In this case, how should I do?

[tammy]

Hi

Last weekend, I went to Las Vegas to play blackjack.I was playing at Imperial palace DD MIN10 table and I bet 10 dollar each.

Fortunately, the number of a true counts became +7 so I bet 100 dollars,
my hands were 16 dealers upcard has T(10), my decision is HIT ,the next card were T as one expected. Few minute later same situation became and I lost again and again.I am a loser! LOL

I look at a Count Strategy Tables,Its say
Players hand 16 Dealers upcards 9(5 HS) T(-1 HS) A(6 HS)
Is this mean when a true count was +6 .I have a 16 dealer has 9 then stand?, I have 16 dealer has T then HIT?,I have 16 dealer has A then stand?

I dont understand it, Please explain to be comprehensible.

Tammy

 

[zengrifter]

Yes, with those +counts you should have stood

 

[tammy]

Thanks, I am so stupid that I can not believe.

Thanks a lot.

Seriously I am idiot!Made a simple mistake.
How stupid I am to go to vegas with this unoccupied brain.

I have to STAND when a count -1~+count.

Feel ashamed !!!!!!!!!!!!

Tammy

 

[The Mayor]

Two suggestions

Suggestion 1 -- know what you are doing perfectly before trying it in a casino. Use simulators, read, practice. Don't give them your money by thinking you understand, you must really understand.

Suggestion 2 -- if you are having trouble understanding from the book you are reading, I can suggest another book you might consider reading...

--Mayor

 

[Victoria]

Practice, practice .....

Besides loads of practice before sitting at a real table, understanding the why of some of the things you should do helps.

High count and you have a max bet out and are looking at your 16 vs the dealers 9,10, or Ace. A situation that will happen much more often than any of us want.

Very good chance, hit or stay that you will loose.
You know that the remaining cards are heavy with 10's and depending upon the count you use, perhaps heavy with aces also, (hitting an ace on 16 does not mean very much unless the dealer is showing a 7, as 17 only wins when 16 wins)
So, the count has told you that if anyone is hitting a stiff, especially a high stiff, they are extremely likely to bust. It also has told you that the dealer is very likely to have a pat hand.

It comes down to your best shot being the hope that the dealer has a stiff also and will take that likely bust card. Odds say you loose either way but, just as you landed up stiff with a high count, it could happen to the dealer also. The math says you loose either way but over the long run you loose less in these kind of counts by staying.