Recent content by slowride

Thanks for the advice fellas!

If your going to play BJ and want to just play correct basic strategy only %100 and no counting which game should I play over the other? Ive always just played 6d shoes with good rules, however if I'm not counting should I play a 1 or 2 deck pitch game? My understanding from these games the...

So the main reason your at a disadvantage with more decks is that you will receive less blackjacks compared to a game that uses fewer decks?? Even though it is a slight percentage? The 2nd question i had about dd and splitting, if the dealer has a bj i wont have a chance to dd/split because...

Hello fellas, i had 2 elementary questions to ask, since I'm just a recreational player and somewhat new to the trade. 1. I know that the more decks a game has the greater the house advantage, but why? 2. I was reading a book and it said that anytime you dd or split and the dealer gets a...

backcounting I was wondering what the calculation (so to speak) was for backcounting during mid shoe? I have no problem counting, but how do you know what the count would be if you just started counting when several decks have been dealt? Is their some formula or something i don't know? Any...

Hello all, I'm relatively new to the BJ world, been playing for about a year. I've read numerous books and have practiced hours upon hours. Anyway i had 3 questions i wanted to ask and maybe get some sound advice. 1. How often do positive shoes come across? When playing say 6 deck shoes, is...