Thanks again for everyone's input on here.
Well guess what happened tonight, so I stroll into my main local casino, and they are now using automatic card shuffling machines.
But it wont really effect me too much, becuase I never really had the skills or training to count cards in the first place. Alot having to do with the fact, that I just learned how counting cards works, last week.
I'm still like a newborn about all this advanced style playing. I basically play $5 flat bets all the time, and strictly play by the book (basic strategy). But I have been playing basic strategy for nearly 10 yrs, and the 10 yrs before that was not basic strategy. I also enjoy shoulder surfing and watching others play at the table.
Basically I play for entertainment, may have a drink every now and then, and socialize here and there, but thats all really.
But most importantly if I can acquire an edge, requiring little to no effort,then I will be interested. So basically I just play for fun and hope to get lucky. I typically buy in for $40, and normally after 30 mins of play, I call it a night, and usually +/-$20 on the night.
But as far as buying potentially other people's surrender cards, I guess it wont make any serious difference to me, since I wasnt counting in the first place. I know I will still get some decent +EV still, even if I dont count. Doesnt take a rocket scientist to realize blindly buying (half cost) a hard 13 vs 10, will win you money in the long run.
Tonight while I was observing a table in action, I seen a local, make one of the worst moves in my entire life of watching blackjack games. For what it's worth, he was all alone at the table, just him and the dealer.
This guy gets a pair of 10's (20) vs dealer 10, yet suprisingly this moron splits his hand!!!
He then hits on 1st split, gets a 9, so he is at 19 and stands, then the other hand she gives him a 5, now he's at 15, and then hits and gets a 9 and busts (24), so now finally she flips her card and bingo has 20!!!! So he now ends up going from a push on his original 20 to now losing not once, but twice on that hand, for combining greed and stupidity together.
I mean can there be anymore of a dumber move then this!
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