Have you ever got to the casino without reserve money to replace your session BR

[Freightman]

They can pretty quickly tell what your unit is but max bet is tough to say from watching you play.

Especially with a dual ramp.

[BoSox]

When playing 2 spots I find 8 bets is not too uncommon.

You are not kidding, often I like to play two spots, and one place I play at has unlimited splits on two's through nines and I have gotten involved in some real beauties, sometimes with two sets of pairs from both circles. Unfortunately, this draws real attention even during slow times and the plops eat it up "as it is not their money" especially when my max bets are in the circles, and I know that the decision will make or break the day's result, at least at that house. Playing to completion "which I always do" by making every split and double is a red flag as many plops would have stopped much sooner, requires an end to the session regardless of result. During these hands my expectation results were right where they should be.

[Freightman]

You are not kidding, often I like to play two spots, and one place I play at has unlimited splits on two's through nines and I have gotten involved in some real beauties, sometimes with two sets of pairs from both circles. Unfortunately, this draws real attention even during slow times and the plops eat it up "as it is not their money" especially when max bets are in the circles, and I know that the decision will make or break the day's result, at least at that house. Playing to completion "which I always do" by making every split and double is a red flag as many plops would have stopped much sooner, requires an end to the session regardless of result. During these hands my expectation results were right where they should be.

I have a recollection of 2 hands 99 v dealer whatever, both max splits. Had something similar on some 88 split on 2 hands. Thus shit happens, and as Bosox says, meaningful bets on these types of hands will make or break your day.

[ZeeBabar]

Recently I had something happen that never happened before. I went on a trip and and usually carry my session BR of 6 max bet rounds for a 20:1 spread and have a reserve of at least 3 more clips of session BR's to travel. I always have the money unhand in case I need it. I was going on an overnight trip to play some and do research into something that would increase advantage. Anyway I played all day visiting several casinos and never needed to be bought in for 1 max bet round at any of them. Most I bought in for less than 1/2 a max bet round. I won handily at every casino and had a profit of about 4 max bet rounds. Then when getting into the research with a friend I went to put the profit into my reserve stash. I didn't have it. Well needless to say I started worrying I dropped it somewhere or someone pickpocket a small 5 figure amount.

I will keep it short but I a phone call home revealed it was in the last place I thought it was and I almost forgot I put it there. I wasn't too worried because it was either gone or it wasn't. If it wasn't I would find it eventually. If it was lost or stolen there wasn't anything I could do about it. I went on a scouting mission to a bad area before I went on this trip and didn't intend on playing cards because I intentionally picked a very crowded time to scout. I did bring my session BR to try other opportunities if I saw them but I wanted to scout more than play. I felt it was a good idea not to have the whole trip BR with me in case I got robbed. That was all fine but I put my reserve in an unusual place and didn't return it to where I normally have it.

I have a buddy that just found out he has cancer and it is likely it is advanced stage and another buddy that was likely to die within days if a Hail Mary treatment didn't work. I am getting old and I hadn't slept much in a week because of Gram's paradox and the original issues with friends. So my brain hasn't been sharp lately. Of course aging people have to worry about deteriorating brain issues. I do what I can to keep my brain sharp but in the end what can you really do about it.

Anyway has anyone ever accidentally left their reserve BR when playing a game they should have it on them? Were you lucky like me and find out about it later or did you reach for it because you needed to buy in for more only to find out you didn't have it? I think I did pretty good making it through decades of play never having had this happen but I am not sure what is normal.

T3, notice that everyone is only responding to the last of your 4 paragraphs. Maybe the three preceding paragraphs were unnecessary?

You sure carry a lot of money. I play $25-$175 DD games and after once losing $3.3k at one session, I opted to always take between $2k and $2.5 k for a session. If I lose $2k, I need to take a break and consider why I am losing (tired, losing count, underbetting, overbetting etc.). If it gets under $400, I walk to car or go home to get more.

[Freightman]

T3, notice that everyone is only responding to the last of your 4 paragraphs. Maybe the three preceding paragraphs were unnecessary?

Usually are

[BoSox]

T3, notice that everyone is only responding to the last of your 4 paragraphs. Maybe the three preceding paragraphs were unnecessary?

Zee, you missed the first sentence of the second paragraph, which said:

Three wrote:
"I will keep it short but I a phone call home revealed it was in the last place I thought it was and I almost forgot I put it there."

So stop picking on the man!

[Freightman]

Zee, you missed the first sentence of the second paragraph, which said:



So stop picking on the man!

Worth a thumbs up

[BoSox]

Sometimes I leave the house at 1 AM to go play cards. About 5% of the time, I do go around the block to make sure I lowered the garage door.

[ZeeBabar]

T3, you wrote "underbetting, overbetting etc.). If it gets under $400, I walk to car or go home to get more.
My reaction to losing $3.2K in one shoe would be to bring factor of 3 or 4 times that much. It sure as hell wouldn't be to bring less. The worst thing that you can do is run out of money on a high count shoe. It's big bet time and each round results get more and more certain. You decide you need to carry less? What kind of logic is that? You want to make sure you never run out by making sure each session is only started if you have sufficient funds. "

I stated that I play DD games and rarely do you ever get a monster count with a lot of rounds to play. For a single session of a DD game, $2.5k is sufficient for me. I also have additional funds in the car. I basically just take a walk to review my play, state (mental and physical) but it gets me saY from the table.

[ZeeBabar]

As long as you understand sufficient means way more than the worst I have seen yet between shuffles. You need to be prepared for the worst case scenario, not what happens a lot.

I agree. A lovely AP who was so good that I never knew later told me in a PM that I must have been tired and that I max bet on a couple of high negative counts (got away once) and must have flipped the negative with the positive. I can make mistakes at my age when playing tired. I have no desire to lose more than $2k in a DD session and its how I ensure that I quit if down that much. Given that I play $25 tables, its sufficient funds. I would go take a walk to my car, decide if I was going to play more or try another day. More often than not, I quit that casino, either go to my hotel to sleep or to another casino.