Recent content by Murrow

If, as in your scenario, the dealer has 14 and draws an ace, that ace counts as 1 and the dealer essentially has hard 15. An ace can never bust a hand, unless you're hitting 21 :p Basically, an ace counts as 11 so long as the hand is equal to or less than 21. If not, it counts as 1.

I've only learned KO so far, so determining true count hasn't been an issue. Thanks for the advice. I had assumed that asking the number of decks may put up a flag in the dealer's mind. It's good to know it's a safe question.

I'm sure this has been covered before, but several site searches yielded poor results.. Does anyone have any advice on how to tell a 6 deck shoe from an 8 deck shoe? Is it just one of those things you learn over time, or are there tell-tale signs at any given table?

Yeah, the more odds you place the lower the HA. If you're betting with 100x odds, the HA is something like 0.02%. But you need a massive BR to sustain that kind of betting and the extreme volatility of craps. I still love it though :grin:

As most casinos are owned by corporations now, you can use the same card in a number of properties. So for all HET casinos (ie Harrah's, Horseshoe, Caesar's, etc) you only have one card that tracks your play at all of their casinos. Anybody can get one. Most of them have tier structures (ie...