Originally Posted by jerryb

What really funny to me is. I played maybe 50-100 times. During the time I knew Bill he played 1000's of times. He played for around 40 years. Yes, at first, and he will admit it, he lost and won back and forth. But as he honed his knowledge of the game and saw the stupid things people were doing he created a super method of playing. He was on the road but had a wife and 5 kids at home. Every week I was associated with him he mailed several 1000 dollars home to them for his retirement and their welfare. I personally never saw Bill leave a table a loser. And I watched him during 100's and 100's of sessions. He just never lost. That's why I had him teach me what to do, when to hit, when to stay, when to split, when to double, etc etc.

Nothing, and I mean absolutely NOTHING, any other player does affects how you play. It is solely YOU against the house whether there is 3 players or 7 players. Your hand is totally independent and has no relevance to other players hitting or not hitting.

The deck, or shoe, is independent to each player.