AnIrishmannot2brite
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I've never found the internet tests for precognition very helpful for predicting the outcome of the next card to be drawn. Those that test for Precog with cards shapes anyway.
Oddly the one that I've found helpful is our friendly "Strategy Trainer" right here on Blackjackinfo.
Analysis: A random card on an internet test doesn't rally any genuine feeling or interest in my mind. However the idea of "Should I hit my stiff sixteen against dealers ten"? DOES put some emphasis in my brain and feelings. I've found this important.
If we subscribe to the idea that ESP does exist then we ought to analyze it's purpose. Am I to learn or be given precognitive (or other) sensory abilities just for the purpose of accurately predicting a random card on some web site? Or is there a higher purpose of ESP that might not expose itself for the trite purpose of predicting the deal of random cards?
In other words it is my feeling that a blackjack trainer MAY rise to the sufficient level of importance to accurately predict the next card while a random test does not.
This brings up another idea: Does the game of blackjack even rise to the level of criteria necessary to stimulate precognitive powers in a human mind? Or: Does the idea of making money, maybe even a lot of money (through card playing) fit into my primary objective in life?
Because if the answer is no then maybe I ought to go fishing up at Clearlake instead of hitting Twin Pines Casino this coming December.
At any rate I have found that blackjack DOES rise to the level of importance enough to suggest that ESP can show it's head and help my game.
What I do:
First of all I use common sense most of the time. If it is a negative 8 running count I do not wager a hundred dollars. Not unless some profound thought suggests that I do. That is kinda rare. Generally I will follow basic strategy but will make various changes. Mostly on hitting stiff hands against a strong dealer up card.
On more rare occasions I may hit my 17 or 18, but this is uncommon.
What matters to me is not always if I improve my hand but what the dealer ends up with had I NOT hit the hand. That said, the place I notice precognitive powers the most is on hitting a hard 17! I have been very fortunate in my trial test decisions of whether to hit a hard 17 or not. Only busting a minority of the time and even then against a dealer hand that my 17 wouldn't have beaten anyway!
Yet if I hit my hard 17, get a 3 and but the dealer still wins at 21? Well I don't count that as a positive necessarily. Maybe the 3 that I got would have stiffened the dealer's hand and caused her to go bust. So the smart move would have been just to stand.
So I play the single deck version in similar mode as the local games: No DAS, H17.
I try to maintain an alert but relaxed state while considering the cards. Again, most of the time I'm following basic strategy and some general indices. I may hit my twelve against dealers up card of six so long as the count is very low. And I may ask for a little help from the unconscious too.
So I LISTEN to that voice. Generally it comes in the form of a "voice". A tone similar to my late dear brother. So it is a very comforting sound. If I hear another voice I dispute it and either follow basic strategy or wait to I hear a more familiar tone.
Other times in life when I'm pondering a question of basic concern, like "What should i do about my family"? I wait to hear another voice: The one of my recently deceased best friend. Her calm strength seems to predict the better choice.
What are my results with the basic strategy trainer? Good but i can't prove it. ESP is always hard for me to prove in a clinical setting. Difficult in ANY setting actually. I need to be focused and relaxed. It is difficult to maintain this state while alternately recording data of whether it was helpful to hit that stiff. Or to note whether to bet two hundred in a more marginal advantage or not.
That said, it is possible to still lose in a given deck even with a fairly focused Precognitive ability. Precog does not control the shuffle. Controlling the shuffle would be telekinesis and I do not know of any real cases of that. I believe that this may exist but have no evidence, either personal or otherwise that suggest it is something I could expect to attain. At best we are trying to achieve something similar to that of hole card advantage.
And you can lose with a hole card advantage! Not in the long run but negative variance can show its head there too.
But my feelings is that Precognition works and could be a very useful area of development. Both in cards and life.
Especially life!
Edited: Just played the trainer this past minute and hit a hard 17 to give me a twenty one! Dealer would have drawn a 20 herself otherwise. instead "she" busted. It's a good feeling.
Oddly the one that I've found helpful is our friendly "Strategy Trainer" right here on Blackjackinfo.
Analysis: A random card on an internet test doesn't rally any genuine feeling or interest in my mind. However the idea of "Should I hit my stiff sixteen against dealers ten"? DOES put some emphasis in my brain and feelings. I've found this important.
If we subscribe to the idea that ESP does exist then we ought to analyze it's purpose. Am I to learn or be given precognitive (or other) sensory abilities just for the purpose of accurately predicting a random card on some web site? Or is there a higher purpose of ESP that might not expose itself for the trite purpose of predicting the deal of random cards?
In other words it is my feeling that a blackjack trainer MAY rise to the sufficient level of importance to accurately predict the next card while a random test does not.
This brings up another idea: Does the game of blackjack even rise to the level of criteria necessary to stimulate precognitive powers in a human mind? Or: Does the idea of making money, maybe even a lot of money (through card playing) fit into my primary objective in life?
Because if the answer is no then maybe I ought to go fishing up at Clearlake instead of hitting Twin Pines Casino this coming December.
At any rate I have found that blackjack DOES rise to the level of importance enough to suggest that ESP can show it's head and help my game.
What I do:
First of all I use common sense most of the time. If it is a negative 8 running count I do not wager a hundred dollars. Not unless some profound thought suggests that I do. That is kinda rare. Generally I will follow basic strategy but will make various changes. Mostly on hitting stiff hands against a strong dealer up card.
On more rare occasions I may hit my 17 or 18, but this is uncommon.
What matters to me is not always if I improve my hand but what the dealer ends up with had I NOT hit the hand. That said, the place I notice precognitive powers the most is on hitting a hard 17! I have been very fortunate in my trial test decisions of whether to hit a hard 17 or not. Only busting a minority of the time and even then against a dealer hand that my 17 wouldn't have beaten anyway!
Yet if I hit my hard 17, get a 3 and but the dealer still wins at 21? Well I don't count that as a positive necessarily. Maybe the 3 that I got would have stiffened the dealer's hand and caused her to go bust. So the smart move would have been just to stand.
So I play the single deck version in similar mode as the local games: No DAS, H17.
I try to maintain an alert but relaxed state while considering the cards. Again, most of the time I'm following basic strategy and some general indices. I may hit my twelve against dealers up card of six so long as the count is very low. And I may ask for a little help from the unconscious too.
So I LISTEN to that voice. Generally it comes in the form of a "voice". A tone similar to my late dear brother. So it is a very comforting sound. If I hear another voice I dispute it and either follow basic strategy or wait to I hear a more familiar tone.
Other times in life when I'm pondering a question of basic concern, like "What should i do about my family"? I wait to hear another voice: The one of my recently deceased best friend. Her calm strength seems to predict the better choice.
What are my results with the basic strategy trainer? Good but i can't prove it. ESP is always hard for me to prove in a clinical setting. Difficult in ANY setting actually. I need to be focused and relaxed. It is difficult to maintain this state while alternately recording data of whether it was helpful to hit that stiff. Or to note whether to bet two hundred in a more marginal advantage or not.
That said, it is possible to still lose in a given deck even with a fairly focused Precognitive ability. Precog does not control the shuffle. Controlling the shuffle would be telekinesis and I do not know of any real cases of that. I believe that this may exist but have no evidence, either personal or otherwise that suggest it is something I could expect to attain. At best we are trying to achieve something similar to that of hole card advantage.
And you can lose with a hole card advantage! Not in the long run but negative variance can show its head there too.
But my feelings is that Precognition works and could be a very useful area of development. Both in cards and life.
Especially life!
Edited: Just played the trainer this past minute and hit a hard 17 to give me a twenty one! Dealer would have drawn a 20 herself otherwise. instead "she" busted. It's a good feeling.
Perhaps, you should re-read Ken's posting guideline #3 Be nice. Reasonable people can disagree, but make an effort to be civil.
