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I myself in the last few months have become proficient at poker, online especially to make almost what I can card counting. I was wondering how many of you here play the game well enough to win at it, instead of just a hobby.

Best thing to do is read as much as you can. Look up the best books on this website and read and study them. Try to really understand why each aspect is important. Make sure u can keep the count flawlessly (it just takes practice). And commmit your index tables to memory. After that, the real...

Very interesting I am wondering how exactly u calculate how tilted the table is. Is it by when the ball drops, the distance or time it takes before it bounces? Is this used a lot today by pros? More info please. Very interesting.

I was wondering if they offer surrender too. I thought they had table fees as well. Did they get rid of those?

However you can learn to use this for keeping track of the aces as they're shuffled. Learning to steer them can be very advantageous if you're able to learn how.

RE. The only question I might raise is if you're trying to use this new ID at a casino where you already have heat from using your current ID, then this new ID won't work too long. Eventhough most casinos keep track of their players through their driver's licensce id numbers, I've had a couple...

Going to LV this weekend. Want to buy a BJ felt or table if cheap enough as well as a discard tray and some chips. Anyone know where the best place to go in LV for this?

Re Go buy Schlesinger's Blackjack Attack. He has some good data on how to play with a team, ie how many people you should use, what your winnings will be, etc.

I would really like to know what the average age is for everyone that counts here. I'm guessing it's around 30-45 or something like that. I would also like to know what most people's backgrounds are- mathematics, or engineering majors? any BA majors? I'd really like to see a poll taken on this.

how long to play When I go to LV, I usually stay for 3 days, get there in late afternoon, early evening on Friday, and leave Sunday afternoon. I like to get in as much table time as possible. So I'll play that first night till 4 or 5 am. The next day I'll get up around 1 and eat, then do it all...

Re: For what,comps? First off, I got 86'd using a different name with a fake id. I went back with my real id. Of course I did not get arrested. And yes, if you're betting significant amounts of money, it is an automatic red flag if you refuse to get a player's card. That makes them think that...

The key is to not move your head as the cards are dealt. Try and keep your head pointing at your cards or tilted off to somewhere else. Keep the count with your eyes, don't move your head/body as the cards fly out. Also try speed counting a table of cards that are out, just after the dealer...

Re: For what,comps? I agree with the Mayor. You guys are crazy riduculous to think that you don't need a fake id. WHen you start betting black, they will hound you until you get a players card. If you don't, they will immediately call upstairs to "check this guy out." Plus, you need the fake id...

You're going overboard a bit. I've been read the trespass act at a major casino in vegas. I've played at that casino's conglomerate chain many many times under different id's and everytime, things are cool. I know I'm in sin, but you have to be a moron to not be able to notice when the PC's...

The best way to get ahold of a fake id is go back to college. I go to college and so do all of my friends at other schools. We all know someone who makes fake Id's. Ask a cousin or a friend with a college kid, tell them you'll give them 50 bucks on the side for the favor, or buy them some beer...

Here's a good story. About 1 year ago last summer when my friends and I just started playing, we worshiped the "Bringing Down the House" book. I would big play and ONLY play good counts. We had no idea of ROR and were using a WAY TOO HIGH BU with 150 dollars and would spread to 3 hands...

Re: "True artist" - are you joking?! I agree completely. They are unskilled labor. I find it unacceptable in all ways you can look at it to say that many dealers make as much as an electrical engineer or any other skilled profession. As one, I think that it is ridiculous that I go to school for...

There aren't a whole lot of full time counters out there that solely make their living off of BJ. The fact is that you can't always play an area forever. Many try at full timing it, but find they can't handle the swings. Everyone has an "unblievable" bad luck story of how they lost 20 double...

I have kept in touch with a table games supervisor at a big casino in California, he has given me advice in the past. He recently told me to try to find an article in Global Gaming Business; Dec 2003, pg 23. The article is on a few casinos with a different kind of philosophy as regards card...

I got a couple places in Las Vegas for double deck, hit me back: ladykiller11982@yahoo.com