First Time I ever did this...

yesiamred

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#1
This happened Sunday and I'm still laughing about it. Sitting at the bj table playing heads up with a gal dealer I have gotten to know from past employment, ect. Anyway, we we talking and laughing as she was dealing and I was counting...yep, I did it..."minus four" came out of my mouth and we both laughed for ten minutes about it. She doesn't care, never said a word to me and won't say anything to anyone but in all of my playing and carrying on conversations the count has never ever slipped out of my mouth. It was just hilarious; guess you had to have been there! :grin:
 

Coyote

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#6
Good thing it slipped out when your friend was dealing.
I'm sure you will be much more guarded the next time.
I suppose the familiarity of her made you a bit too complacent.

Best of flux to you!
Coyote
 

Gamblor

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#8
Abalam619 said:
Haha, that use to happen to me all the time. My partner would ask me a question and I'd be like, "Plus 10, what?" And we'd both just laugh.
Some posters are so full of it :laugh:

yesmiard, glad it didn't affect you negatively. Sometimes I do mumble under my breath the count as a way to remember the count, and surprised I never out loud said it inadvertently - came close sometimes :)
 

suicyco maniac

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#9
When the count is zero I use the term "even" in my head instead of zero. Three times in 11 years I have slipped up and said the word "even" but I've never slipped up and said a number. There must be some explanation behind that.
 
#10
suicyco maniac said:
When the count is zero I use the term "even" in my head instead of zero. Three times in 11 years I have slipped up and said the word "even" but I've never slipped up and said a number. There must be some explanation behind that.
It's because "even" is a word we use in all kinds of contexts, even when we don't realize it. (See?)

I've never recited the count in English, but was passing numbers to a partner in a European language not often heard in casinos, and the Asian dealer started reading my hand totals in that language. So much for that plan.
 

FLASH1296

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#11

In my head I use "ZIP" for even (zero) and "MY" for minus.

In case I accidentally say "Zip" I can add "zipppity doo da."

If I say "My two ..." I can add "... o'clock appointment. Almost forgot that"
 
#12
FLASH1296 said:

In my head I use "ZIP" for even (zero) and "MY" for minus.

In case I accidentally say "Zip" I can add "zipppity doo da."

If I say "My two ..." I can add "... o'clock appointment. Almost forgot that"
I accidentally said "Wong out" once, and proceeded immediately to Pai Gow tiles to justify it.
 
#13
I can't recall even moving my lips. I do hum songs that represent counts to me on a chip reload or any other thing that stops the game midshoe.
 

yesiamred

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#14
Automatic Monkey said:
It's because "even" is a word we use in all kinds of contexts, even when we don't realize it. (See?)

I've never recited the count in English, but was passing numbers to a partner in a European language not often heard in casinos, and the Asian dealer started reading my hand totals in that language. So much for that plan.
I too have learned an foreign language for passing numbers and have heard it once locally even before I put it in practice. Two guys were conversing in their native language and I could actually decipher the numbers at least; wasn't helpful to me at all though:p Just when you think you are one step ahead of everyone else, ship happens
 
#15
yesiamred said:
I too have learned an foreign language for passing numbers and have heard it once locally even before I put it in practice. Two guys were conversing in their native language and I could actually decipher the numbers at least; wasn't helpful to me at all though:p Just when you think you are one step ahead of everyone else, ship happens
Invent your own blackjack language. Nobody will know. Just have an answer prepared for what language it is. It will look like one of those old SNL skits where Belushi plays a samari. Sounds like it might be fun. I am easily amused though.
 

21forme

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#16
Automatic Monkey said:
I accidentally said "Wong out" once, and proceeded immediately to Pai Gow tiles to justify it.
I recall once sitting next to you and slipped with a comment like "nice pen." You immediately pulled a pen out of your pocket :grin:
 
#18
yesiamred said:
I too have learned an foreign language for passing numbers and have heard it once locally even before I put it in practice. Two guys were conversing in their native language and I could actually decipher the numbers at least; wasn't helpful to me at all though:p Just when you think you are one step ahead of everyone else, ship happens
We should all learn Navajo, the classic code language. The names of the numbers in all the languages has always interested me; they mean the same thing in every culture and there is no reason to change them, but they change, and that gives information on the evolution of language.

Really though, you don't want to do too much cloak-and-dagger. It's better to speak openly than to get caught signaling or using code.
 

Gamblor

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#19
21forme said:
I recall once sitting next to you and slipped with a comment like "nice pen." You immediately pulled a pen out of your pocket :grin:
There was something else AM could have done that would have explained what AM meant when he said "wong out", but it would get him arrested :grin:
 

johndoe

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#20
Automatic Monkey said:
Really though, you don't want to do too much cloak-and-dagger. It's better to speak openly than to get caught signaling or using code.
Pretty much. In the old days I used to just announce the number to my partner joining the table straight away, but in the context of something actually happening on the felt (i.e. look, dealer got a 7!). I never found I had to wait long to have the opportunity to do this naturally.
 
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