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dummy
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March 8th, 2015 at 8:39:59 PM permalink
MENSA GUIDE TO BLACK

PAGES 45 AND 46. However, when playing a one or two deck game, you should not double with a ten against a 9.
You will only double with a 10 against a dealer card up to 8.



An official Mensa game book, authored by Joshua Hornik, a member of both Mensa and the world famous MIT blackjack team.
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March 8th, 2015 at 8:43:44 PM permalink
Despite failing the MENSA test, I'm going with myself.
"For with much wisdom comes much sorrow." -- Ecclesiastes 1:18 (NIV)
dummy
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March 8th, 2015 at 8:45:19 PM permalink
Quote: Wizard

Despite failing the MENSA test, I'm going with myself.



That was my vote.
onenickelmiracle
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March 8th, 2015 at 9:55:34 PM permalink
Sounds like a total waste of talent having sex for money when you have great intelligence. Maybe she knows something we don't but sounds like the old saying about silver in the mine having no value until mined. MOst who'res know they have nothing without their aggression, and intelligence gets them nowhere. Maybe she sexed her way into mensa or is lying about it- dunno.
I am a robot.
dummy
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March 8th, 2015 at 10:14:54 PM permalink
Quote: onenickelmiracle

Sounds like a total waste of talent having sex for money when you have great intelligence. Maybe she knows something we don't but sounds like the old saying about silver in the mine having no value until mined. MOst who'res know they have nothing without their aggression, and intelligence gets them nowhere. Maybe she sexed her way into mensa or is lying about it- dunno.



Posting on the wrong thread might also limit ones chances of getting into Mensa.
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March 9th, 2015 at 12:49:27 AM permalink
I say Mike as well. A consideration: how old is the Mensa Guide to Blackjack?
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March 9th, 2015 at 1:02:33 AM permalink
I went to a Mensa test once, but couldn't find
a parking space so I left. They'll have to get
along without me.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
Donuts
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March 9th, 2015 at 7:51:44 AM permalink
Quote: dummy

MENSA GUIDE TO BLACK

PAGES 45 AND 46. However, when playing a one or two deck game, you should not double with a ten against a 9.
You will only double with a 10 against a dealer card up to 8.



An official Mensa game book, authored by Joshua Hornik, a member of both Mensa and the world famous MIT blackjack team.



Is it possible they were using CE instead of EV to calculate optimal play? I know 10 v 9 indexes at -1 TC Hilo so its plausible.
dummy
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March 9th, 2015 at 10:03:11 AM permalink
NO! in the next sentence he says that if the count were to go up , it would be the right play to double. But at a neutral count, ala basic strategy, do NOT double down 10 versus 9 in 1 or 2 decks.

I have messaged him on Facebook, no reply so far.
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March 9th, 2015 at 10:18:04 AM permalink
I voted "man behind the curtain" just for fun. Isn't that the original Wizard? 2F
Youuuuuu MIGHT be a 'rascal' if.......(nevermind ;-)...2F
TwoFeathersATL
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March 9th, 2015 at 10:39:57 AM permalink
Somebody has to vote for Even Bob, can I vote twice? ...2F
Youuuuuu MIGHT be a 'rascal' if.......(nevermind ;-)...2F
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March 9th, 2015 at 11:02:10 AM permalink
Looks like I'll have to do a write in.

I'm a bigot.
dummy
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March 9th, 2015 at 11:19:00 AM permalink
Quote: Sabretom2

Looks like I'll have to do a write in.

I'm a bigot.



I removed that in favor of Betty Page. In her later years, she requested current pictures of her not be published.

No, not vanity. She said she wanted the boys to remember her in her early poses. WHAT A GREAT LADY !
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March 9th, 2015 at 6:57:22 PM permalink
I must know, who is Mahat Macane James?
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March 9th, 2015 at 7:41:53 PM permalink
One of the names w c fields used on the many bank accounts
he had across the country.

He was politically correct in that age of movie censors.

He would exclaim Godfrey Daniel or announce that he suspected there was an Indonesian in the fuel supply.
EvenBob
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March 9th, 2015 at 8:09:56 PM permalink
Quote: onenickelmiracle

Maybe she sexed her way into mensa or is lying about it- dunno.



She's plays piano like a concert pianist,
which she learned at a very early age.
She has a genius IQ.
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March 9th, 2015 at 8:47:52 PM permalink
Quote: teddys

I must know, who is Mahat Macane James?

Quote: dummy

One of the names w c fields used on the many bank accounts
he had across the country.



The way I heard it, he used "Mahatma Kane Jeeves" or "Mahatma Kanjeeves" as either the name of one of his characters or the pseudonym under which he contributed to the scriptwriting. It was a play on a gentleman's supposed instructions/request to his valet: "My hat, my cane, Jeeves."

Never heard the "James" variant.
dummy
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March 9th, 2015 at 9:33:59 PM permalink
Quote: Doc

The way I heard it, he used "Mahatma Kane Jeeves" or "Mahatma Kanjeeves" as either the name of one of his characters or the pseudonym under which he contributed to the scriptwriting. It was a play on a gentleman's supposed instructions/request to his valet: "My hat, my cane, Jeeves."

Never heard the "James" variant.





I bow to superior knowledge. Thanks doc was just going by what my dad yold me.
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March 11th, 2015 at 4:21:03 PM permalink
Quote: dummy

I removed that in favor of Betty Page. In her later years, she requested current pictures of her not be published.

No, not vanity. She said she wanted the boys to remember her in her early poses. WHAT A GREAT LADY !



You bunch of ass kissers. Wiz has all the votes, Even Bob needs some more,
If you live in Chicago you can vote multiple times, go Even Bob, go Even Bob, go Even Bob, say it with me now... All together now...."Go Even Bob"...

I didn't know who Betty Page was, I know now, google her if you're not already on board. Wow!

Where's the Wiz's pin-up pictures anyway? 2F
Youuuuuu MIGHT be a 'rascal' if.......(nevermind ;-)...2F
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