!! I used the wonderful tables on the wizard of odds site to calculate the house advantage on a 6-deck shoe with the payout system that i'm playing, it looks slightly worse than version 1 at about 85% Return on a 1 deck game. It was very interesting to see that your odds of...

Ahh Thank you! These odds however are 2:1 and 50:1 rather than 3:2 and 25:1, perhaps he didn't factor in for this pay format? or perhaps wishful thinking on my part. Everywhere I have read has said that your odds are significantly better in more decks per shoe, perhaps it is easier to get an...

Okay, I thought I would contribute some newly discovered research and more questions.... In a 1993 book by stanford wong called blackjack secrets he claimed that a royal match side bet where a king-Queen combination paid 10:1 and any other match paid 3:1 the player had a 1.1% advantage on a...

Last night while playing at my local casinos 6 deck shoe game. I began to think about the royal match side bet, something I hadn't put much thought into the dozens of other trips I have made to the casino. As a girl placed $2 in the side bet spot and got paid $100!! I have been able to find...