Lots of counters jumping on system players on this board. I've been playing for over 25 years and counting makes no sense to me.
If you're down to the last 100 cards in a 6 deck shoe the only thing that matters is the next 20 cards as that's all you're going to see. You can have a sky high count and those 20 cards may still be all 4's, 5's, 6's and 7's.
And knowing that over the next 10,000 hands such-and-such should happen won't keep me from losing my bankroll. So what good is it? I go broke and you tell me it's OK because I made the right bet. And if I just stick with it another 5 years I'll be proved correct.
Trouble is I'm going home after 2 more shoes. I need something that'll do the job now. And that's where progressions have it all over card counting.
Progressions react to clumps of high and low cards shoe by shoe. A positive progression protects you by keeping your bets low when the cards are running against you. And it directs you to bet more when they're runnng more in your favor.
Progression react rather than try to predict, which nothing can do. And they can work for diciplined players.
I've been playing blackjack regularly for over 25 years. I've been tracking my play for the past 14 years. Over those 14 years, in a typical session, I play at $5 tables ($5 min, $200 max) for 150 - 200 dealt hands ( I play 2 hands). I average a net profit (wins - losses) of just under $3 per dealt hand, or just over $500 per session.
I've never met a counter who could match that.
If you're down to the last 100 cards in a 6 deck shoe the only thing that matters is the next 20 cards as that's all you're going to see. You can have a sky high count and those 20 cards may still be all 4's, 5's, 6's and 7's.
And knowing that over the next 10,000 hands such-and-such should happen won't keep me from losing my bankroll. So what good is it? I go broke and you tell me it's OK because I made the right bet. And if I just stick with it another 5 years I'll be proved correct.
Trouble is I'm going home after 2 more shoes. I need something that'll do the job now. And that's where progressions have it all over card counting.
Progressions react to clumps of high and low cards shoe by shoe. A positive progression protects you by keeping your bets low when the cards are running against you. And it directs you to bet more when they're runnng more in your favor.
Progression react rather than try to predict, which nothing can do. And they can work for diciplined players.
I've been playing blackjack regularly for over 25 years. I've been tracking my play for the past 14 years. Over those 14 years, in a typical session, I play at $5 tables ($5 min, $200 max) for 150 - 200 dealt hands ( I play 2 hands). I average a net profit (wins - losses) of just under $3 per dealt hand, or just over $500 per session.
I've never met a counter who could match that.