For those of you who would like to learn blackjack in more detail, please visit my website http://www.geocities.com/bluepenguin75/
Blue Penguin thanks you.
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Wally
Oops, sorry. I was not aware of these rules. Will not do again
"inaccuracies" really. Looks like a compilation on varying strategies available on the web. Nice work... good site... but slightly inaccurate. Every two paragraphs or so... you point to a "fact" that is not quite a FACT, yet!
No offense intended AT ALL... but how old are you? How long have you played? What is the "purpose" of your advertisement?
quark...
Thanks for the compliments, and the criticisms. Your input is helpful for me to improve the site. I am in my mid twenties, and have been playing blackjack for over five years, playing at least 10 hours each week.
I would really like to know if you could give me some specific examples of what might not be accurate, so I can modify it.
Thanks again for your input.
Blue Penguin
On the site you say you have a friend who is a pit boss.Does he know you count cards?
Yes, he does. I have never played in his pit though, it would be a conflict of interest.
He must have some interesting stories to tell.So how does he indentify a counter,has he barred people for counting?
Yes, he has barred dozens of people (about 50), according to him. One way to spot a counter, he says, is to see whether they consistently take insurance or not. If he has a big bet up and insures it, when it's a bad hand, and doesn't insure smaller bets, most likely he's a counter.
Dies he know that the main reason to take/decline insurance is the count and that the amount of the bet is insignificant.
Yes, but the higher the count, the more you are going to bet, right? If a person never takes insurance when he's betting 50 bucks or less, even with a hand of 20, but insures a 75 dollar bet when he has 16, it means he is counting cards, most likely.
BTW, I like the website. It is written for the simplest of minds. One change I would make is in the following sentence:
First, when there is a higher percent of cards remaining in the deck, the percent of hands you win increases.
You should state that a higher percentage of large or 10 value/ace cards will increase winning percentage. Also, the site is great but at the same time I know it is the common player/ploppy that affords our advantage play. I don't want to many people reducing house edge.
Dear Blue Penquin.
I went to your site. It was useful to me. I stand by my statement that only the count is what matters in an insurance bet.Maybe some advantage players do insure a larger bet when the Hi/low count is not to 3, but I contend that this is gambling. It would indeed be ironic if the player was backed off because of this move in as much as it might be the only gambling move the advantage player made.
I have corrected the mistake, thanks again. Also, thanks for compliments on the web site.
