Recent content by Myooligan

cutting to the ace is illegal? Didn't know that. Zg, would you mind elaborating?

and/or. . . in addition to Sonny's suggestions, another route is to pick up CVBJ and CVShuffle and teach yourself by playing around with the shuffle analysis tools. Actually, I think you could learn a lot just by picking up the demo version, which will give scrambled results but could teach you...

puzzled by the question *LINK* It's obviously not either/or. Why wouldn't you want to use play variations, too? Play variation alone isn't worth much, though you can do OK with only a betting strategy, as others have already said. As for how play variation (in this case the I18) combined with...

reverse-kelly betting Okay gang what is his RoR? zg Is there a way to size George's bets that minimizes his advantage while ensuring a risk of ruin of 100%? Not that he isn't doing just fine on his own. . .

somehow I get the feeling. . . . . . that the people would rather hear from you than me. :) Besides, with less than 20 hrs. of real casino play under my belt, I feel a bit underqualified. Still, thanks for the signature, Mayor. You're my biggest fan.

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shared responsibility Just finished a workplace training session on alcohol service-related issues. They gave us all sorts of stories about the venue getting sued because they were found partly responsible for the drunken conduct. For instance, in one case a bartender cut off service to a guy...

You might try running this question at advantageplayer.com . . . ask for Don S. :)

yes, but only if your bankroll is infinite, too :)

index numbers *LINK* Cat, There are two excellent posts/articles over at bjmath.com about this topic. They're geared toward beginners, written by a very talented teacher, and I highly recommend taking a look. Just follow the link to bjmath.com, then hit the Table of Contents button at the...

zg (or anyone else who pays attention to SD shuffles), Is the riffle-riffle-strip-riffle-cut shuffle fairly standard in SD games? One set of strips, usually? I know I'm studying this matter in depth against the better judgment of both you and The Mayor, but then, you probably have more...

Risk You can find a good discussion of Risk-Averse Index numbers in Don Schlesinger's Blackjack Attack III(available at the online catalog at advantageplayer.com, among other places). There are several good discussions of other risk-related aspects of blackjack in it as well, notably the SCORE...

Thanks zg

? for zg I'm looking to start tracking aces on SD games, pretty much along the lines you describe: Looking for an ev increase of 1-5% rather than 51%. What I'm wondering is, do you use CVShuffle? If so, would you say it can pretty much show you all you need to know, as far as prediction...

You should figure out the proper index for doubling a soft 22 before trying a stunt like that.