Don't think you have a winning game; know you have a winning game.
A lot of that was given in the first few answers of the thread (casino 411, blackjack survey on WoV, I believe Norm has one on here as well, etc, etc).
Vegas is QUANTITY, not quality... and if you're on the lower limit games enjoying a drink or two, most of the time your actually seriously doesn't even get looked at. You should be able to find a bunch of places where you can camp out, sitting in and out as you want, and spreading decent (1x10 to 2x90, etc). Usually $100 is the checks play call, but if you spread to 3 hands of $90 places don't care. Find these places and pound away.
Again - my best advice is to not focus on the rules first... focus on the rules of the game last (so long as it's not something absurd like 6:5).
Don't think you have a winning game; know you have a winning game.
$in City 10/23 was good. $10 6D on the Strip is 8D; played anyways at a few spots and won $300; 3 sessions under 1 hr each. Then, went to the place across the bay and won ~$1500 - 6D, $15 (which they later raised to $25) but, no Surrender; 4.5 hr session. the cos finally had $15 6D near the sportsbook during mnf. and, crom had $15min 6d but, it was my first stop and I was still searching for the elusive $10; won't waste my time looking for $10; $15 will be good; all day trips are exhausting; will do an overnight within a few weeks. still need to make sure all the i18 indices are automatic.
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Turned out to be a bad trip. Lost ~$1100 first night in the downtown casinos. Mostly due to poor discipline; can't drink while playing; too many distractions downtown; i actually can't stand most of LV anymore with the resort fees, parking fees, and crappy blackjack. The only place I see left for me now is the nicest local place and, a couple independents on the strip. Was wondering if a session should be limited in time - when do you know to walk away as it's not likely to get better? Are there ideal session lengths? Lost about $1450 total. Will rent a car next time. I believe it will be challenging for someone with a smaller bankroll to break-in, get enough experience before moving up in bet size.
IF you are a skilled BJ player be a moving target!
You "color out", stand up and move on as soon as
you show your Max Bet or nearly that.
Up until that point your (revealed) bet spread
looks to be a conservative ("polite") one.
As such, after an hour or less, pry yourself away
from the table and take a hike.
I actually know a veteran A.P. who never plays more
than 1 shoe in any casino on any shift.
Thanks for the valuable info. I appreciate the info on the deck est. (thread), also.
The table I was at Monday, I turned $100 into $320 after about 2hrs but, was unable to make progress trying to recoup some of the evening's losses and, was actually driven away by people on vacation since I was at the table for 4 hrs and, taking breaks when warranted. Ended up leaving only up $80 after about 4 hrs.
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