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Sure glad you are still here and available. Got a good grasp of basic strategy from you several years ago….made one profitable trip up to the favored casino; again after health problems not so good. Back for another bite, this time I will get the count. You taught me quite a bit of useful info, and not only about blackjack. I’ll get more action, enjoyment and profit this time. Thanks again for being so clear and easy for me to learn and use.
this guy is crazy with the money you need to progress. If I played at a $25 dollar table, I would need $800 to be able to lose 6 times. On the 6th loss I would be broke. If you do this martingale, and only have a goal of $150 profit, you can fairly easy get up 6 hands and leave. And the system I am talking about is the exact same, except lose $25 and then bet $25 again to break even. Every double win you get your $25 profit and $25 profit for every consecutive win after that. $2550 for a $10 bet starting? How many damn hands do you plan on losing in a row????? And if i get up $150 a day and end up losing my bankroll on one visit every 47 times like the losing 6 hands says, then I will lose 800 compared to the 46×150 which is $6900, still coming out $6100 profit. Now I know you can lose more than 1 in 47 attempts and I know shit happens. But getting up only 6 hands with this system is not that staggering of a goal. Stick to your limit/goal and it could be way better than this guy makes it out to be. When minimum wage is $8.00/hr, bringing home $750.00 a week isn’t bad for getting up 6 hands, 5 days a week.
The quiz needs to state how the dealer deals the dealer getting with a BJ. The quiz assumes the dealer declares it straight away. Most online BJ games dont, they let player play first then the dealer declares it. So if player doubles or splits, the player loses that extra bet too.
For 4/6/8 Decks, H17 and S17, what were the rules that you used to generate the indexes for each cards? Example, split up to 4 hands, can split 10,10, and etc…
Ken! Thanks for your Blackjack Strategy card, it has helped me greatly. One question though, I know “H” is for Hit, “S” for stand, and “D” is for Double, but what does “DS” and “R” stand for / mean? Thanks, DC from Bristol Tennessee.
When only one player is at the free bet bj/ push 22, is wagering 10$ in their hand and 5$ in the side bet; the player goes over, which should be the dealer procedures? Close the game with the second card or try to make 22!?
I’m staying at NYNY and went across the street to MGM because NYNY had nothing but 6:5 games while mgm had 3:2. Ended up doubling my money before calling it quits.
Because like most involved in greed and deception, they are loath to lose a solitary dollar. Look where casinos came from. They weren’t set up by parish priests!
For your amusement, go to a high stake table once and be amazed how many keep splitting tens etc. The only difference is that they throw in more money and with much more confidence ??
It shouldn’t be called blackjack anymore, someone had a different name for it. They called the 6:5 game Crapjack. Some of the single deck games pay only even money for a blackjack which is the most damaging to the player. I wish that there weren’t so many of these books Beat the Dealer published. It’s true blackjack is ruined. At the casino I take the bus to, all the regular blackjack games are still 3:2, but are essentially unplayable due to the CSMs being used. You have to either play Spanish blackjack or play at a $25 minimum. Spanish blackjack requires a different strategy because of no 10s in the deck. I was interested in learning blackjack, but now the incentive is almost gone. I figure if you just win 100-$200 dollars at a session and walk away they would probably leave you alone for counting cards. The idea is not to try to win too much. At least I don’t have to try dodging hardways on the even number points on the dice machine on the don’t pass and sometimes having to take the hardway hedge because of being burned so many times after not taking it. That’s the one thing I liked about blackjack. People are not going to Vegas like they used to, so someone thought they could increase revenues by not having a good game. All they are going to do is lose more business. It takes money to upgrade and build those big hotels, I think they made a mistake by overextending themselves and then having to offer bad games. Binion got it right. He could afford to offer promotional 2:1 games once in a while because he made his people want to come back. I would not offer alcohol, so I would have to offer some promotions myself.
any system for constantly shuffling , dealer hits on soft 17 exist?
Why is it that the fewer the decks the lower the edge for the house.
The less card deck number,The more accurately we can guess.
It works very very well! You just need to have proper bankroll management and good counting skills. Here is proof of my best record yet!
Anyways I can’t load my picture however I grind up a bankroll of $35502!
Sure glad you are still here and available. Got a good grasp of basic strategy from you several years ago….made one profitable trip up to the favored casino; again after health problems not so good. Back for another bite, this time I will get the count. You taught me quite a bit of useful info, and not only about blackjack. I’ll get more action, enjoyment and profit this time. Thanks again for being so clear and easy for me to learn and use.
this guy is crazy with the money you need to progress. If I played at a $25 dollar table, I would need $800 to be able to lose 6 times. On the 6th loss I would be broke. If you do this martingale, and only have a goal of $150 profit, you can fairly easy get up 6 hands and leave. And the system I am talking about is the exact same, except lose $25 and then bet $25 again to break even. Every double win you get your $25 profit and $25 profit for every consecutive win after that. $2550 for a $10 bet starting? How many damn hands do you plan on losing in a row????? And if i get up $150 a day and end up losing my bankroll on one visit every 47 times like the losing 6 hands says, then I will lose 800 compared to the 46×150 which is $6900, still coming out $6100 profit. Now I know you can lose more than 1 in 47 attempts and I know shit happens. But getting up only 6 hands with this system is not that staggering of a goal. Stick to your limit/goal and it could be way better than this guy makes it out to be. When minimum wage is $8.00/hr, bringing home $750.00 a week isn’t bad for getting up 6 hands, 5 days a week.
The quiz needs to state how the dealer deals the dealer getting with a BJ. The quiz assumes the dealer declares it straight away. Most online BJ games dont, they let player play first then the dealer declares it. So if player doubles or splits, the player loses that extra bet too.
19 out of 20… It was #20 that I missed and I know better!
For 4/6/8 Decks, H17 and S17, what were the rules that you used to generate the indexes for each cards? Example, split up to 4 hands, can split 10,10, and etc…
Is it still true to split AA when we can get only one card after AA split.
I bought your card. Not sure what “R” stands for or “DS.” Please help.
Ken! Thanks for your Blackjack Strategy card, it has helped me greatly. One question though, I know “H” is for Hit, “S” for stand, and “D” is for Double, but what does “DS” and “R” stand for / mean? Thanks, DC from Bristol Tennessee.
When only one player is at the free bet bj/ push 22, is wagering 10$ in their hand and 5$ in the side bet; the player goes over, which should be the dealer procedures?
Close the game with the second card or try to make 22!?
I’m staying at NYNY and went across the street to MGM because NYNY had nothing but 6:5 games while mgm had 3:2. Ended up doubling my money before calling it quits.
I just left MGM. Many of the games were $10 min with 3:2 payout.
Yes
Because like most involved in greed and deception, they are loath to lose a solitary dollar. Look where casinos came from. They weren’t set up by parish priests!
Nope. That’s right.
For your amusement, go to a high stake table once and be amazed how many keep splitting tens etc. The only difference is that they throw in more money and with much more confidence ??
It shouldn’t be called blackjack anymore, someone had a different name for it. They called the 6:5 game Crapjack. Some of the single deck games pay only even money for a blackjack which is the most damaging to the player. I wish that there weren’t so many of these books Beat the Dealer published. It’s true blackjack is ruined. At the casino I take the bus to, all the regular blackjack games are still 3:2, but are essentially unplayable due to the CSMs being used. You have to either play Spanish blackjack or play at a $25 minimum. Spanish blackjack requires a different strategy because of no 10s in the deck. I was interested in learning blackjack, but now the incentive is almost gone. I figure if you just win 100-$200 dollars at a session and walk away they would probably leave you alone for counting cards. The idea is not to try to win too much. At least I don’t have to try dodging hardways on the even number points on the dice machine on the don’t pass and sometimes having to take the hardway hedge because of being burned so many times after not taking it. That’s the one thing I liked about blackjack. People are not going to Vegas like they used to, so someone thought they could increase revenues by not having a good game. All they are going to do is lose more business. It takes money to upgrade and build those big hotels, I think they made a mistake by overextending themselves and then having to offer bad games. Binion got it right. He could afford to offer promotional 2:1 games once in a while because he made his people want to come back. I would not offer alcohol, so I would have to offer some promotions myself.