Recent content by TakingTheHouse

It'd probably be helpful to learn how to read, my name isn't taking from the house. Thanks for pointing out common sense. I asked if my casinos were less advantageous than most, not for quotes from a jedi master.

I play at Fallsview and Casino Niagara in Ontario (I'm not 21 yet). Every day I go, no matter what time (I've gone weekday mornings, nights, weekend nights, etc), all the BJ tables are packed. Even if I wanted to camp outside a table and wong in, the wait for a table is 20+ minutes and the...

Haha I love the strong conflict in suggestion :). I'll get them all! Really though I have BJBB II and ordered Blackbelt in Blackjack.

All right all right! No more casino play for a few months then probably. I'm still up about $500 from playing basic, so we'll just leave it at that and call it a fun experience.

Good thing I didn't do what I truly wanted to do...buy in with $1,000 and just play 10 black haha. Not with any hopes to win (which I guess is pretty foolish), just for the experience of betting $100/hand. But I know that will come soon enough, and not in a foolish manner. I have barely...

Yeah I know I definitely do not want to just gamble, but as you said I do know I have months of practice ahead before I'm truly ready to go expecting to come out on top. And I love being at the casino and love playing blackjack, so it's hard to say no when my friends want to go. Thanks for...

I was going to blog about it on my blog (Archive copy), but I figured I'd get more of a response here. I just read through the first half of Blackjack Bluebook II, just got done with the chapter on the A/10 count. I read it over once and did no practicing, and didn't plan on putting it to use...

I played at Fallsview last night and the deck was smoking! I won about 9 hands in a row with all 20's and 19's...once I split aces and got 2 blackjacks.

I'm going on a road trip with some friends next week and will have A LOT of time in a car to read and practice counting. I know basic strategy and the basics to blackjack, but I need a good start into counting. I ran a search here for threads suggesting books and didn't find anything too...

Does that 1-2% factor in variance and RoR and things like that?

Yeah I'm not counting yet but I understand. I have a $30k bankroll if I'm confident enough I'll profit with it. I'm going to study and practice hard these next few months so I do have that confidence. It's almost demotivational at times to read about counting around the web and seeing the...

Oh definitely. I was just playing basic strategy though and it was the biggest bet I had made at the table. I've made bigger bets since then and not been "antsy", it actually felt good to get the blood pumping and heart rate up. I don't mind losing money, especially when I'm not even...

Nope opposite side of the state, Western NY right by Niagara Falls ON.

I live in upstate New York. Just did a Mapquest and I'm 3 hours from Turning Stone.

Well the odds were in my favor so yeah I did, it was just the fact it was one of the bigger bets I had placed in my few trips to the casino, and I was going to double that bet in order to split.