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    Table Hopping

    The casino I play in usually has a few tables open in the higher limit room when I go in the morning. I tend to do the hit and run strategy where I win a couple hundred dollars and go play a few hands of baccarat. Wanted to get an opinion on what would happen - if anything, if instead of going to play baccarat after winning $200 at the blackjack table, I just hopped over to the table next to me. I'm one of those people that likes to press and gets frustrated when I lose a few hands in a row so figure this might be a good way for me to play and be "smarter"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jakedevil00 View Post
    The casino I play in usually has a few tables open in the higher limit room when I go in the morning. I tend to do the hit and run strategy where I win a couple hundred dollars and go play a few hands of baccarat. Wanted to get an opinion on what would happen - if anything, if instead of going to play baccarat after winning $200 at the blackjack table, I just hopped over to the table next to me. I'm one of those people that likes to press and gets frustrated when I lose a few hands in a row so figure this might be a good way for me to play and be "smarter"
    If you hop over to the table next to you, you will lose money. Duh.

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    Are you counting?

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    Yes but my hope is that I can reach my goal of +1 unit in a few hands without going too deep into the shoe.

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    It sounds like you are a "gambler"
    "hoping to win one unit." Your
    approach, I say, is ill-conceived.

    Stick to BJ and count cards so that
    at least your losses will be minimal
    and you ought to show a profit over
    time. Whoever said "Greed Kills" was
    a genius.

    I think it is correct to say that unless you
    have accumulated a lot of profits playing
    in this place or maybe winning (something)
    most of the time you have little to worry
    about, but trying to earn any significant
    amount of money at your LOCAL casino
    sounds to me like the wrong game plan.

    Also, if you play too many hours or too
    many days in a month, they will make
    believe that they like you, while they will
    certainly watch your action pretty closely.
    z
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    With counting, your edge comes later in the shoe. Patience grasshopper. Winning 1 unit then jumping tables is not a long-term winning strategy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jakedevil00 View Post
    The casino I play in usually has a few tables open in the higher limit room when I go in the morning. I tend to do the hit and run strategy where I win a couple hundred dollars and go play a few hands of baccarat. Wanted to get an opinion on what would happen - if anything, if instead of going to play baccarat after winning $200 at the blackjack table, I just hopped over to the table next to me. I'm one of those people that likes to press and gets frustrated when I lose a few hands in a row so figure this might be a good way for me to play and be "smarter"
    There is no gained EV in having a win limit, or a loss limit. If you are at your local and want to leave after winning $200 to preserve longevity, that may make sense.

    Hopping to another table isn't cover, though. They will still watch your play there. And tossing a couple bucks at a -EV game (I'm assuming, as you didn't mention another angle) is just wasting money.

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    The name of the game is ADVANTAGE play...where or what could possibly fit this criteria??? Hopping tables defeats the point of counting. I.e. " I've counted 1/2 the shoe at this table, let me Hop over to a new table and play Off the top where I KNOW I'm starting off at a lower EV..." Yeah no. Good idea Bad idea what category you think that idea falls under???

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wave View Post
    Table hopping using Optimal Departure Points (each deck in the shoe has its own) when back counting and front counting produce higher $ hourly rates (and DI, SCORE, N0, Factor) by saving you time finding the good shoes resulting in the maximization of your time. In general, shoes that start trending in either positive or negative directions early will continue that trend. Using ODPs identify the right time to Wong out and look for a better shoe. All the sims I have run clearly demonstrate this to be statistically valid and I'm sure Don and Norm would concur
    This is true, but the OP is talking about departing after a $200 win. Not after a certain count threshold is reached. When playing a shoe, I think most of us have a Wong out point.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dharmaprija View Post
    The name of the game is ADVANTAGE play...where or what could possibly fit this criteria??? Hopping tables defeats the point of counting. I.e. " I've counted 1/2 the shoe at this table, let me Hop over to a new table and play Off the top where I KNOW I'm starting off at a lower EV..." Yeah no. Good idea Bad idea what category you think that idea falls under???
    That last sentence you wrote says it all about what you know! If you have to ask a question "about hopping tables" like that, you need to go back to square one and start over.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wave View Post
    able hopping using Optimal Departure Points (each deck in the shoe has its own) when back counting and front counting produce higher $ hourly rates (and DI, SCORE, N0, Factor) by saving you time finding the good shoes resulting in the maximization of your time. In general, shoes that start trending in either positive or negative directions early will continue that trend. Using ODPs identify the right time to Wong out and look for a better shoe. All the sims I have run clearly demonstrate this to be statistically valid and I'm sure Don and Norm would concur
    I concur that it is statistically correct but the practical application has issues. You do get higher rates BUT you must have another table to go to without delay for it to translate to actual results.

    Check out BJAIII on using spotters to get a better idea of the difficulty. Not all the shoes will go postive early enough to make them useful. Hopping to another table means finding a new shuffle or picking up a count on an active shoe which is possible but not very productive.

    You are on the right track, it is just that the actual results (rounds played at positive counts) will be somewhat less than your post inferred.
    Luck is nothing more than probability taken personally!

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    "You are on the right track, it is just that the actual results (rounds played at positive counts) will be somewhat less than your post inferred."

    Implied. :-)

    Don

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    Quote Originally Posted by DSchles View Post
    "You are on the right track, it is just that the actual results (rounds played at positive counts) will be somewhat less than your post inferred."

    Implied. :-)

    Don
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