Travel channel/top 10 ways to win

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Victoria

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Last night I watched a show on the travel channel called something like the Top Ten Ways To Win in Vegas.
Some of the ten were good but perhaps in the wrong order. Some were hokey like the witch doing her thing to the slot machine. What hit me was that they listed, learn how to count cards as #2. They gave a very basic glance at counting and why it works but it makes me wonder what effect mainstream tv shows will have. Also I was under the opinion that casinos had something to do with the production of all these vegas type shows that show up on the travel channel.
Will the casinos get a boost in profit from a bunch of new wanna be counters who do not understand indices or spread? Will the casinos get doubly paranoid thinking that there will be hoardes of advantage players breaking down their doors and cleaning out their banks? Will those CSM machines show up at every table?
Personally, I like the idea of advantage play being a small, not really understood group that can take a piece of profit but is not mainstream enough to make the casino industry really feel threatened. On the other hand, every bookstore in the country has books that can teach Joe Ploppy but he just does not make the effort.

Victoria
 
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Rob McGarvey

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It is more or less TV propaganda, twisting the truth to sell air time, and that is it. I agree, I too like the underdog minority feel to being an AP. By remaining a semi-silent minority we can continue our attacks. We have to be able to contact each other and communicate, and at the same time protect ourselves. A hacker is a silent minority, but can do so much damage with the right knowledge and tools. They do a show on hacking and every fiendish child wants to be one. But one of them will be able to do it, make it work. Then everything goes up a notch. Like 6:5 BJ and CSM's. We are the virus to the casino. A virus living of a much bigger virus that some call entertainment, and others call a social nightmare.
 
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Victoria

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Know when to quit

Know when to quit was #1 and for me it is a hard one to argue with. Either a lucky ploppy or an AP, there is always a good time to leave. Recognizing it though can be hard.
When fatigue is setting in
When the heat is being turned up.
When you have won much more than normal
When you have lost so much that even though you know the math, a break is a good idea.
When your significant other is going to kill you for playing too much BJ.

I might be able to fill this whole board with other reasons, but I think they picked a good one for #1.
I was surprised that something as basic to survival as knowing the best games, was down around #9, less important than using your superstitions???
 
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