Man, the table I was at on the weekend was ALL newbies. People splitting pairs regardless of what the dealer had, people hitting 14s against "bust cards", doubling on 12s, standing on 13-16 against face cards all night long.
It actually helped me more often than it hurt me. After my first preferential shuffling ever (yay me!) I was only flat betting and drinking anyway, so it was kind of fun. The dude at third base was freaking out so bad at these plays that I ended up telling him to relax and let them play their own hands. The dealer even called over the pitboss to straighten the guy out. Didn't help that we were all betting $5 and he was tossing around $25 chips and losing his ass.
The two people to his right would stand on 13 and 14 against a face card, he'd hit the two hands he was playing and bust them both, and slam his hand on the table in anger. We'd all be trying to hold back laughter.
Sometimes it fun to just sit back and enjoy the show.
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