Funny when there's another counter at the same table

[21forme]

I sat down at a table, then when the count turned positive, I noticed a guy 3 seats down doing pretty much the same thing as me with his bets. One hand he had a 12 vs dealer 2 and stood. I was tempted to say something, but refrained. It was hard to keep a straight face.

[EasyRhino]

Yeah, on one of my really early counting trips, there was a super-talkative guy right next to me betting fairly large for a $10 table ($25-$100). I mean, he just wouldn't shut up. And of course, I'm barely past the lips-moving level, so he's really distracting me.

Then, when the count got good, he says "hey guys, mind if I play two hands to change the flow of the cards?". I totally wanted to call shenanigans on him.

[NDN21]

You should have said "no I don't mind but let me play those two hands".

[avs21]

Originally Posted by EasyRhino

Yeah, on one of my really early counting trips, there was a super-talkative guy right next to me betting fairly large for a $10 table ($25-$100). I mean, he just wouldn't shut up. And of course, I'm barely past the lips-moving level, so he's really distracting me.

Then, when the count got good, he says "hey guys, mind if I play two hands to change the flow of the cards?". I totally wanted to call shenanigans on him.

Sounds like me except for the $25min bet. I’ve had a couple people get mad at me for talking too much. One guy starting to complain I messed up his concentration ,because I was talking too much. He eventually stormed off giving me the evil eye rest of the night when he looked at me.

[EasyRhino]

Originally Posted by avs21

One guy starting to complain I messed up his concentration ,because I was talking too much.

Was he counting?

[dacium]

I found a quite table with a shoe in Australia once (which is really rare) and to my surprise this guy was spreading like me on minimum bet to eat up bad cards and then we both pilled up on the good counts. Unfortuently for him he dropped about $3,000 mainly just through plain bad luck. I ended up about 20 units up.

[avs21]

Originally Posted by EasyRhino

Was he counting?

No, he didn't even know correct bs. He ended up blowing a couple grand in 20mins.

[Monkey!Boy]

I had my first experience with another counter at my table during a recent session. He was a youngish guy who barrelled up to the table when the count got big, threw a benjamin at the dealer and loudly insisted on getting 'nothing but twenty five dollar chips!'. They shuffled up on the both of us and he dissappeared without playing a hand. It's always good to know that you've got a smoother act than the competition.

[rollem411]

I dug this old thread up because after my session today, I am absolutely positive there was another guy counting at my table. I was playing heads up at a low min table and playing 2 hands trying to eat some cards.

I see a guy out of the corner of my eye watching me play so I move to 3 hands because the count starts to rise and I wanted to try to make him feel uncomfortable about sitting...and what a lost cause that was because little did i know he was backcounting.

He sits down and I choose to go back to 2 hands. It was very funny because we were both ramping our bets up and down at the same time and made all the same plays. Now I was skeptical but 90% sure he was counting, but there was one thing that gave it away and I wondered to myself if I am this obvious also.

The count was at a decent TC, and the dealer pulls an A to whatever we had, I can't remember. Dealer calls for insurance, and I say no. The guy looks STRAIGHT AT THE DISCARD PILE FOR A TC CALCULATION AND DENIES.

Later on an incident happened where it was towards the end of the shoe and I had lost the count. I dropped to my min bet and see that he still has a decent bet out. Dealer pulls an A and asks for insurance. The other counter takes insurance and me, having confidence in his skills, insures my min bet and dealer pulls the BJ.

I was tempted to say something to him afterwards, but when I saw him later at breakfast we chatted for a min. knowing what each other was doing, but obviously neither had admitted.

[standard toaster]

It is always funny i sat down at a 15 min table and a nice guy next to me was betting 15-25 fluctuation just looking like a normal player. As the count rises he began ramping his bets and eventually hit 350 max bet. He had a good act and was joking with me the whole time constantly talking and screwing me up! (im only 20 and am also just getting past talking and playing) Everything went well for a while until we both started noticing a larga ammount of heat at our table. Fortunatley for me all the focus was on him but he promptly made one last max bet colored up and left the table up a veryt good ammount.

I continued playing for a little and eventually wonged out. As i start looking for another table i realize he was doing some cover play (poor as it may have been) at the roulette wheel in the same pit he was getting heat. He talked to me for a bit asking how i was doing and knew exactly what i was up to.
My cover must be poor because he ignored everyone at the table but a couple min after playing he started joking with me and being a little to friendly for a normal ploppie.