Rookie's first trip

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Garo

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Fellas-
I want to thank you for your help. I took my first trip to some local IJs this weekend. My wins ranged from +100 units to -60 units and eventually walked away down 8 units, not bad for a first trip when I forgot the count a couple times. Any advise on getting over the anxiety of betting a lot of money on one hand?
Garo
 
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suicyco maniac

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In time...

..you will get very used to having big bets on the table...and when that time comes and you stop and think about how much money is up and how little it affects you it will seem almost sureal. My fisrt yar of playing I sweated a green WAY harder then I sweat multiple purples now. SM
 
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gehrig

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unhinging the connection between...

cash and casino checques is one of the two concurrent, player and casino objectives. as would the casino have it, the advantage player must ignore the real world, cash equivalency of casino checques. treat your pile as a score board. if you wager scared money, you may duck a double or split when mathematics calls for it.

the other objective for each is to crank out the maximum numbers of hands per hour.
 
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Garo

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You're exactly right

That's exactly what happened. With a TC+3 I had my last $100 out and drew a 7-3 against a dealer 6. I could have gotten more money and double down, but I was afraid to lose more. I ended up winning the hand.
 
zengrifter

zengrifter

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"Any advise"

"Any advise on getting over the anxiety of betting a lot of money on one hand?"
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When your two-hand topBet doesn't exceed 1.5% of your BR its NOT "a lot of money" riding... and IF your topBet is significantly and consistently more than 1.5% you WILL go broke. zg
 
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eyesfor21

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too conservative results in little ror too.

mit had 10% top bets...they didn't do to bad. Sure this was not
all the time, but once in a while under extreme conditions.
 
zengrifter

zengrifter

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Agreed...

... "once in awhile under extreme circumstances"... BUT a newbie wouldn't know what that is. Also, so-called "extreme circumstances" typically aren't count related. Rather, they are circumstance related: like knowing the first card is an Ace, or getting down on a "partnership double," or an extreme side-bet opp, etc. zg
 
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