gallopers
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If you havnt seen it and you cant think of a dvd to get out one night i reccomend 21. I loved it.  "In order to be accepted into Harvard School of Medicine, Ben Campbell will have to save $300,000 for the course. Only problem about this is the Ben can't get this amount of money. After being impressed by his skills in his Math's lesson, Prof. Micky Rosa invites Ben to become a member of a small group; a group who are planning to walk out of Vegas with millions, thanks to Ben's card counting." |
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2009-Feb-04, 07:37 AM
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Seen it Gallopers....good movie...with Kevin Spacey in it... |
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OldLarsy
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2009-Feb-04, 08:17 AM
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I'll get it out, I love anything to do with gambling.
Should counting cards be illegal? I reckon if ya good enough good on ya
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BurntToast
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2009-Feb-04, 08:34 AM
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They've made it a lot harder now OL, playing with six decks, reshuffling often... makes it pretty hard to get an edge by counting any more.... and it wasn't really a question of being 'good enough', anyone can count cards - you don't need to be rain man or anything. With card counting in blackjack, as long as you can add or subtract one each time a card is dealt, and keep a single number running total in your head, you're sweet  |
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Da Judge
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2009-Feb-04, 08:39 AM
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thats the running total burnt toast,you then do whats called a true count,you do that by estimating how many decks are left to play,and divide the running total by remaining decks,and theres your true count,and thats what you base your staking on.
counting is virtually a thing of the past now,since the advent and introduction of the autimatic shufflers
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BurntToast
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2009-Feb-04, 08:43 AM
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Yeah, but with six decks - even before auto shuffling, where they'd reshuffle after about one deck had gone - unless you had a very high running total (positive or negative), you're not going to get enough of an edge for it to be worthwhile.
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2009-Feb-04, 08:49 AM
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in sydney they used to cut about halfway,in melbourne they used cut as little off as 1 deck,which was great,nowhere did they cut off 5 decks,also no counter would play where they cut off 5 decks,ps i did it for 18 months
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2009-Feb-04, 08:59 AM
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Cool - I know the number of decks and where they cut-off etc. was (and I guess still is) wildly different from casino to casino - I'm sure some of the things I've read said some places in Vegas were cutting off at 5, and you're right, the idea there was to get rid of the counters, but it makes sense that most casinos would have looked for a point that might keep some of the counters interested enough, yet not give up all their edge.
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2009-Feb-04, 09:02 AM
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some casinos in the US,were stripping the decks,so i have been told
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2009-Feb-04, 06:14 PM
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Hollywood turned a feel good fact into a feel bad movie.
I was expecting a casino version of 'Let it Ride '
In 21 the star of the show has his winnings stolen and gets bashed by casino security.This did not happen in real life.
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2009-Feb-05, 10:38 AM
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Thanks for ruining the movie Pete  |
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2009-Feb-05, 11:21 AM
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Thanks for ruining the movie Pete Was going to say the same  |
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gallopers
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2009-Feb-10, 09:43 AM
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still worth watching thats a small part of the movie and an interesting part. |
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2009-Feb-10, 09:58 AM
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The name says it all, of course it'd be a bloody good movie!!  |
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2009-Feb-10, 10:01 AM
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Anybody seen the movie The Bookies ? About a bunch of college kids that start up their own bookmaking business on college football ? Not a bad watch  |
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