Rounder: You know you're a card counter when....

[Rounder]

Inspired by my Vegas trip a couple weeks ago, in which I took the Stardust and Flamingo for several thousand, here?s my observations based on my personal experience?.any of this sound familiar to you guys?

You know you?re a card counter when?..

1. You sleep in early so that you can wake up at 4 AM just to have the opportunity to play head-to-head with the dealer from dawn to 10 AM, and not be worried about players jumping in on your table.

2. You recognize the pit boss who barred you 4 years ago, yet you play a few hands just to see if he even remotely remembers you?..(which he obviously doesn?t).

3. On a super rich count, you have a $300 bet out and you?re thinking about the bigger bet for the next hand just as much as you are on the outcome of the current hand!

4. When the count is super negative, you color up and leave the head-to-head table just to take a 10-minute break and come back to a fresh neutral deck.

5. You take insurance on a dealer?s ace while you hold a 3-4, knowing full well that the dealer?s got paint in the hole.

6. Instead of constantly counting your roll in your wallet to see if you?re up or down, you carry a pocket notepad and pen to log in your gain/loss per each session of play.

7. You hit your hard 14 against the dealer?s 6, knowing damn well short stuff is coming your way.

8. You suspect the pit boss is taking countermeasures by replacing dealers frequently with extremely quicker ones, yet that?s exactly what you want since you?re getting more hands per hour, thus accelerating the unbearable ?grind? time every counter endures.

9. While the oblivious pit boss is B.S.ing with the waitress, your ?very cool? dealer whispers to you what a skilled player you are.

10. I have no #10. Any suggestions?

P.S. I thought the rules at the Stardust were superb. Are there other casinos in Vegas that have the same rules (DD, Face Down, DOA, DAS, S17, at least 60% pen) and can handle big action and 1X-10X bet spreads without flinching?

[Robert V. Lux]

#10: You know you're a card counter when you can flirt with the cocktail waitress while keeping a side count of aces and fives.

/Lux

[Fernando]

> Inspired by my Vegas trip a couple weeks
> ago, in which I took the Stardust and
> Flamingo for several thousand, here?s my
> observations based on my personal
> experience?.any of this sound familiar to
> you guys?

> You know you?re a card counter when?..

> 1. You sleep in early so that you can wake
> up at 4 AM just to have the opportunity to
> play head-to-head with the dealer from dawn
> to 10 AM, and not be worried about players
> jumping in on your table.

> 2. You recognize the pit boss who barred you
> 4 years ago, yet you play a few hands just
> to see if he even remotely remembers
> you?..(which he obviously doesn?t).

> 3. On a super rich count, you have a $300
> bet out and you?re thinking about the bigger
> bet for the next hand just as much as you
> are on the outcome of the current hand!

> 4. When the count is super negative, you
> color up and leave the head-to-head table
> just to take a 10-minute break and come back
> to a fresh neutral deck.

> 5. You take insurance on a dealer?s ace
> while you hold a 3-4, knowing full well that
> the dealer?s got paint in the hole.

> 6. Instead of constantly counting your roll
> in your wallet to see if you?re up or down,
> you carry a pocket notepad and pen to log in
> your gain/loss per each session of play.

> 7. You hit your hard 14 against the dealer?s
> 6, knowing damn well short stuff is coming
> your way.

> 8. You suspect the pit boss is taking
> countermeasures by replacing dealers
> frequently with extremely quicker ones, yet
> that?s exactly what you want since you?re
> getting more hands per hour, thus
> accelerating the unbearable ?grind? time
> every counter endures.

> 9. While the oblivious pit boss is B.S.ing
> with the waitress, your ?very cool? dealer
> whispers to you what a skilled player you
> are.

> 10. I have no #10. Any suggestions?

> P.S. I thought the rules at the Stardust
> were superb. Are there other casinos in
> Vegas that have the same rules (DD, Face
> Down, DOA, DAS, S17, at least 60% pen) and
> can handle big action and 1X-10X bet spreads
> without flinching?

You can spot another counter at your pitch game table within ten hands, while the pit stumbles around for an hour trying to figure it out.

Fernando

[T-Hopper]

> You can spot another counter at your pitch
> game table within ten hands, while the pit
> stumbles around for an hour trying to figure
> it out.

Ten hands later, you realize that both of you are using the same count system.

[Ace Hole!]

....LOOKING FOR A GOOD GAME, you walk to the Western at 3 a.m.!!!!

[Robbie]

> You can spot another counter at your pitch
> game table within ten hands, while the pit
> stumbles around for an hour trying to figure
> it out.

> Fernando

Good, I like that one !

[Moose]

.. you have to pretend to be happy to win your minimum bet when the dealer busts T-2-A-A-A-A-T

#10b: You know why the above is even funnier when you add ".. at single deck" to the end of it.

C.

[E1010]

You spot another counter in your table within a short time and it pisses you off when he leave you in the table in big negative count for a bathroom break!

[K-O Joe]

> You spot another counter in your table
> within a short time and it pisses you off
> when he leave you in the table in big
> negative count for a bathroom break!

Or worse, when you both stand up at the same instant.

Aces & Faces to Ya! K-O Joe