ihate17
Well-Known Member
Generally, other AP's do not annoy me. I either move on or he moves on but in this case we are not talking about AP in the sense that we usually talk about it. Here ii is purely hustling the trusting, ignorant novice.
I am at this table where the player at first base is in agony about nearly every decision. Out of nowhere he is approached by a guy wearing a suit that looks typical of casino wear but no nametag. The hustler volunteers to show this guy how to play for 50% of his winnings. His sales pitch included the mention that he averages making over $500 per hour at blackjack! Perhaps the first or second hand the player gets 3,3 vs dealer 4 and the hustler tells him it is a bad split. Even on the most obvious plays the player asked for advice and advice was given, often incorrectly.
The table got very hot on a negative shoe and though I won a lot of minimum bets, everyone else won more but the next shoe was heaven. High count dealer always seemingly showing a lower card and I am either getting blackjack, a 20, hands like 19 vs dealer 7, or little cards that added up to 9,10, or 11 while the dealer was showing a stiff most often. I am on my best little run in months and not watching the novice and the hustler as much as I did in the previous shoe. Suddenly the novice hands his mentor $450 (50% of his win, I guess) and the hustler puts it into the circle. He wins the hand and walks with $900 in less than 20 minutes. Now I am thinking that this guy did not lie when he stated he makes over $500 per hour at blackjack, I just had to see how he did it to understand.
As tables go for novices and ploppys, ours shortly cooled off and our novice lost whatever he won earlier and I left on the next negative count.
At another in their HL area on the same evening, I spot the hustler with a lady at a table other than the one I played on. Apparantly, business is good for these guys.
Business for these kind of guys must be always good. Player loses and he has already explained "nothing works all the time but playing this way I make over $500 per hour." Player wins and he takes his chips and bets to double it or perhaps walks away.
This kind of advantage play bothers me.
ihate17
I am at this table where the player at first base is in agony about nearly every decision. Out of nowhere he is approached by a guy wearing a suit that looks typical of casino wear but no nametag. The hustler volunteers to show this guy how to play for 50% of his winnings. His sales pitch included the mention that he averages making over $500 per hour at blackjack! Perhaps the first or second hand the player gets 3,3 vs dealer 4 and the hustler tells him it is a bad split. Even on the most obvious plays the player asked for advice and advice was given, often incorrectly.
The table got very hot on a negative shoe and though I won a lot of minimum bets, everyone else won more but the next shoe was heaven. High count dealer always seemingly showing a lower card and I am either getting blackjack, a 20, hands like 19 vs dealer 7, or little cards that added up to 9,10, or 11 while the dealer was showing a stiff most often. I am on my best little run in months and not watching the novice and the hustler as much as I did in the previous shoe. Suddenly the novice hands his mentor $450 (50% of his win, I guess) and the hustler puts it into the circle. He wins the hand and walks with $900 in less than 20 minutes. Now I am thinking that this guy did not lie when he stated he makes over $500 per hour at blackjack, I just had to see how he did it to understand.
As tables go for novices and ploppys, ours shortly cooled off and our novice lost whatever he won earlier and I left on the next negative count.
At another in their HL area on the same evening, I spot the hustler with a lady at a table other than the one I played on. Apparantly, business is good for these guys.
Business for these kind of guys must be always good. Player loses and he has already explained "nothing works all the time but playing this way I make over $500 per hour." Player wins and he takes his chips and bets to double it or perhaps walks away.
This kind of advantage play bothers me.
ihate17
