Recent content by Sonny

But just think about how big your win rate would be if your unit size was your smallest bet! Using units instead of dollars can make for much better stories. For example: At an off-strip casino I once spread from the table min to 2x table max with no heat. At a downtown casino my partner and I...

I like your approach. It does a better job of normalizing the different betting styles, especially when your max bet is limited in certain casinos. Most of the games I play are binary "bet or don't bet" situations so the unit size is pretty obvious. -Sonny-

Hi KJ! Glad to see you're still earning. I think of my unit as the bet I would make at a TC of zero. My minimum bet might be lower in negative counts, or my unit might be an average of several different bet sizes that I use at TC 0. It's hard to really quantify a unit size when different games...

Wow, that was an old post. I'm up to 18 years now, but most of that data is skewed by other playing styles. I don't do a whole lot of straight card counting. When I isolate the card counting sessions it ends up being about 1.3 units per hour, but mostly because I try to play at uncrowded tables...

FACT: The casino does not need a reason to fire a dealer. They do it all the time, often with no reason or an illegitimate one. FACT: In many casinos the dealers are hired on a short-term basis and must re-audition for their job every year or so. They are not considered long-term employees...

"If you're not cheating, you're not cheating. They can't do anything." ...said every AP who was ever 86ed, back-roomed, arrested, threatened, harassed or stalked. -Sonny-

It has nothing to do with greedy players. Some casinos will pull this scam for a few hundred dollars, or even when the player is losing. It's not about money, it's about them desperately wanting to get your personal information. Some casinos are desperate enough to break the law to get it. When...

Doesn't being inducted into the BJ Hall of Fame count? -Sonny-

No, just take both. Failing that option, switch envelopes, check the amount and possibly switch back. Failing that option, just take the first envelope and get back to the BJ tables.

Inserting then twisting the cut card in order to peek at the cards, then re-cutting the deck in order to steer the cards is considered illegal by the courts. -Sonny-

And the Advanced Strategies section has a thread on the Gregorian Strategy! :laugh: Wow, that's gotta be the early days. -Sonny-

I wondered where you went! I always enjoyed reading your posts. Good to see you again, although probably for the last time. I'm absolutely hopeless at poker. -Sonny-

Everyone I've ever seen at the tables, or behind the tables. :laugh: -Sonny-

Yeah, I'm not going to miss this. :laugh::laugh::laugh: -Sonny-

I could verify it, but who would verify me? This is the internet after all. -Sonny-