Recent content by SplitFives

Thanks, Mayor, for keeping this site running. I'm curious about something in Wong's 'Professional Blackjack'. He discusses the Unbalanced 10's count, especially its perfect correlation with insurance decisions, and gives figures for the higher expectation that this count would generate when...

Split those eights. This is one of those questions that arise only when I'm playing or dreaming about playing, and make me feel stupid for not instinctively knowing the answer. Usually I don't think of 8-8 as being 16, anyway, so surrender would not creep into my brain. If I split the eights...

Good choice, I think, because it says all the things you don't want to forget, and is entertaining and clear enough to make them memorable. Also, much better prose than is normal in blackjack books. It's aimed at the reasonably intelligent and diligent advantage player, and lays out the...

Nice guerrilla photojournalism. A couple of notes on one photo -- several of those folks are known counters: -The cigar guy in the foreground is about to double a 7 against the dealer's 5. -The praying woman in the background is using Revere's APC (Advanced Point Count). For the future, it...