mulehead126
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I doubt if this is hardly news to any of you, but I just had to say this - BTW, this is my first post...
I'll never understand why there are so, so many players that SIMPLY HAVE NO CLUE what "basic strategy" is! And many of them are betting a lot more than the table minimum!
And I'm not talking about decisions that are "borderline" to many players, i.e. hitting or standing with 16 vs. a 10, with 12 vs. a 2 or 3, doubling with 11 vs. a 10 or Ace, etc. I'm referring to brain-dead ploppies who'll stand on 14 vs. a 9...then a few hands later hit 13 vs. a 4 (or split 5's LMAO!!!). And I seriously doubt if they are counting.
A few often-heard comments that drive me up a wall that we all hear...
1) When the dealer has a stiff card, and all the players have a stiff hand...the table genius will say "Someone's gotta take a hit 'for the table'"...grrrrrr...
2) When you hit your 12 vs. a 2 playing 3rd base, catch a 10..."YOU TOOK THE DEALER'S BUST CARD!"...of course if we KNEW what the next card was, we'd all be rich! But try telling those idiots that!
3) You split 4's vs. a 5 or 6 when you can then double...no need to add anything further lol...
I play a lot in Delaware where they only have the Shufflemaster "virtual" games...interestingly enough, although I much prefer "real" BJ, I do fine playing the machines, I constantly "stick and move" from machine to machine, maybe that's why...I'm hrdly getting rich, but I'm ahead 200 or so units for the year, over thousands of hands. Anyway, my point is that although the rules state the 6 deck shoe is shuffled after 2/3rds of the shoe, there is no way of telling exactly when that does take place (if someone DOES know, TELL ME :') )...so I stick to perfect basic strategy. I can honestly say I have not seen EVEN ONE OTHER PLAYER who plays basic strategy to the letter!!! And some of the plays are downright ridiculous, totally absurd (not counting hitting the wrong button).
I can understand the tourist types who'll probably never play the game agin making bad plays -but it just baffles me how many bad players there are that play BJ A LOT! And for a lot of money! WHY DON'T THEY LEARN THE GAME???
Hey, any "inside" info on playing Shufflemaster? Like I said, moving around A LOT sure seems to work for me...and although I do true the game is being dealt honestly, when I bet less, I sure seem to do better...and I am often wary of playing on a table when there is big money being played by another player of players...
I'll never understand why there are so, so many players that SIMPLY HAVE NO CLUE what "basic strategy" is! And many of them are betting a lot more than the table minimum!
And I'm not talking about decisions that are "borderline" to many players, i.e. hitting or standing with 16 vs. a 10, with 12 vs. a 2 or 3, doubling with 11 vs. a 10 or Ace, etc. I'm referring to brain-dead ploppies who'll stand on 14 vs. a 9...then a few hands later hit 13 vs. a 4 (or split 5's LMAO!!!). And I seriously doubt if they are counting.
A few often-heard comments that drive me up a wall that we all hear...
1) When the dealer has a stiff card, and all the players have a stiff hand...the table genius will say "Someone's gotta take a hit 'for the table'"...grrrrrr...
2) When you hit your 12 vs. a 2 playing 3rd base, catch a 10..."YOU TOOK THE DEALER'S BUST CARD!"...of course if we KNEW what the next card was, we'd all be rich! But try telling those idiots that!
3) You split 4's vs. a 5 or 6 when you can then double...no need to add anything further lol...
I play a lot in Delaware where they only have the Shufflemaster "virtual" games...interestingly enough, although I much prefer "real" BJ, I do fine playing the machines, I constantly "stick and move" from machine to machine, maybe that's why...I'm hrdly getting rich, but I'm ahead 200 or so units for the year, over thousands of hands. Anyway, my point is that although the rules state the 6 deck shoe is shuffled after 2/3rds of the shoe, there is no way of telling exactly when that does take place (if someone DOES know, TELL ME :') )...so I stick to perfect basic strategy. I can honestly say I have not seen EVEN ONE OTHER PLAYER who plays basic strategy to the letter!!! And some of the plays are downright ridiculous, totally absurd (not counting hitting the wrong button).
I can understand the tourist types who'll probably never play the game agin making bad plays -but it just baffles me how many bad players there are that play BJ A LOT! And for a lot of money! WHY DON'T THEY LEARN THE GAME???
Hey, any "inside" info on playing Shufflemaster? Like I said, moving around A LOT sure seems to work for me...and although I do true the game is being dealt honestly, when I bet less, I sure seem to do better...and I am often wary of playing on a table when there is big money being played by another player of players...
This is assuming of course the count is in your favor.