different rules?

Thanks for the response..
I know what the rules for 6 deck games are in my surrounding casinos, but how do I know if they are the same or different for double deck games?
Also, anyone know what the different casino rules are for when they bump the minimum bet up on the tables? I am interested in the minimum $10 dd blackjack. The last time I was in a casino, I walked by the table and it was $10 and when I left I noticed it was minimum bet $15..
Thanks

Rules will probably be on a placard or on the table. One thing I've noticed is surrender isn't advertised too well.

Table limits change as the casino gets busier, basic law of supply and demand. The reason I play during non-peak hours.

So, if the rules are not posted are they assumed to be the same as the 6 deck shoes which I am familiar with?

I have played in some casinos that up the limit while a table is active. IE the MGM Grand did this. But they +always+ said "you can continue playing at the current minimum bet unless you leave and buy back in later... IE they even let me hit the boy's room and come back (this was commonly a $10 table going to $25... I've had the same result at the Beau Rivage. I've seen the opposite also, "we are raising the min here." "do I have to bet the new min or can I continue at the old min?" "no, but you can move to a table with that min on the other side of the pit..."

Guess that depends...

I have seen variances. IE DA2 at 6d, in the 2d D10 only. I've been making it a habit to ask, to be sure I know the odd variances like no resplit aces, or no DAS, or whatever. May as well ask to be sure.. Of course, if you play SD don't forget to ask "what does a natural pay?" as well. :)

I have seen your posts quite a few times, so I figured this would be a good one for you or anybody that could answer....
What strategy do you recommend?--Hi Lo count or KO? I do not go to the casinos too often. I have never heard of KO until this website. I am fairly new to counting, but not to blackjack.
these are the conditions of my areas DD game(I think)
penetration?
double on any 2 cards
resplit A's
hit on soft 17

don't know the abbreviations yet!
What would be an adequate bankroll? I have about $100-$150 to bet with.

The problem is that I am a hi-lo user. That is all I have learned. Yes I might be able to count down a deck/game using (say) KO since I have looked at it, but that is all I could do. For Hi-Lo I have learned by lots of practice (particularly with CV Blackjack) to rip through the cards almost sub-consciously. And I have learned the I18 (and fab 4) indices plus a few others that CV blackjack has included. So I really have no way to compare them. There are plenty of others that can answer this, of course. I can really only answer that which I know something about.

Hi-Lo works. lots of people use it. There are other counting systems, plenty of them in fact. As the old saying goes, however, it isn't so much which one is best, it is which one can you play the best? 1-level counts seem best unless you really play often, and for short sessions, at least according to posts I've seen here. Multi-level counts have a better playing efficiency, but are harder for some...

This is probably best answered by the classic "play within yourself". IE do an honest assessment and after looking at the systems, pick one you believe you can _really_ jump into and get down cold. You can't be thinking about counting, BS deviations, BS in general, totalling up your hand, etc. Something tells me that it is better to start off simple and move up, rather than start of complicated, fail, and move down.

YMMV. One going point for Hi-Lo is that most everyone can give you advice about it, and if you talk TC with someone you are on the "same" page...

Sorry, managed to bump the scratchpad on my laptop and post before completed.

A BR of $150 is minimal. IE if you are going to bet a unit of $5, your average bet is probably going to be $10+, you ought to have at _least_ 100X that amount. Yes you can go to a casino and come out ahead, but I have played at a $10 table and been down 2-3-400 dollars pretty quickly when you get one of those bad runs of luck even when the count is up... Chances are good that with a BR of $150, you will go home with zero... The down swing will hit zero, while the up-swing will cause you to keep playing until the down-swing knocks you out...

Again, CV software is worthwhile here. There is a risk-of-ruin calculator that can answer this question for you very precisely...

So, what should I do with such a small bankroll? I also enjoy video poker. Maybe I should invest in CV.
Suggestions?

You'll have to save up quite a bit more. Sorry, but that's how it is. Card counting doesn't turn the casino into an ATM, despite the popular mythology. Now, you could wong into a 6D game with a spread from $0.50 - $1.50 for an EV of $0.28/hr with a 4.4% ROR (hopefully you wouldn't consider it "ruin" if you lost $150). Perhaps Slots-o-Fun would offer a low-limit game like this at some odd time of day. However, I can't imagine 28 cents per hour would interest anyone.

Also, you really don't want to play with money you can't afford to lose. If you're challenged pullling together $150, you may want to read and practice at home, so that you'll be ready when you have a true bankroll.