Re: Re: My First Post

Thanks for your response.  I will take your advise.  I will just play basic strategy.  I am very comfortable
with that.  I have a lot of practicing to do before I begin counting.  I don't want to be 86'd my first time out.  

I purchased the Blackjack Institutes's course.  I will keep everyone posted.  

Good luck to you too!  

thedirigible <cyclone <at> maierlair.org> wrote:

> I am an avid fan of card counting.  I have never played blackjack 
in 
> a casino.  I will probably play at Cache Creek in Brooks, CA.  
This 
> will be my birthiday present to myself.  

Play the lowest limit tables available and unless you can count down 
a deck of cards in less than 30 seconds w/o errors you should 
probably just stick to BS.  Ask the pitboss what it takes to get a 
meal comp and just play till you get that.  You'll probably come out 
ahead which is good for the first time and a birthday.

> I have learned the BS for multideck games.  I will have to play 
the 6 
> deck shoe because the single deck and double deck games are too 
> expensive for me at Cache Creek.
> 
> I have been practicing the Hi-Lo count but I am more interested in 
> learning the Wong Halves count.  I purchased the book, "Blackjack 
> Reality" by David Morse a few years back.  He used the Wong Halves 
> count.  The book is excellent, however, it has the indices for a 0 
> count up to a plus 6 count only. I would prefer to have the 
indices 
> for plus and minus counts. 

You should read some more books and talk to more people.  There's no 
reason to know the indicies below -1 cuz you shouldn't be playing 
anyway.  Besides, there are 18 indicies that make up 95% of your 
gain from using indicies.  Anything else adds a mere 1 cent to your 
expected return.

> I will probably purchase, "Professional Blackjack" by Stanford 
Wong.  
> I believe that he provides more indices for the different types of 
> games and counts I may encounter at the casinos.  I also purchased 
> DeepNet's Blackjack Counter, Mentor, and Expert.  I can practice 
my 
> card counting skills with their program.

Cool.  However, make sure you have BS down to a subconcious 
science.  You can win with just BS and comps.  If you roll into a 
casino and start counting right away (and you're good or just 
obvious) you won't get to play there much longer.  Get used to the 
casinos and personnel and how they work so you know how to disguise 
your play.

> Is anyone familiar with BlackjackInstitute.com?  It's a web site 
that 
> has been created by the MIT students.  They also sell a card 
counting 
> program.  I'm torn between "Blackjack Without Tears" by David 
Morse, 
> and the Blackjack Institute's course.
> 
> If you have any suggestions, I am ready to listen.
> 
> Thanks.

Good luck.  Let us know how it goes.

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