Casino Verite 2.1

Is this product worth the asking price of $90.00. And/or are there better products to train with, in the same price range?

Go to the link and browse around. Lots of free samples and explanations.

I've used Casino Verite ever since version 1.6 and it is a great program. I paid much less for it when I first bought it years ago, so I'm not sure whether it is worth $90.00, but I like it in general. The only drawback it has is that it doesn't allow two independent players, which would be nice if your wife wants to play together with you and you don't want her winnings or loses to affect yours :-)

No mulitple hand avialbility, bummer! Will the program play itself with one open chair allowing for BackCounting & Wonging? I don't suppose it comes with SlugTracking/ShuffleTracking. In addition, will the other computer hands play BasicStratagey or other/unknown?

It does not do any shuffle tracking although it does allow you to weight the decks high in tens or low in tens. It will also deal other variations of sequences like something it calls "Counter's nightmare" which I have never tried but I assume means that it deliberately puts all the tens behind the cut card.

It does allow wonging and will even track you as you wong to make sure you are doing it correctly.

Also, I think you may have misunderstood me about the two hand thing. It allows you to play up to two hands, but both hands play with the same bank, so you cannot keep track of individual monies and therefore can't play two different strategies to see which one wins or loses. This, I believe is its major deficiency. Other than that it is a great game.

Also, the other players strategy can be set in tournament mode, which I do not use very often. If you are not playing in tournament mode, the game chooses a strategy for the other players that you have no control over. The strategy for the other players also depends on which seat the player is in, there are different strategies for the different seats. Having observed them all, they are pretty close to BS although with some minor variations.

I hope this helps you and I hope Norm Wattenburger doesn't get too mad at me for being honest :-)