creeping panther
Banned
There is a fine thread at "Card Counting" labeled "Interesting point Of View", that is in direct correlation to what I am going to write about, so you should read that first.
I often play at a casino that adheres to the Zender approach to BJ table games and to that of the author of the above article, it is amazing to play under such conditions.
I usually play the regular tables at this casino due to the fact that in the HL game they trade features, offering one thing but dropping one thing from the regular tables, I value one of those things over the other, even though the math is better on the HL game. I stick with the $200 max game, and for another very good strategic reason beyond the feature differences.
At my latest stay there I decided to alter my pattern as to buy in, color up etc. I usually buy in for $200, this time I bought in for $400. I usually color up after my session, and then cage those chip into cash and repeat at the next session table. This time I did not color up after the session, did not hide the chips, just brought them to the next table session. Things were going very well but I was noticing alot of attention from pit and floor, as I now was taking around $5000 in chips in the large slot coin container and my pouch from table to table, session to session. There was no attempt to cut back on the game I was getting, in fact it was F'n fantastic, but I only picked the best tables for the session, geez were they good!! The reason for my changing my normal routine was because every time I was to make my move it usually called for digging into my pocket for cash, cash coming in delay, pit boss watches, attention etc, thought I would cut some of that out.
It is very late now and this killer table I was on was on the last shu of the night, the pit boss here I know, a female, very nice and also very experienced around the U.S. I helped her a few months earlier contain a very ugly situation at the table I was on, she seems to have taken a liking to me after that always going out of her way to smile at me and say hi,, and talk,,, very nice. Anyways this table is down to 2 deck of the 6 and the great things are going hot now, I switch from greens to blacks on muti spots when she walks up to the table, I am on third, stops play and says, "CP".."if you want to continue to play we want you to color up all those chips, you cannot leave this table with them, if you co-operate with us we will co-operate with you, then you win and we win, we will be like a team, all happy". I say "of course", how could I tell her no? I then play out this monster situation, "checks play" being called out and she could seem to care less, as I trade blacks back and forth until winning a max on the final hand and a max double down, she then oversees my color up and it is over, all is well.
It is now time to wander over to another part of the casino where another pit is open, buy in for $500 and get another unbelievable game, as I tip the female dealer good, it, the game, gets so good to be shocking!!:grin: I am pounding away with one other player when I notice the Floor and the pit realizing that I am back in action and they are literally frantic on the phone running in circles, gawking etc...WTF? So in the third shu I get what I wanted, heads-up and great things again start happening around 3 decks in, again trading greens and blacks, back and forth until I luck out on the final 2 hands, 2 spots with max out, win a double and a straigh up BJ.....phone rings, mine, the wife, "where are you, it is late", me "no honey playin BJ, not with some casino hottie",:laugh:,,,"get back to the room CP":laugh:,,,good time to go.
Why so freaked about the chips from various tables? Could be a few reasons,,uncomfortable with me being able to fire away with no warning.....collecting chips for a BP, wonging situation??? Or,,just simply wanting their chips back for accounting,,,even though they came off many tables....I was unprepared for this development.
CP
I often play at a casino that adheres to the Zender approach to BJ table games and to that of the author of the above article, it is amazing to play under such conditions.
I usually play the regular tables at this casino due to the fact that in the HL game they trade features, offering one thing but dropping one thing from the regular tables, I value one of those things over the other, even though the math is better on the HL game. I stick with the $200 max game, and for another very good strategic reason beyond the feature differences.
At my latest stay there I decided to alter my pattern as to buy in, color up etc. I usually buy in for $200, this time I bought in for $400. I usually color up after my session, and then cage those chip into cash and repeat at the next session table. This time I did not color up after the session, did not hide the chips, just brought them to the next table session. Things were going very well but I was noticing alot of attention from pit and floor, as I now was taking around $5000 in chips in the large slot coin container and my pouch from table to table, session to session. There was no attempt to cut back on the game I was getting, in fact it was F'n fantastic, but I only picked the best tables for the session, geez were they good!! The reason for my changing my normal routine was because every time I was to make my move it usually called for digging into my pocket for cash, cash coming in delay, pit boss watches, attention etc, thought I would cut some of that out.
It is very late now and this killer table I was on was on the last shu of the night, the pit boss here I know, a female, very nice and also very experienced around the U.S. I helped her a few months earlier contain a very ugly situation at the table I was on, she seems to have taken a liking to me after that always going out of her way to smile at me and say hi,, and talk,,, very nice. Anyways this table is down to 2 deck of the 6 and the great things are going hot now, I switch from greens to blacks on muti spots when she walks up to the table, I am on third, stops play and says, "CP".."if you want to continue to play we want you to color up all those chips, you cannot leave this table with them, if you co-operate with us we will co-operate with you, then you win and we win, we will be like a team, all happy". I say "of course", how could I tell her no? I then play out this monster situation, "checks play" being called out and she could seem to care less, as I trade blacks back and forth until winning a max on the final hand and a max double down, she then oversees my color up and it is over, all is well.
It is now time to wander over to another part of the casino where another pit is open, buy in for $500 and get another unbelievable game, as I tip the female dealer good, it, the game, gets so good to be shocking!!:grin: I am pounding away with one other player when I notice the Floor and the pit realizing that I am back in action and they are literally frantic on the phone running in circles, gawking etc...WTF? So in the third shu I get what I wanted, heads-up and great things again start happening around 3 decks in, again trading greens and blacks, back and forth until I luck out on the final 2 hands, 2 spots with max out, win a double and a straigh up BJ.....phone rings, mine, the wife, "where are you, it is late", me "no honey playin BJ, not with some casino hottie",:laugh:,,,"get back to the room CP":laugh:,,,good time to go.
Why so freaked about the chips from various tables? Could be a few reasons,
,uncomfortable with me being able to fire away with no warning.....collecting chips for a BP, wonging situation??? Or,,just simply wanting their chips back for accounting,,,even though they came off many tables....I was unprepared for this development.CP
