Dear Keith,
I went to the casino tonight and won $90.00. Thanks man, the system is great. I love the looks I got when I hit my 14 against a 5 to 19 or 20 and I was the only one to win or push. Question: If there is no real pattern to the cards and the dealer has an ace up, is it a good idea to take insurance anyway? Question: Is it better to stand short of 17 with the assumption that you will break if you hit or take the chance of busting with your hit card? I'll yack at you later and look forward to your response.
Thanks again,
Dave Conner -- dconnor@d.umn.edu
Before Blackjack 101, I had always been a loser at the game. I learned basic strategy, then I tried card counting. Both did not work for me. Then I tried three of the latest tactics for the game that are being sold for well over $300.00, and I still was a loser. Now I play Blackjack 101 and can truthfully say I am a steady winner.
dlessnau@edge.net
To Mr. K,
Thanks for the information on the telephone today -- I wish to confirm receipt of your Blackjack 101 -- and I would like to seize this opportunity to congratulate you and your organization for the excellent work that you have achieved so far with your Blackjack 101 -- I am a Mechanical Engineer and enjoy a broad knowldege in mathematics -- I have started playing Blackjack 5 months ago, I have never touched a deck of card before or have played any cards on money, I have prepared myself with several systems on the game that I have purchased I was somehow successful when trying in the available casinos in Quebec - Canada -- I can confirm without any exageration that with what-ever I learned before, use to take me several hours at the casino with counting OBS etc.. to earn a few dollars, but after I received Blackjack 101 and your instructions on how to play the game, the whole perceiving of the game has increased geometrically, and then I was able to put all the puzzle together and win with much more ease -- My first visit to the casino with the light of the new knowledge that I gained with your Blackjack 101 and the application of your recommendations, I won $195.00 in one and a half hour -- In the next visit I played two hours and won $145.00 -- The third visit $205.00 -- In the fourth visit I had to accept all the crazy comments of the other ignorant players at the same table or leave -- so I left after one hour of play and won $35.00. I have enjoyed tremendously playing using your system, it is much easier to use comparing with the old basic strategy and the card counting -- give me an insight into each deal, and facilitate taking a decision in all and every situation that we encounter in the game. Thanks again, and I will strongly recommend your system to everyone I know -- I am planning to turn professional within 5 years when I reach the retirement age.
mnehme@spherenet.com
Dear Keith,
Just wanted you to know that another good evening happened to me at Black Bear Casino. I won 40 stones and made some of my friends jealous.
They changed their shuffle since the last time I was there. Are you familliar with the "butterfly" shuffle. I know a dealer and he said that it was used to "unclump" the cards better. So the clumps were harder to detect. I owe the 40 to the betting strategy section. I used a negative progression and went from 15 down to forty up.
Thanks agian for the system and when I think of some good questions for you I'll send 'em off to you.
Dave Connor -- dconnor@d.umn.edu
After reading Keith's manual twice and listening to the tape I went to the casino to try it out. The material came easy to me and I felt that, though, I wouldn't be able to play it all perfectly I could play it well enough to give it a try. I did not use the betting strategy detailed in BJ101 but instead used the negative progression Keith talks about. I'll be re-reading it this weekend, looking for things I missed and will try again this coming week.
Table Selection was nil; such is the nature of Foxwoods. They keep them pretty tight. I just played first base at tables that opened up, i.e.; people had left because they lost.
In general the negative progression of 1-4-6 really paid off. I usually started with a 1-2-3 until I felt comfortable. On one table I changed the progression to 1-1-4-6 because I tended to lose 3 in a row. One table I had a winning streak of 7 in a row but failed to exploit because I wasn't attentive enough.
In one game the "clump" strategy really paid off and was the only reason I won money there and did capitalize on a nice "zipper". In general, though, due to the nature of the cards I was playing basic strategy most of the time.
Insurance - I love it. Once I was able to predict insurance and took it for myself and 3 other players. A very nice win. Out of the other dealer A's I was only wrong once and did not buy insurance. A good bet!
Jimske@aol.com