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Good reading all these posts.
Ive all but retired from the dirty game of Blackjack. I hate it, I really do.
I know the math inside and out. All the diff systems.
Ive played with the best from Hollywood Dave to some of the MIT crew.
In the day (just several years ago) my bank roll would be a 15k buyin.
Play two hands avarage play 200.00 per hand. Thats 400.00 total per hand was the tracking rate.
Depending on the climate that rate could cruse around 1600.00 total per deal and peak at over 2k. As low as 200.00 per deal when riding out the bad shit.
Over the years ive tried many "theories" and systems. But when it comes down to it Math is king. Numbers dont lie.
Never hitting on soft anything when the dealer shows break is a very silly mistake. When playing you live for oppertunity like this. Its about having the max amount of money out there when an oppertunity arises.. Dealer shows 3,4,5,6 and you have a soft anything as you call it you hit that shit. Soft 12,13,14,15,16,17, you hit that shit.
The real pros do have some dispute though however.
One on going dispute in some of the new theory is about splitting aces in the situation of the dealer holding 10.. The old play system is to split. But the new era of pros do not do this anymore. They take the hit without a split..
Why?? after all it does reduce the odds of winning that hand.. Its becasue it increases your odds of protecting the bankroll. Bankroll is the key..
Bankroll management and having enough of it to sustain a good deal of play is critical and where the casinos make the money.
Even the best of players will lose mathmatically if they only have 400.00 to buy in with and play 25-50 bucks a hand. But this is a typical buyin at the casinos.
Often too many people look at the math of hitting and sticking cards but know little about bankroll management and how much you actually need for these "book" stratgies to work.
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