First Time Out

[SammyBoy]

I tried out my new counting system recently and am very pleased with the results! I am especially proud of my performance. I was able to keep the count without any problems. I had serious doubts when I first started learning AOII, but the hard work has payed off. A few more weeks of playing and practicing and I will be ready to attack the Chumash!

 

[Stealth Bomber]

I was wondering how you were doing. Sounds like you're on board now. Once your brain gets retrained, it comes together pretty fast. Sometimes I'm afraid that the AOII works all too well especially when a pit critter is standing there talking to me + watching how I'm betting. It's the side C of A's and the bet adjustment therefrom which really kicks Azz. I find myself having to come up with excuses and quirky acts for my giant bets on 2 hands with faces and aces spread all over the table, and no less the players are hootin' and hollerin' too. )))))) What were you playing? How fast was the D?

Stealth

 

[Stealth Bomber]

Hey MVB, it's startin' to payoff for SammyBoy. ;-)

 

[SammyBoy]

Wassup Stealth,

I was playing mostly DD, the dealer was pretty fast, but the ploppies move slow enough to where I have plenty of time to see all the cards. I was even playing multiple hands with no problems, well I guess the only problem was when Billy Bob Ploppy got pissed because I was alternating from one to two hand in the middle of the shoe and possibly messing up the flow of the cards. He complained to the dealer and he said as long as I started the shoe with 2 hands I could drop to one and then go back to 2 all night long (no midshoe allowed). I had the best win rate per hour of my career as a counter, over $200 per hour. This was the first time I had ever played multiple hands for any length of time and it really paid off.

 

[Sonny]

Re: The big payoff

> A few more weeks of playing and practicing and I will be ready to attack the
> Chumash!

Good work! The AOII is a little tricky with shoe games, but with a little practice you will be able to track all the aces you need. I use Hi-Opt II myself, so I can feel your pain. I agree with Stealth that the side count helps out a lot. You will start to see the increased accuracy right away.

If you get up to speed in the next two months, maybe I'll see you at Chumash! Maybe you could teach ME how to average $200/hour too!

-Sonny-

 

[SammyBoy]

Hi Sonny

If you get up to speed in the next two months, maybe I'll see you at Chumash! Maybe you could teach ME how to average $200/hour too!



If only I could average that over a few thousand hours, LOL. It's nice when standard deviation smiles upon you.

I was afraid it would be a bad day when I first sat down. I was down 25 units within the first hour. Ploppies were dropping like flies while I managed to survive the casino's massive frontal attack. Using a magnificent flanking maneuver the battle began to turn and the chip tray was emptying fast. At this point I had a huge bulge in my pants, of green and black chips. Ploppy casualties were massive, some tried to return to the fray, but with me and Billy Bob Ploppy ( a late comer to the action) playing multiple spots there was no room left on the battlefield. All the loser ploppies could do was hang their heads and wonder "what if." It was a great day in the war of Good versus Evil.