mdlbj said:
Looks like pretty bad rules. May want to add a travel expense to your BJ career.
hi all thanks for the opinions and advice given. by the way,mdlbj, you claim that looks like pretty bad rules,can u elaborate? which part is the worse?
and for bj bob, i've copied the explanation from the website of the particular casino that i'll be visiting--> Surrender
You may "Surrender" to the House by giving half of your bet, provided the House's first card is not an Ace. All decisions to "Surrender" shall be made immediately after the initial 2 cards are dealt to you.
that's regarding the surrender part. and by the way, i claim that blackjack pays 1 to 2, that's my error. sorry. i was trying to say blackjack pays 2 to 1. however i really doubt so because the website self contradict. there's this picture of the blackjack table showing BJ pays 2 to 1.but the bottom part of the website says paying BJ 3 to 2. i think it's most probably 3 to 2.
And sadly the penetration part i could not find out at this moment until i visit the casino in october. the 50% or 75% penetration was what i remembered when i was there at the casino about 2 weeks ago.
and there's another thing i forget to add that is: dbl after split is allowed. i summarize the rules again: -->
1)6deck shoe with penetration of 50%? or 75%? at the moment still could not find out
2)and dealer stands on soft 17,
3)max 3 split hands,
4)dbl only on 9,10,11.
5)early surrender allowed,
6)dbl after split allowed but same rules apply, only on 9,10,11
7)even money allowed.
8)and finally blackjack pays 2 to 3
so how are these rules favourable or not favourable to a counter?
and for silent bob, u said:blackjack is countable in 2008, but not in 2009, but then again in 2010, and it will be sweet in the 27th century, but the 28th century will be bad
what do u mean by that? are u hinting on something or trying to convey any hidden msg?? sorry i'm just an average guy with low iq or in fact worse than an average guy, maybe a bit stupid haha. and u said everything i said was confusing. u may be right.so i just simplify my question,which is:
can we still do card counting now? my definition of able to "do" card counting is able to make money from it. will it still be possible? just like those legends Dominic O'Brien , Ken Uston ,Wong and many others..
anyway i've something to discuss outside of BJ but is still in the gambling world. that is Roulette... i'm aware that skilled roulette dealers can get the particular number they want but most at best, gets the particular sector. truely skilled roulette dearlers can get their number dead on. though not 100% but at least 50% of the time.
thus i've this thinking: since roulette dealers can aqquire this skill overtime, how about us? can we too? i'm not talking about we, being able to spin the ball and let it land in the particular number we want. i'm saying can we aqquire the skill to predict where the number will land exactly or at least which sector of the wheel after watching countless of spins?
i've read before a book about roulette saying there's this guy who stands at the roulette wheel for at least 8 hours a day. in 3 months he is able to roughly predict the sector where the ball lands. in 6 months he started betting and won most of the time. and in 1 year he quit, due to too much attention from the casino. however he had won an enormous amt of money.
well, when i read the book, i was only half-believing. till now i'm still not sure. therefore i seek for your comments. what do u think about this? do u think it's possible??