"Women and cats will do as they please, and Men and dogs should just relax and get used to the idea" --- Robert A. Heinlein
Without revealing my age I can tell you I have played many a 20 plus hour session in places where I played rated. I relish those $100 to $150 restaurant comps, enjoy the game and socializing with the people on both sides of the table, and have a penchant for reaching the long run before I leave, if possible, or at least getting in the winner's column. In very few instances did I leave losing, but sometimes that is unavoidable. The long run is not a respecter of persons.
Aslan 11/1/90 - 6/15/10 Stormy 1/22/95 - 8/23/10... “Life’s most urgent question is: what are you doing for others?” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Don't mean to be hard but if I were your close friend I would tell you that you are not even close to being a professional advantage player (I assume you have no job or you can not play that much). It kinda like being pregnant, there is no such thing as almost. Your description of your play indicates you do not understand the consequences of many strategically important plays (surrender?) nor do you have a grasp on what bet level you can support or what spread is required to win. Game selection of "maybe 60%"? In poker this is called a tell.
The level of competence demonstrated by your commentary leaves you without justification to announce that card counting does not work. I for one can tell you that it does and I can prove it with my results. I will leave you with the fact that we all understand variance and the sick feeling when it is against you, but the true pros also understand the euphoria of it being on your side and, most importantly, that it is not really very relevant in the long term if your game is solid.
Best of luck and by the way you have come to a place with many accomplished pros who can help if you just listen.
Luck is nothing more than probability taken personally!
8 pages and not one mention of Basic Strategy?
OP u play 2 DECKS the whole point of 8 deck games is to make thing tuff on counters. u should be crushing this game and know what the last card will be. work on ur fundamentals like basic strategy and basic strategy. then when ur done work on ur basic strategy. brings house edge to just about break even. u'll be getting banned from casinos in no time
1. Back to the pooter-hole incident. theres a phenomenom called Olfatory Fatigue. You lose the ability (or it's GREATLY diminished) to perceive a scent over time.
Those newly arrived CAN smell it though.
Maybe it's just me, but if I poop (or mucous) my britches, I'm going post haste to the room/home and changing.
That you did not, signifies to me (if true) that you don't need to frequent casinos.
2. If you can't profit from heads-up 3:2, DOA, DAS, LS, DD you need to try something else.
3. You've been a member here since Nov. '13 and you never figured out that STing means Shuffle Tracking? OK, I can forgive that one as I still see some abbreviations here I can't decipher.
“One man’s remorse is another man’s reminiscence.” Ogden Nash
All this time I thought it was Star Trekking! BEAM ME UP 2.gif
Aslan 11/1/90 - 6/15/10 Stormy 1/22/95 - 8/23/10... “Life’s most urgent question is: what are you doing for others?” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I've played BJ since I read Ed Thorp's seminal work in 1979. I never had a losing year up to 1993 when I stopped playing because my TV career was taking too much of my time. I played right across Europe (I'm based in the UK), in Asia, Australia and extensively in the US (mainly Vegas). I met some fantastic people (and many who were totally bonkers) and had a brilliant time. Now I'm retired I'm getting back into it again and I'm glad to see it's still beatable.
Rather than making such a categorically negative announcement about blackjack OP, take a look at what you're doing and try to understand what it is you're NOT doing correctly. The game is beatable but you have to use the right techniques. You're obviously not. Just imagine how exciting it's going to be for you when you finally start playing correctly. It will happen if you're willing to listen and learn. Don't give up....
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