The other thing you have to consider ahead of time is what's going to happen if things go bad? Suppose one of your best friends or a relative cheats you out of $10K, after giving in to temptation or a bad habit?Dyepaintball12 said:
You made some very good points, but the one above is my favorite. By the time someone is ready for team play they will have already networked with many other players. The decision then becomes a choice of who you want to play with and not where to find talented players.Automatic Monkey said:
Associated with blackjack, no, but I know people who would be very likely to act that way if they believed someone had cheated them. There are also people who definitely would rip off a team unless they had the fear of something unpleasant happening to them as a result. These concepts are two sides of the same coin- Machiavellian morality- and I would prefer playing BJ alone to having to play by those rules. This is why I suggest being careful to the extreme when sharing bankroll, but there are other forms of team play that don't require that.avs21 said:Do you know anyone that has been shot or stabbed?!
This goes back to the answer above: once you have enough experience to be on a team you will have networked with some other APs. The best way is through some of the parties I mentioned. You will have to be very close friends with people before they trust you enough to be on their team. They will have to know that you are a trustworthy person, a skilled player, and a likeable guy. That sort of relationship takes time to build.newbie said:
Nope. Blackjack teams are very secretive groups. They don’t want to be found. They are usually not looking for new players unless one of their members recommends someone and personally vouches for them. If they advertised in magazines they would get thousands of responses from unqualified players, which is annoying. It would be like the American Idol of APs!newbie said:
They wouldn’t get any responses from knowledgeable players because those players would not trust the people running the team. It has to be a situation of mutual respect.
Because playing 5 hands at the same table would not benefit you much. If you play 5 hands of $5 at the same table (which a casino will not let you do. They usually require 2*minimum for two hands and 3*minimum for more. Many will not even allow you to play as many as 5 hands) then you might as well play 1 hand of $25. You will earn the same amount of money either way. That is one of the reasons blackjack teams do not play at the same table.newbie said:
Yes, blackjack is a game of skill. That has been common knowledge since the 60s. The reason blackjack has survived this long is because 99.99% of the players are unskilled. As long as the casino making enough money they will be happy. It is very easy for the casinos to make the game completely unbeatable. If they are helpless to protect their games then they will do just that. Why would you want to force them to do that?chuck said:
