Firstly, hello to everyone!
I've had something of an obsession with blackjack since last weekend - prior to doing some research on the game last saturday night / sunday morning I thought every game in casinos against the house had negative EV for the player. Since learning that BJ can be beaten I've put in a few hours of practice every night and already seem have BS down (6D S17 DOA DAS no peek) and I've been counting my way (Hi - Lo) through a deck in 40 seconds consistently since yesterday.
These forums have been an excellent (and often hilarious!) source of information, although I have a few questions to which I haven't encountered the answer to as yet and was hoping somebody could help me or point me in the right direction for more information.
Firstly, I have some books on order (Best Blackjack by Scoblete, Frank and Blackjack Bluebook II) which I am hoping will make for good reading, but at present I am struggling to make sense of how BS and CC are used at the tables. Am I right in thinking that the appropriate BS is always played, regardless of what the count is - the bet size being the only variable? Or does the actual BS change as the count changes, such that if you know the count is very low then the chances of hitting a ten are also very low and as such standing on 12 for example against a 4 doesn't seem to make as much sense?
Also (and I apologise if this one sounds too "noob"), but I've often seen the figure of -1% for the house advantage quoted as the advantage a good card counter could have against certain games - does this translate as a profit for the player of 1 unit for every 100 units bet or does it mean something entirely different?
Any help anyone can give on these points would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
I've had something of an obsession with blackjack since last weekend - prior to doing some research on the game last saturday night / sunday morning I thought every game in casinos against the house had negative EV for the player. Since learning that BJ can be beaten I've put in a few hours of practice every night and already seem have BS down (6D S17 DOA DAS no peek) and I've been counting my way (Hi - Lo) through a deck in 40 seconds consistently since yesterday.
These forums have been an excellent (and often hilarious!) source of information, although I have a few questions to which I haven't encountered the answer to as yet and was hoping somebody could help me or point me in the right direction for more information.
Firstly, I have some books on order (Best Blackjack by Scoblete, Frank and Blackjack Bluebook II) which I am hoping will make for good reading, but at present I am struggling to make sense of how BS and CC are used at the tables. Am I right in thinking that the appropriate BS is always played, regardless of what the count is - the bet size being the only variable? Or does the actual BS change as the count changes, such that if you know the count is very low then the chances of hitting a ten are also very low and as such standing on 12 for example against a 4 doesn't seem to make as much sense?
Also (and I apologise if this one sounds too "noob"), but I've often seen the figure of -1% for the house advantage quoted as the advantage a good card counter could have against certain games - does this translate as a profit for the player of 1 unit for every 100 units bet or does it mean something entirely different?
Any help anyone can give on these points would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.