Ted said:Someday, when my days are over I will go to the big casino in the sky. I have promised myself to get an answer to this counting/progressive debate. I will ask St. Peter for a private audience with the man himself.
My question will be, "sir, I have heard of many blackjack systems, counting methods subdivided by slight differences depending on who figured out that counting sytem in the first place. There are also progressive systems subdivided by who designed the betting formulas. Which one is best? Please tell me. Is one method better than the others"?
I am certain that he will say to me: "My boy, I have put upon this Earth all manner of people. Black, white, red, brown and yellow. Maybe a few assorted colors. But, in the final analysis I have found that each group of people is as good or as bad as another. The same is true of blackjack. Bet progressively if you like, or count if you like. In the end you'll all get hammered".
midnite said:Desert Dog- As you must place your bet before any cards are dealt, it should not matter. If the count changes for third base, as more cards come out of the shoe, it also will change for the player at first base, unless I missed something.
Renzey said:
2) Are you making all the recommended basic strategy adjustments at front counts of "36", "35 and below"?
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Renzey said:The benchmark is to remove one blind card from the deck, then count down the remaining 51 - one card at a time in 30 seconds or less and name the category of the unseen card. Most people can do it somewhat quicker if allowed to turn over a couple of cards at a time.
Desert Dog said:Bug: don't reply, I've just re-read your post and see you said 13 seconds. I'm glad they allowed you to have a deck of cards wherever you were during that stretch that we didn't hear from you.
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