Bay Area Steve
Member
Hello to all.
It's come to my attention that I should contribute to this beautiful place, if I want to take advantage of some of the features here. Fair enough, but be careful what you wish for, and all that...
First, thank you to the members here. I've been reading for years, and there is just an incredible amount of information in this forum, including about every worthy blackjack link left on the interwebs. It really seemed unnecessary to post, because for every question I had, somebody had already answered it.
Second, a brief synopsis of my blackjack skills, or lack there of: I'm a California guy, who gets to Reno a few times a year, and plays solely single deck. With the decent games/penetration left in single deck heaven, I figured why play the Indian shoes. My counting started with an old book that I no longer have, which had me counting tens as -2, and the other counted cards (I don't remember which) as +1. It wasn't long before I found information saying that this was obsolete, and I learned hi-lo.
I think I've taken hi-lo a long way; I've been using it for ten years or more, and I've got the 18 indices down. My problem is, and always will be, a lack of discipline, a $1000 trip bankroll with $20 max bets, and the desire to drink while playing. But, I've accepted that I ain't gettin' rich at this anyway, so at least I'm gambling with even odds, or even a little better, and enjoying the social aspect. It's got to be better than my hardway bets on the crap table, anyway.
So, I guess I said all that, to say: Zengrifter is killing me. I've been training to switch to Hi-Opt II; there are just so many of you that advocate for an ace-neutral system for single-deck, and since I don't spread much anyway, I figure the BC is even less important than the high-pe and ic that single deck needs. I swear I've looked at 500 graphs, and a hundred Scores, and at the bottom, seemingly every time, is Zengrifter saying "don't do it, don't do it, just learn a few more indices..."
Well, Mr. Grifter. For now, you win. Tomorrow's trip will have me using my old stand-by (with a few more indices). But, I'm close, sir. I can tell you I'm close. And, if I can ever find somebody who'll give me the Hi-Opt II illustrious 18 (rounded) for Reno rules, I'm switchin' to the dark side. I just don't trust myself to generate or round them myself, and have seen conflicting information about whether these are accurate:
http://web.archive.org/web/20040604185756/http://www.cardcounter.com/indices/011221100-2.htm
OK, if you read all that...well, I'm not sure what that says about you, but thank you. And thanks again to all the members; I'll let you know how it went in Reno. Be careful what you wish for...
It's come to my attention that I should contribute to this beautiful place, if I want to take advantage of some of the features here. Fair enough, but be careful what you wish for, and all that...
First, thank you to the members here. I've been reading for years, and there is just an incredible amount of information in this forum, including about every worthy blackjack link left on the interwebs. It really seemed unnecessary to post, because for every question I had, somebody had already answered it.
Second, a brief synopsis of my blackjack skills, or lack there of: I'm a California guy, who gets to Reno a few times a year, and plays solely single deck. With the decent games/penetration left in single deck heaven, I figured why play the Indian shoes. My counting started with an old book that I no longer have, which had me counting tens as -2, and the other counted cards (I don't remember which) as +1. It wasn't long before I found information saying that this was obsolete, and I learned hi-lo.
I think I've taken hi-lo a long way; I've been using it for ten years or more, and I've got the 18 indices down. My problem is, and always will be, a lack of discipline, a $1000 trip bankroll with $20 max bets, and the desire to drink while playing. But, I've accepted that I ain't gettin' rich at this anyway, so at least I'm gambling with even odds, or even a little better, and enjoying the social aspect. It's got to be better than my hardway bets on the crap table, anyway.
So, I guess I said all that, to say: Zengrifter is killing me. I've been training to switch to Hi-Opt II; there are just so many of you that advocate for an ace-neutral system for single-deck, and since I don't spread much anyway, I figure the BC is even less important than the high-pe and ic that single deck needs. I swear I've looked at 500 graphs, and a hundred Scores, and at the bottom, seemingly every time, is Zengrifter saying "don't do it, don't do it, just learn a few more indices..."
Well, Mr. Grifter. For now, you win. Tomorrow's trip will have me using my old stand-by (with a few more indices). But, I'm close, sir. I can tell you I'm close. And, if I can ever find somebody who'll give me the Hi-Opt II illustrious 18 (rounded) for Reno rules, I'm switchin' to the dark side. I just don't trust myself to generate or round them myself, and have seen conflicting information about whether these are accurate:
http://web.archive.org/web/20040604185756/http://www.cardcounter.com/indices/011221100-2.htm
OK, if you read all that...well, I'm not sure what that says about you, but thank you. And thanks again to all the members; I'll let you know how it went in Reno. Be careful what you wish for...