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I enjoy use of this site and have found it very helpful. with what i have learned from the site i have no concern at sitting at casino table. Could u tell me whether the random number generator closely compares to real life black jack. In using the trainer i seem to have a lot of even sessions ie wins and losses are very close in number.
The results you’ll get playing against this site’s RNG or a live dealer should be exactly the same. However, it sounds like you may have been experiencing an unusually calm set of sessions, ending up close to even in many of them. That’s not typical, and is just coincidental. Whether you play live or on my trainer, expect more volatility than that!
Hi, can i use the basic srategy playing rng bj like the one playtech offer in many different online casino, will it have the same effect as playing live casino?
hey can you really go through a card game in 10 seconds? I can’t even flip the cards in a deck in under 20 and thats when i’m not even looking at the cards
Remember you are flipping through the deck 2 cards at a time. Still, the GameMaster’s time of 10.5 seconds is very fast. I don’t think I was ever that fast, but frankly, it’s not something I have practiced in a long while. 🙂 I know my speed is just fine at the real game.
I’ve never been to a casino, I’m actually not old enough, how long do you have to decide what to do on each hand? And do you have any tips for keeping track of the count while at the same time adding and subtracting new totals?
Most decisions at the table are made pretty quickly, but you won’t be bothered about it unless you take more than 20 or 30 seconds to decide. As for how to keep track? Practice, practice.
Yes, you can profitably play without strategy variations. Bet variation yields the majority of the profit, with strategy variations just being the extra on top.
How would the above basic strategy variations table change if the game involved the dealer hitting on soft 17 instead of standing. This is the more common format that I see in casinos so it is what I have been basing my basic strategy around. Would the true count cutoffs be significantly different with this slight dealer rule change?
How would you know how to vary your basic strategy based on the true count for other variations in rules?
There are no differences at all for dealer upcards of 7,8,9,T, since the dealer cannot have a soft 17 with those hands. But against dealer 2 through 6 and Ace, there are several.
Perhaps the largest difference is this one… 12v6 should stand at -1 or higher in 6DS17, but stand at -4 or higher in 6DH17 games. (The GameMaster doesn’t show this index in his list, but it’s a useful one.)
Michael. I’m sorry for your loss. If Frank Sinatra was still alive he’d take a f*ing flamethrower to that table, dealer and pit boss that f*ed up your bankroll.
You can start increasing your bet at a true count of +2 (some games at +1), and you should generally have your biggest bets on the table at +5 and higher. For more on bet ramps, see the Blackjack School lesson “A Field Trip with the GameMaster“.
You can start any time during the shuffle. Just think of the cards already in the discard tray as being behind the cut card instead. You’ll have less chance of a good true count developing in that initial shuffle, because the effect of entering mid-shoe is that you reduce penetration for that shoe only. But everything works just the same.
I was also wondering how should a player go about betting when counting say the minimum bet is 2 and the maximum 10 with the bankroll of 500 at what count would you advise to increase bets from the minimum?
Thank you very much I was also wondering should a player enter the deck just as it has been shuffled and if not how should a player determine a count when there is only half of the deck to start with?
I enjoy use of this site and have found it very helpful. with what i have learned from the site i have no concern at sitting at casino table. Could u tell me whether the random number generator closely compares to real life black jack. In using the trainer i seem to have a lot of even sessions ie wins and losses are very close in number.
The results you’ll get playing against this site’s RNG or a live dealer should be exactly the same. However, it sounds like you may have been experiencing an unusually calm set of sessions, ending up close to even in many of them. That’s not typical, and is just coincidental. Whether you play live or on my trainer, expect more volatility than that!
How about an option to turn off the card total display? There’s no such display at a real blackjack table.
Hi, can i use the basic srategy playing rng bj like the one playtech offer in many different online casino, will it have the same effect as playing live casino?
thanks
Short answer, yes. You can safely assume that practicing against an RNG has the “same effect” as a live casino.
hey can you really go through a card game in 10 seconds? I can’t even flip the cards in a deck in under 20 and thats when i’m not even looking at the cards
Remember you are flipping through the deck 2 cards at a time. Still, the GameMaster’s time of 10.5 seconds is very fast. I don’t think I was ever that fast, but frankly, it’s not something I have practiced in a long while. 🙂 I know my speed is just fine at the real game.
I’ve never been to a casino, I’m actually not old enough, how long do you have to decide what to do on each hand? And do you have any tips for keeping track of the count while at the same time adding and subtracting new totals?
Most decisions at the table are made pretty quickly, but you won’t be bothered about it unless you take more than 20 or 30 seconds to decide.
As for how to keep track? Practice, practice.
If you play the game with no variation, only change your bets can you still achieve an advantage or is variation play integral for this to occur?
Yes, you can profitably play without strategy variations. Bet variation yields the majority of the profit, with strategy variations just being the extra on top.
Right on Dwight, me too. I just started going to the casino, and it’s been fun. I’m ready to start practicing to get my money back.
Thanks for all the amazing resources.
How would the above basic strategy variations table change if the game involved the dealer hitting on soft 17 instead of standing. This is the more common format that I see in casinos so it is what I have been basing my basic strategy around. Would the true count cutoffs be significantly different with this slight dealer rule change?
How would you know how to vary your basic strategy based on the true count for other variations in rules?
Thanks again for all the help
There are no differences at all for dealer upcards of 7,8,9,T, since the dealer cannot have a soft 17 with those hands.
But against dealer 2 through 6 and Ace, there are several.
Perhaps the largest difference is this one… 12v6 should stand at -1 or higher in 6DS17, but stand at -4 or higher in 6DH17 games.
(The GameMaster doesn’t show this index in his list, but it’s a useful one.)
For more indexes optimized for different by rules, see my Advanced Strategy cards.
Michael. I’m sorry for your loss. If Frank Sinatra was still alive he’d take a f*ing flamethrower to that table, dealer and pit boss that f*ed up your bankroll.
Yes, that’s on the wishlist. Thanks!
You can start increasing your bet at a true count of +2 (some games at +1), and you should generally have your biggest bets on the table at +5 and higher.
For more on bet ramps, see the Blackjack School lesson “A Field Trip with the GameMaster“.
You can start any time during the shuffle. Just think of the cards already in the discard tray as being behind the cut card instead. You’ll have less chance of a good true count developing in that initial shuffle, because the effect of entering mid-shoe is that you reduce penetration for that shoe only. But everything works just the same.
I was also wondering how should a player go about betting when counting say the minimum bet is 2 and the maximum 10 with the bankroll of 500 at what count would you advise to increase bets from the minimum?
Thank you very much I was also wondering should a player enter the deck just as it has been shuffled and if not how should a player determine a count when there is only half of the deck to start with?