Counting in your head..

[mikeinjersey]

I might try the "my-1" or M-1" next time, but I still feel there should be an easier way. The less talking in our head, the better...

With this being said, I sometimes feel its easier to win going off of patterns instead of counting. As most Shoes only seem to fluctuate from -3 to +3 all the time. On a rare occasion , you'll get to a +10...but that usually requires playing for hours..

I find its better just going off the frequency of 10's & facecards showing up. Is there a known legitimate technique for just counting 10's & facecards ? I estimate 85 before the cut card in a 6 deck shoe.

If I see a lot of non-10 cards show up for 2 straight hands...I bet higher and usually win. ( even if those 2 straight hands had mostly 7,8,9's....i'd still do it)

 

[prankster]

Sometime back I read a post by Bootlegger in which he said he uses bad1,bad 2,etc. I use it and it works for me.:joker:

 

[rrwoods]

If I'm "hearing" the count, it's "em-one, em-two, em-three...", but usually I "see" it instead.

 

[burneyj5]

I start at 100 and if the count is positive I just lop off the 1.

Example: 95,96,97,98,99,0,1,2,3,4,5...
So a 95 would be -5

 

[Southpaw]

With this being said, I sometimes feel its easier to win going off of patterns instead of counting. As most Shoes only seem to fluctuate from -3 to +3 all the time. On a rare occasion , you'll get to a +10...but that usually requires playing for hours..

Do NOT use a betting strategy based on how "hot" or "cold" the shoe has been to you. How you have been doing in the shoe is a TERRIBLE indicator of what the rest of the shoe will be like (i.e., there are MANY times where you are losing every hand--intuition might tell you that the small cards have been coming out during these hands--but the remaining decks will still be poor in 10s and As). This is strategy is for a gambler, not for a winner.

While playing CVBJ, I get TC's that are well above 10 (lvl. 2 system) on what seems to be about 1/3 to 1/2 (just an intuitive approximation) of all shoes that I do not wong out of (games are 6-8 decks and .75 pen).

 

[mikeinjersey]

I start at 100 and if the count is positive I just lop off the 1.

Example: 95,96,97,98,99,0,1,2,3,4,5...
So a 95 would be -5

interesting...i might try that.

 

[metronome]

Very NLP. zg

neuro-liguistic programming ? psycho-therapy approaches ??
ZG, my "other" personalities are always giving me a different count.:laugh::laugh:

 

[21gunsalute]

we should put our heads together and come up with an easier system , so that their all 1 syllable.

M1 , M2 is still = 2.

So is seven, not to mention all the teens and on up are multiple syllables.

 

[Alvaro]

If your betting unit is more than 1 - It is positive. Is nt it

That is just for balanced counts I guess.

For instance: KO count, have positive EV at some negative counts.(using a certain IRC), so you could bet more than 1 unit at negative zone.

 

[zengrifter]

I sometimes feel its easier to win going off of patterns instead of counting.

Its a Jersey thing. zg

 

[tensplitter]

Count positive in english and negative in another language

 

[21gunsalute]

With this being said, I sometimes feel its easier to win going off of patterns instead of counting. As most Shoes only seem to fluctuate from -3 to +3 all the time. On a rare occasion , you'll get to a +10...but that usually requires playing for hours..

Seriously? I don't believe I have ever seen a shoe that only fluctuated between a running count of -3 to +3. Ever! If you're talking TC that's another story altogether, but that would make your point moot as well.

It seems like counting would throw a monkey wrench into your negative progression.

 

[WrongWayWade]

Unbalanced - change the pivot

What I've done is change the pivot point on my Red 7 counting to basically eliminate all negative numbers.

In Red 7 normally for a 2-deck game you start at -4 and increase your bet at zero. I've moved the pivot to 12, so I start at 8 and when the count reaches 12, I increase my bet to 2 units. I use a direct count=unit betting ramp, so 13 it 3 units, 14 is 4, 15 is 5 and 16 is 6. I think you see the simplicity of the last digit of the count indicating the # of units to bet.

In a 6 deck game I'll change the pivot to 22 and start at 10.

The index plays are still easy for me, as i just use two sets of positive indexes, one set at '2' (units) and one set at '4'. So that's either 12 or 22 and 14 or 24.

 

[Thunder]

You may think this is weird but it works for me. When the count goes negative as in a rc of under -5 or so, I don't even say minus or negative. I just say 5, 6,7, 6, 5 etc knowing the whole time that it's in the negative column. If you have to say minus or negative to yourself each time you see a card, chances are you're not going to be able to keep up with a fast dealer.

 

[aslan]

I start at 100 and if the count is positive I just lop off the 1.

Example: 95,96,97,98,99,0,1,2,3,4,5...
So a 95 would be -5

I do the same thing. Since I use KO, which is an unbalanced count, I begin my RC at 80 for 6-deck, which is the same as minus twenty (-20).