thall: quick trip report

[thall]

Passing thru Shreveport Sun, thought I'd spend the night and play some. Only had $500 on me so I played the $5 table with 1-10 spread hoping for good fortune. I have always played RPC but I thought I would play HiLo (+ Ill 18) for a change. I played a total of 8 hours at about 10 tables. I quickly lost about 10-12 units and would hover in a narrow channel for an hour or so until I would quickly drop another 10-15 units. Never once did I stage a rally to narrow my deficit. The count was negative an incredibly high percentage of the time (it was to busy to wong) and probably 90% of my bets were minimum. Good thing too because I lost most all DD's and bigger bets. Variance was a B*****ch and I had to think back about 5 years since I played 8 hours without a positive spurt to keep me in the ball game(though $500 BR left me very vulnerable). Met face-up with RoR and left with tail dragging. Wish I'd been a little smarter and just passed on playing since Wonging was not possible (packed tables). Then again maybe it was just that darned HiLo.....

[Ouchez]

> Passing thru Shreveport Sun, thought I'd
> spend the night and play some. Only had $500
> on me so I played the $5 table with 1-10
> spread hoping for good fortune. I have
> always played RPC but I thought I would play
> HiLo (+ Ill 18) for a change. I played a
> total of 8 hours at about 10 tables. I
> quickly lost about 10-12 units and would
> hover in a narrow channel for an hour or so
> until I would quickly drop another 10-15
> units. Never once did I stage a rally to
> narrow my deficit. The count was negative an
> incredibly high percentage of the time (it
> was to busy to wong) and probably 90% of my
> bets were minimum. Good thing too because I
> lost most all DD's and bigger bets. Variance
> was a B*****ch and I had to think back about
> 5 years since I played 8 hours without a
> positive spurt to keep me in the ball
> game(though $500 BR left me very
> vulnerable). Met face-up with RoR and left
> with tail dragging. Wish I'd been a little
> smarter and just passed on playing since
> Wonging was not possible (packed tables).
> Then again maybe it was just that darned
> HiLo.....

BJ is a tough game and these friggin events are to be expected.

You do not mention playing conditions.

Ouchez.

[Augie Kestrel]

If 90% of your wagers were at the minimum, a different count system wouldn't have changed things much.

No doubt you already knew that, so I'm assuming you were just joking about "that darned Hi-Lo".

[thall]

> If 90% of your wagers were at the minimum, a
> different count system wouldn't have changed
> things much.

> No doubt you already knew that, so I'm
> assuming you were just joking about
> "that darned Hi-Lo".

Yes I was joking, I did switch back to RPC for the last hour but only to see a true count of +11 reward me with 3 straight losing stiffs to end the shuffle (though 15 of the 21 hands on the table were winners during those 3 hands). It was just one of those trips.. As for conditions, 6 decks/das/surr/no heat/pen to 11/4 deck/1-10 without problem (sure glad I didn't spread more)