Well, it was out of the ordinary for me, as well, but it was last shoe of that S17, 6-deck, late surrender, $15 min game that is usually reserved for $50 and up games at this casino, and I was losing more than a $1,000 at the time, so I felt it was time to pull out all the stops when we reached a TC+6 with only one other player. It was the perfect climate and excuse for making such a play, and it is a highly desirable thing to do if the casino will tolerate it, and since it was the last part of the last shoe anyway, it did not much matter. I had been betting $25 min for the past few shoes so the approx. 1 to 16 spread, reduced for number of hands, fit neatly into the scheme of things, and even more so since I had established $25 as my new min bet after having played most of the evening with $15 as my min bet. It is like spreading 1 to 26 (if $15 were my min bet), demonstrating the versatility of playing a lower min bet game than you need to and so giving you the ever available option of upping the ante, so to speak, without steaming out of control. In Las Vegas (I was not in Las Vegas) you can play $5 min games in which you can at some point establish yourself as a $10 or even $25 min bettor, and so up the ante beyond what would usually be tolerated. It appears to be steaming behavior to the onlooker, but it is really a way of starting out ultra conservatively and ramping it up as circumstances may demand. At times I have simply stayed at $5 and walked away with a quick and handsome profit, but more often it only paves the way for a steeper betting ramp. Mixing up bets from $5 to $25 (and everywhere in between) can help pave the way for establishing one's min bet at various levels putting you as the player in the driver's seat for how the session unfolds, which is always determined by how the cards run. Sometimes those coveted plus counts are few and far between, at other times, in quick succession. When circumstances favor it, you can do as I did this fortuitous evening. I didn't make a killing, but I did walk away winner. I believe you should always give yourself as many options as possible. As always, YMMV.
Bookmarks