Wonging question?!?!

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OregonRick

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I use the hi-lo count, and my max bet is $50, so I obviously have to wong in and out of tables. At what true counts should I be wonging in, and at what true counts should I be wonging out. If I were to guess I'd say...
TC>=1...wong in
TC<1...wong out

I'd like to know what some of you have to say about this.
 
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Montreal Casino

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It depends the type of game your playing man... Is it 2 decks, 4decks, or 6-8 decks?

Also, what are the rules, and the penetration?

a true count of plus one gives you an advantage of about 0.5 percent. Where i play they use 8 decks and hit soft 17 ( Horrible rules) with like 75 pen at best. So i'll wong in at a true count of plus 2 because thats when i'll have the advantage. I'll usually wong out when the count goes below 2.
 
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OregonRick

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Montreal Casino said:
It depends the type of game your playing man... Is it 2 decks, 4decks, or 6-8 decks?

Also, what are the rules, and the penetration?

a true count of plus one gives you an advantage of about 0.5 percent. Where i play they use 8 decks and hit soft 17 ( Horrible rules) with like 75 pen at best. So i'll wong in at a true count of plus 2 because thats when i'll have the advantage. I'll usually wong out when the count goes below 2.
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6 decks
hit soft 17
split up to 4 times
DD on any 2 cards
BJ pays 3-2
80-85% penetration(pretty good)
 
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Montreal Casino

Active Member
OregonRick said:
Wonging in at +2, how much standing around do you find that you do per hour?
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It takes a while... but when i go play blackjack i usually go with a friend. He'll be counting cards at two tables and i'll be counting at another two tables.... so when one of those tables goes plus 2 in TC minimum, we signal each other and play that table. So if your alone, and can only count one table at a time, it will take you quite some time to find a good table. Sometimes you'll find it in the first few minutes, other times it'll take much more time. However, if you go in with a partner and both of you count two separate tables, it won't take long.
 
Automatic Monkey

Automatic Monkey

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Can you always get a $5 min table? If so, you might be better off playing from the shuffle and Wonging out at a count of -1. Sounds like this might be a local casino to you so you don't want to wear out your welcome too quickly by aggressive in-and-out.
 
EasyRhino

EasyRhino

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A LOT of waiting around if you can only count one table at a time like me.

I'll second that you can look less obvious (if you need to) by wonging in, staying at the table during the shuffle, and then only wonging out if the count gets substantially negative (then wong in to next table, or table fresh at shuffle). It hurts profits, but if there's only like four tables, it might be a better play.
 
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