Recent content by OregonRick

I am definately not into the csm's. Automatic shufflers would be OK. With the minimum going up to $15 at night, I suppose I would definately have to backcount since I am working with a $5000 BR. I use a $5 unit. That size is just fine out here. Things sound a little tougher out that way...

La Center! I enjoy playing in La Center. It's just north of Portland. The casinos are very small, but I find they have excellent penetration on their 6 deck shoe game there. 5.25-5.5/6 decks and never worse that 5/6 decks. This is at one of the casinos there. They have 4 casinos, but I...

I am going to Detroit in about a month, and I am curious about the casinos. I always play the shoe games because I ahve a $5000 BR and don't feel it's big enough to play the other games. I am curious about which casino might be the best for me up there. What kind of penetration do they have? Do...

flow! I do my best to sound like a ploppy at the table. If the count drops and I want to sit out a few hands to see if it will go back up, I just tell them that I am going to try and change the flow of the cards.

Playing Blackjack for fun!! I play for fun, but since I consider winning to be fun and losing to suck, I count cards. It's tiring, but giving myself that little bit of an edgeand making money makes it fun for me.

There was a two way speaker/microphone at the cashier's cage. It was very loud.

This was my second time in the casino after learning how to card count. I go in early in the morning and lose $200 in about 30 minutes. I then leave for a few hours to play in a poker tournament and then come back to the same casino.I play for a couple of hours breaking even, and then I hit a...

penetration vs. edge At the casino that I play at, they have great penetration (85-90%). I am just curious what kind of edge that gives me. I know it's great when I have a high running count and I go past that one deck left mark. I am just curious about the edge.

I have heard rumors of that too, but I don't believe it. There are just too ways to make money with the count that high.:devil:

I think I would be to nervous to do something like that. I don't have enough experience to know what is and is not going to attract heat at the casino. I might have to ease into something like that further down the road.

Yeah! That's why I didn't mention the place. I have heard someone else on here talk about the place though, and they were right about the penetration. I couldn't believe what I was seeing.

It was the true count. With 1 1/4 decks left my running count was at 24. With 4 other people playing, we got rid of about a quarter deck on hand. The running count dropped to 20, but since I was now at one deck left(the cut card was at 3/4 deck), the true count also equaled 20.

I feel pretty good about the way I counted that shoe. I was amazed at all the low cards. Nobody else at the table was raising there bets either, so I know I was the only counter there. I couldn't believe how high it was either. I won't get my hopes up on seeing a count like that anytime soon. I...

I think it's the zen count that has to be +7 or higher, and the hi/lo is +4. I could be wrong though. You may be right about not betting on the lucky ladies, but with the count that high, it sure felt like I was playing correct. Anyone else have anything to say about this?

I read on this site that the Lucky Ladies side bet doesn't become profitable until the hi/lo true count reaches +4. I hold off until +6 and raise the bets with the count. With a true count of +20, I have to think that it would be crazy not to bet on the lucky ladies. I have to have a huge edge...