"Professional gamblers rush in where market analysts fear to tread."
IMHO blackjack is, not only more honest than stock trading, but more logical.
Blackjack is the only casino regulated game where the odds change from trial to trial.
Dr. Thorpe's wonderful work on basic strategy and the subsequent development of card counting methods have revolutionized this game.
In the beginning, when MIT and Harvard teams were terrorizing the casinos with some of the most brilliant counting and teamplay squads - it was like war.
But now, largely because of the amount of dedication and mind-numbing patience necessary to be successful, it is quite nice.
Single card decks are everywhere, pit bosses are lenient (if you are not greedy) and there is a new casino on every corner.
So when you gentlemen get old and long for the competitive rush without the stress, remember old Huck and his advocacy of the cowboy life (i.e. old whiskey, cold beer, two gambling sessions a day X 5, and never pickup cocktail waitresses who live in a trailer).
Huck
"IMHO blackjack is, not only more honest than stock trading, but more logical.
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I agree with everything you say. Locally where I live all casinos are 6+ deck shoe low-limit and in the end the rush is the same and already knowing the stock game, there just isn't time. I am pretty sure that no panama casino has single-deck 21, but....
the idea of calculating odds on the fly has some appeal. graphs or curves would probably be the easiest way.....thoguh basic counting would do fine. How many card will they deal of a single-deck shoe before shuffling?
"So when you gentlemen get old and long for the competitive rush without the stress, remember old Huck and his advocacy of the cowboy life "
My memory on this might surprise you, you have in fact made the single best advocacy of card-counting as entertainment vs. income that I have seen.