ihate17
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I spent the weekend playing blackjack. I socialize a ton at the tables with players, pits and dealers.
We talked baseball, we talked NCAA, we talked how bad some players are (generally begun by players almost as bad) but no one said a word about the movie.
I did witness one guy who was counting though and it was a good lesson in what can happen when a pure novice decides to spread his bets and bet much larger than he would have before seeing this movie. For a little background, you have a player whose knowledge of basic strategy is not limited, it is near ZERO. Just because you know you know to stay on blackjack does not mean you know much basic strategy.
So we have mister, double 9 vs 10, split 6,6 vs A, never hit 12 vs 2, but will often hit 12 vs 5 or 6, never split A,A vs 7-A and if I had watched him longer, my list would be longer, as "The Cardcounter!!!!" I look at him across the table and his lips go +!,+3. -! etc, in fact if my hearing were better, I might have heard the whole thing.
So the count (we had one nice monster count with both of us on the table) skyrockets for me, a player and The Cardcounter. Unfortunately, the majority of the guys play tended to bring more cards out and we might have lost a few rounds, but whatching him go from a $25 to about $100 and then up to $300 and get a pair aces, fail or fear putting another $300 on the table and then subequently hitting two faces for a bust and looking to the heavens perhaps saying, "do not believe hollywood, do not believe hollywood" got me thinking about asking if any others here have witnessed this kind of play.
As a sidenote, it does not take great mental capacity to do this, but it does take some.
Dealer double checked with the guy hitting his two aces and tried somewhat. Asked the guy if he prefers two 11's or one 2? "The 2 gives me more room to work."
There again, I also played with the guy who doubled on blackjack this weekend, but at least he was not a cardcounter, just a fool.
ihate17
We talked baseball, we talked NCAA, we talked how bad some players are (generally begun by players almost as bad) but no one said a word about the movie.
I did witness one guy who was counting though and it was a good lesson in what can happen when a pure novice decides to spread his bets and bet much larger than he would have before seeing this movie. For a little background, you have a player whose knowledge of basic strategy is not limited, it is near ZERO. Just because you know you know to stay on blackjack does not mean you know much basic strategy.
So we have mister, double 9 vs 10, split 6,6 vs A, never hit 12 vs 2, but will often hit 12 vs 5 or 6, never split A,A vs 7-A and if I had watched him longer, my list would be longer, as "The Cardcounter!!!!" I look at him across the table and his lips go +!,+3. -! etc, in fact if my hearing were better, I might have heard the whole thing.
So the count (we had one nice monster count with both of us on the table) skyrockets for me, a player and The Cardcounter. Unfortunately, the majority of the guys play tended to bring more cards out and we might have lost a few rounds, but whatching him go from a $25 to about $100 and then up to $300 and get a pair aces, fail or fear putting another $300 on the table and then subequently hitting two faces for a bust and looking to the heavens perhaps saying, "do not believe hollywood, do not believe hollywood" got me thinking about asking if any others here have witnessed this kind of play.
As a sidenote, it does not take great mental capacity to do this, but it does take some.
Dealer double checked with the guy hitting his two aces and tried somewhat. Asked the guy if he prefers two 11's or one 2? "The 2 gives me more room to work."
There again, I also played with the guy who doubled on blackjack this weekend, but at least he was not a cardcounter, just a fool.
ihate17
