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[learning to count]

Re: Recon trip for new counter

Just a thought do you even know basic strategy...I would just go and be romantic with the ball and chain. Take her to the top of the stratosphere for lunch. Be sure to make reservations. GO up to red rock canyon and do some light hiking may be you both can find some privacy out there! Watch the light and water show at bellagio or the pirate show at Treasure Island. If you can scrounge up the money how about a helocopter ride over the strip. As far as scouting games do you know what a constitutes a good game? Penetration! I dont mean what will occur up in red rock canyon either. Keep practicing remember Basic strategy until you can sing it. Did I just see a sailfish swipe at the bait???

 

[Rob McGarvey]

Re: Recon trip for new counter *LINK*

Check this page. Some info is old, but it is a good start.

http://blackjack.skister.com/

Mayor: This side bet still running??

Fiesta Jan 2002
-.01% Single deck DOA, H17, DAS, 60-70% pen
-.38% Double deck DOA, H17, DAS, 50% pen, no heat for 1-6 spread

####15:1 Blackjack side bet on the first hand of a deck####

 

[NewbieCC]

Re: Recon trip for new counter

LTC wrote: "Just a thought do you even know basic strategy..."

Yep, I've got it down pretty well. When playing on the computer I make 1 mistake an hour or less. Every once in a long while, I do need to pause and think about one of the less frequent plays, though. Room for improvement, for sure, but I am getting there. I can count down a deck in 30-35 sec pretty reliably, and when I am hot, I get down below my 25 sec target. I am comfortable with counting (Hi-Low) playing on the computer, but I am going to have to ease into the casino play. As I mentioned, I also have a severely limited Bank Roll. I have been playing on-line a bit over the past few months to build it up to the point where I can hit the casinos.

LTC wrote: "I would just go and be romantic with the ball and chain."

That is the plan, primarily. I would like to start to get an understanding of the lay of the land out there. I have been to Vegas once before on business, but that was before I began my study of the game.

LTC wrote: "Keep practicing remember Basic strategy until you can sing it."

Will do. And my counting, and working down my reading list. I am half way through Don S's Blackjack Attack. Good stuff! I am a nerd and like that practical but theory heavy stuff.

LTC wrote: "Did I just see a sailfish swipe at the bait???"

Sorry, I don't get the reference.

Thanks for your help, LTC, Mayor and Rob M. I'm looking forward to my trip.

NewbieCC

 

[learning to count]

Re: Recon trip for new counter

Excuse my statement. I thought you may be trolling. You seem to be starting on the right foot. I firmly believe that a counter must have hard skills: BS down pat, count a deck under 15 seconds; able to utilized indices without thinking; leap tall buildings with a single bound.... All kidding aside keep hitting it you will only get better. JUst learn BS better than how you can count down a deck. Some say the math is not important. I think this is wrong. If you are to become deadly in counting then you have to be able to use the math to figure out ROR, EV, BR's,strike numbers, etc etc. There are some great programs that do this but you have to understand what the results mean thus you have to know some of the math. I am still learning. LTC

 

[EyeSpy]

Re: BE careful!

I don't know what all the fuss is about; I think some people on this board are being paranoid. I mean get real, I work in surveillance, I can count just like the rest of you, I don't need a computer to tell me you are counting, I don't need your email address to figure that out. I just want to watch your play. If you consistently go with the count you're a counter, throw all that mumbo jumbo play and your wasting your %. Play like you have some..... See you from the sky.