"I think, therfore I can't play blackjack."
Arnold Snyder, Blackbelt in Blackjack pg. 229 (2005)
I was recently backed off betting $1 on Lucky Ladys. Playing $3 on the BJ hand and $1 on the LL side bet, I had a nice little run and turned a $60 buy-in into almost $200. The breaking point was when I hit two 19-1 matchs in about four hands. I didn't bet the sidebet the first couple of rounds of the new shoe aand when I went to place the dollar chip in the LL circle the PB almost knocked over the table in his rush to push it back. I was told that I could only bet it if I bet every hand from the beginning of the next new shoe. He also told the dealer I couldn't bet more than $5 a hand, even though I had been flat-betting $3 all along. Just to bust his balls I asked him for a comp for two to his only eatery.
Let me die in my sleep like my Grandfather.
Not screaming in agony like his passengers.
This group is having a conference next week at the M. (Feb 27-29)
It's probably not be good time to play and made a real time case study for the conference.
http://www.worldgameprotection.com/conference/
They shouldn't backoff anybody. Casinos can simply gradually reduce penetration if they find a genuine threat. Cutting off more than 2 decks from a six deck shoe or cutting off more than 1 deck from a double deck game basically makes the game unplayable by any normal standards of advantage play.
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