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Take a look at this article Thanks for the response Mayor. Sorry for posting to multiple boards, it is just that some people will not respond to a post if it is not posted on "their" board due to politics. I did some research on the "grifter gambit" that you mentioned and I found an entire...

Who has higher SCORE? Professor Jacobsen, thanks for your response. Is this topic covered in your book ? My guess is that playing multiple hands(1/3 unit each) in negative/neutral counts will be more profitable then spreading 1-12 units only playing 1 hand at a time. If a counter spreads...

In Ken Uston's classic work Million Dollar Blackjack, the author proposes some revolutionary methods of getting the advantage over the house. One of these methods is playing multiple hands in negative counts(aka card eating effect). On page 153, Uston states as follows: "You've just bet 4...

What about Borgata? I hear Borgata has 6 decks with the typical AC rules and 75% penetration. Why didnt you play over there? That seems like a decent(but not great) game. -MJ

What goes around comes around! Wonderful post Grifter! Griffin ruined the dream life for so many professional teams such as the Hyland teams, MIT teams, Czech teams, and Uston teams...not to mention numerous other professional players. Griffin deliberately instills fear into the casinos just...

Question for Zen about the fake id website Is FakeIdgroup.com a legitimate website? What do you think? I am looking to get a fake id myself just for the sake of privacy when I play at the tables. I need a comp card too but do not want to show my real id. The ID has to look somewhat real no...

Could be right Hey SSR thanks for responding. I've seen your posts(on various boards) over the last few months and find them to be helpful. "Personally, if I were worried about 1/2 kelly ROR, rather than dividing my BR into chunks and 1/2 Kelly betting a single chunk, I would just drop to 1/4...

Thanks Professor I understand what you did. You took .135 ^ 5 = .00004484 = .004%. You computed the probability that each fraction of the bankroll would be lost betting at full kelley. So, assuming I wanted to maintain the level of risk above, I can just size my unit based upon .2 Kelley for...

If one's goal is to grow their bankroll at a moderate pace(.5 kelley), is it better to split the bankroll into SEVERAL SMALLER bankrolls and play each one aggressively(meaning full kelley and it either doubles or goes bust, in which case he simply moves on to the next one) or is it better to...

Ace Tracking Question If the 2 aces are dealt to third base, is it possible to track the aces? I think there wouldn't be any key cards available right? -MJ

For those of you that have BJRM, I was wondering what the index numbers are for splitting 10s vs 5 and 6(for 1, 2, 6, 8 decks)with the KO system. I think it should be in Systems 101. Thanks to anybody who can help me out!! -MJ

Another question Thanks Mayor! In the case of the $100 wager with a 10%Expected value, if somebody offered $101 for it how much variance should there be in order to accept this offer? Mathematically there must be a point when accepting the wager becomes our advantage no? I would imagine the...

Mayor, I see this term from time to time and am curious to know exactly what it means. On CVCX it is defined as "the value of a wager". How would you explain the meaning of this term? In the "Hot Shoe" DVD Andy Bloch from the MIT team mentions "certainty equivalent" when talking about how the...

How much better is this than normal KO? Hey Syph this is quite an interesting advancement to the KO Preferred System. My only question is how much better does this improved system perform then "out of the box" KO? I believe KO Preferred gives the player .78% in EV spreading 1-10 units in a 6D...

Thanks for the advice! :-)