BlackJack
davidtrios
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I know what you're thinking- this is a thread about former White Sox hurler 'Black' Jack McDowell (who loves Pearl Jam and has a favorite song of Present Tense).
YOU'RE WRONG
I'm talking about the game of 21. Does anyone here like to dabble in the sometimes sweet, mostly sick game of BlackJack?
YOU'RE WRONG
I'm talking about the game of 21. Does anyone here like to dabble in the sometimes sweet, mostly sick game of BlackJack?
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the only card game I can play. well, this and go fish.
"To question your government is not unpatriotic --
to not question your government is unpatriotic."
-- Sen. Chuck Hagel
Winner Winner!
Gotta learn somehow right?
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
Trust me, I've come to this conclusion already. Sounds like a much more fun, and less expensive experience.
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
i laughed when you mentioned 'heater'- it reminded me of The Hangover.
But ya, I've done well but it mainly causes a HUGE dent in my wallet. I just watched a basic tutorial on card counting on youtube. I've done well the last couple of times I've gone to the Horseshoe Casino (up 1750 or so)...but overall, I think I'e lost around 25K since turning 21 five years ago.
I have always adhered to three basic rules when playing blackjack. Establishing a healthy balance between the three has gone a long way for me doing well.
1. You (and everyone else at the table) MUST play textbook hands. If everyone does as they are supposed to, and the guy on 3rd base stands with 13, shit usually hits the fan.
2. No Fear - Any indecision you have about a potential move will enevitably go in the dealer's favor. I don't know how this works, but the BlackJack gods always see to it that it does.
3. It's very difficult to keep an efficient and precise count on the cards, especially when you're with friends drinking, checking out the scenery (if you know what I mean) and generally having a good time. I try to keep up with Aces and face cards, and from that little bit of info, direct my bets accordingly. This isn't always effective, but seems to work for me by and large.
and the dealer
Those were my thoughts as I was losing.
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
soudns like you need better rules if you are down $5k over 2 trips.
But when I'm in Vegas, I can get pretty compulsive. It's so hard to walk away from the table....especially when you are up. But out of my 5 trips to Vegas, I've come back on top 4 times. All you need is to get hot (a heater) for a short period of time and that can make your trip. The weird part is that usually I am drunk off my ass when this happens. Last time at the NYNY, I sat down at about 5 am with $150 and walked away with $2,000....I think that might have been one of the best half hours of my life!
that's happened to me too many times. you're lucky if you push on a blackjack.
BUT, I've noticied on those 21+3 (poker hand bonus tables) that when shoes tend to go bad, the plus 3 hits and you're still in the game.
Always split aces and eights. Even when you count cards it only bumps your odds up to 51%.
In the movie Rainman they say "Nobody in the world can count six decks of cards". I've seen my dad count an eight deck shoe and not lose a beat in his conversation with someone off the table. He just glances back and calculates everything in a heartbeat. He now has some mathmatical equation and tracks the way cards move through the deck when the casino's use different shuffles. He has also had some of his work taught at the University of Nevada curriculum.
He used to write for a ton of magazines under the name Justin Baxter (pen name) and was part of a team that tried to break Vegas. Obviously impossible, but I do remember his saying they made more then 100k each over the summer.
Now he rarely goes to Vegas except for the World Series cause he can make so much playing online. He once asked me how much I made at which point he laughed and said "I make more then that and I'm in my jammies on the computer"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd5fh41O ... re=related
He no longer works on his site but this gives you an idea of the type of thought process into a simple hand of poker.
Leaving is for the answering machine.
actually, i was thinking of the card game.