Cardcounting in Europe?

[popniklas]

hi all.

i know the basic strategy of bj pretty well. i have been practicing bj with the great bj strategy trainer tool at blackjackinfo.com and bonuswhoring some online casinos.

i have begun practicing a little card counting (plain hi/lo system), and would like to go play at some casinos with good rules and deck penetration etc once i have learned it better.

so here's the problem: i live in sweden. the only casino here is run by the state and offers poor rules for bj, plus they have some shuffling machine which makes counting impossible. (you can also play bj at some nightclubs but the rules there are even worse.)

it would be fun to visit vegas someday, but that is probably not going to happen over the next couple of years.

so.. anyone here have been counting cards somewhere in europe? does anyone know a good casino in say, london, copenhagen, paris or barcelona that offers countable bj with good rules?

(btw, book recommendations for an aspiring card counter are welcome as well. i am considering buying arnold snyder's "blackbelt in blackjack" since it was highly recommended by mason malmuth in his review in GTOT.) /images/graemlins/spade.gif

[slickterp]

watch out for online BJ. read the rules of the casinos you are playing at, b/c often you will find somewhere taht while the shoe is 6 deck, etc and all seems the same, the cards are shuffled after verey hand, making counting useless and the game pretty much random.

[Poquer]

Hejssan,

Take a ferry from Stockholm to Tallinn.
Good rules and no CSMs over there.
More info poquer21@yahoo.com

For Hi/Lo you should buy 'Professional Blackjack' by Stanford Wong.


Lycka till,
Poquer

[popniklas]

poquer: thanks a lot for the info. i have emailed you.

slickterp: yea, i know. i only play bj online because of the bonuses.

[Iamafish]

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watch out for online BJ. read the rules of the casinos you are playing at, b/c often you will find somewhere taht while the shoe is 6 deck, etc and all seems the same, the cards are shuffled after verey hand, making counting useless and the game pretty much random.

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I lost my entire poker bankroll becuase of that.

[Mattavery]

There are a few good Casino's in London that I use to play when I lived there, I liked one in Chelsea, forgot the name but great place, however the pit bosses are very good and so are the dealears, and are likely to figure out what you are doing if you are not great at it. If you play make a few test runs at some other London Casions with small wagers, the hit the Chelsea one, it will take larger action. Also there is a good casino on Edgewear road, the middle eastern section on London.

[popniklas]

okay, thanks. i'll check it out if i'm going to london. (which i will, sooner or later. been there twice already, like the city)