Grifter

Disaster! Tragedy! Can it be overcome?
Soft18 Sorry for the late response but it looks like Sammylightfoot gave you some solid answers. I agree with everything he said, and here are some additional comments: - It appears you have lost about $2,000 over the five trips you have made. …

Comment by Grifter May 2008 permalink
Disaster! Tragedy! Can it be overcome?
Saturday 6:00 a.m.......I will be out of town playing poker the next two days......Someone jump in and go ahead and answer Soft18. Grifter

Comment by Grifter May 2008 permalink
Disaster! Tragedy! Can it be overcome?
Two questions first, then I will try to give you an answer: 1. Why are you subtracting 1 from the TC. Where did that idea come from? 2. What counting method are you using? Grifter

Comment by Grifter May 2008 permalink
OPP Count
Renzey - My TC = 3 was a typo; I meant TC = 2........But that aside, I did not know that the "over" per deck was 1.6.........I had always figured 2, and mentally figured my TC as 2.0 at 36, 57, 78. Thanks for the info. Grifter

Comment by Grifter February 2008 permalink
OPP Count
BanjoMan said:Anybody have any other tips or suggestions about the A-10. Two tips/suggestions: 1. You said you were having trouble estimating the decks played. It is mandatory this be accurate with the A-10. I would suggest you go to your local …

Comment by Grifter February 2008 permalink
Question For Midnite
BanjoMan I told Midnite about your question but evidently he isnt going to answer. I can answer the blackjack part, I have played there several times. Blackjack: Not a good game, but typical of that area. H17, DAS, 75% pen, plays to about a -…

Comment by Grifter February 2008 permalink
OPP Count
BanjoMan - I "kind of" tried it when it first came out two-three years ago. That was about the time I retired from serious blackjack and started playing poker as my main game. I was looking for something that would still give me a positi…

Comment by Grifter February 2008 permalink
Dall's Progression
BanjoMan - A "Jammie Boy" is a pretender. He plays all, or almost all, of his blackjack on a computer; then goes on message boards and tries to pass himself off as an expert. The definition I saw years ago was, "Jammie Boy - Sits in…

Comment by Grifter January 2008 permalink
Dall's Progression
BanjoMan......First of all, welcome to the forum. Second of all, don't worry too much about what the math weinies and jammie boys say about progressions. They run sims of billions of hands and of course come up with humongous losses. But tha…

Comment by Grifter January 2008 permalink
Going To Vegas
Because CBJN gets updated about the first of the month.....Wait till about the 6th of February and you will have the latest updates for your trip on the 18th. Grifter

Comment by Grifter January 2008 permalink
Best time of day?
Scumbag - The slowest times are during the week from about 4:00 a.m. to about 10:00 a.m (or even later some days)........Yes, almost all casinos are open 24 hours. Grifter

Comment by Grifter January 2008 permalink
Going To Vegas
MJB - I suggest you wait till Feb 6th/7th, then go to bj21.com and get the latest copy of CBJN..... Best source I know of for available games, limits, decks, etc. Grifter

Comment by Grifter January 2008 permalink
Perfect Basic Strategy.
Soft 18 - What Chart's Can Be Trusted For Basic Strategy?........Basic strategy varies slightly depending on the number of decks and the rules. I don't think it's a question of anybody, including casinos, publishing charts that aren&…

Comment by Grifter January 2008 permalink
Strategy advantage
Wow, go out of town for a couple days to play poker, and come back to find out I'm the blame for everything....lol.

Comment by Grifter December 2007 permalink
Strategy advantage
stainless steel rat said:There _is_ a pre-determined sequence of cards already. Did you overlook/miss that _key_ point here???.........In a worst case, the progression required to beat that set of hands is a sequence of 55,000 unique bets.......I d…

Comment by Grifter December 2007 permalink
Strategy advantage
sage01 said:Grifter: Which of the two hands of the four can't be beat with card counting? Sage01.....If my memory serves me right it is Players 2 and 3, definitely Player 2.....You don't lose big, but you do lose. BUT read this next par…

Comment by Grifter December 2007 permalink
Strategy advantage
Sonny said:Can you make the spreadsheet available online? I wouldn't mind taking a crack at it. :).....-Sonny- Sonny - If I had done the work, sure I would send it to you, but I didn't. A player friend of mine spent a ton of time creatin…

Comment by Grifter December 2007 permalink
Strategy advantage
sage01 said:Hi SSR, Thanks for the input......I was surprised by your comment that It would be quite easy to define a progression to beat that (55K hands) string of results, even though it would not work in real games ....... Sage01.....Ignore t…

Comment by Grifter December 2007 permalink
Strategy advantage
sage01 - Wow, Blackjack Tracker is a real flashback for me. Bob put in a ton of work putting that book together and publishing it......Unfortunately for him, Casino Verite was just getting popular about the time it came out; and most players starte…

Comment by Grifter December 2007 permalink
Strategy advantage
Bojack1 said:Although I agree that optimal play as described by computer sims is not quite the same as optimal casino play, I do think with team play you can be very close to what is computer optimal. Such as with .......... Nothing is perfect, but …

Comment by Grifter December 2007 permalink
Strategy advantage
To Get This Thread Back On Track........The original question was about playing to a certain "edge" (EV, Expected Value). The EV published for any method is the "optimal" for that method at a given ramp, spread, rules, indices,…

Comment by Grifter December 2007 permalink
Strategy advantage
Somehow this thread's focus has shifted from optimal play to the viability of computers. I'm going to address the computers with this post, then get the thread back on track with the second post. Casino Royale.....Yes, CVBJ is a great to…

Comment by Grifter December 2007 permalink
Strategy advantage
stainless steel rat said: The program is CVCX. And I absolutely _can_ play to those rules, and I absolutely can sit at the table and not make a mistake for a couple of hours.............. SSR - Exacly when was it you fell off the turnip truck? So…

Comment by Grifter December 2007 permalink
Strategy advantage
NYB said:When the math tells you so,in advance. That is true, but only to a certain extent. The math will tell you the hypothetical advantage you have under a set of conditions such as rules, spread, etc. played exactly under that set of condition…

Comment by Grifter December 2007 permalink
BJ Counting Newbie
Agamemnon - Fred Renzey is an established blackjack and poker player and author of gambling books. The best possible thing you could do at this point in your blackjack education is to purchase his book "Blackjack Bluebook II"........It is…

Comment by Grifter November 2007 permalink
first good swing
Google "Illustrious 18"

Comment by Grifter November 2007 permalink
first good swing
RJT......Good catch. You are correct......Grifter

Comment by Grifter November 2007 permalink
first good swing
Casino Royale said:I have one question tho, if the TC is 1 or higher and i have a hard 16 vs a 7 or higher do i still hit? At this point in your learning process, you need to learn the I18 indices.....those will be all you need right now. But to a…

Comment by Grifter November 2007 permalink
Winning Without Counting (Dr. Wong)
Wong's real name is John Ferguson, and yes he is a doctor......His Phd is in Finance if I remember right..........Grifter

Comment by Grifter November 2007 permalink
Winning Without Counting (Dr. Wong)
midnite said:It was Dr. Thorp that created "Basic Strategy". I do have Wongs book Winning Without Counting, but I haven't read it for a long time. Actually, Midnite, both you are Morrotho are wrong. Basic strategy was "created…

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