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blackchipjim · #1 January 17th, 2007, 08:18 PM

Evening to all, I pose the question of positive or negative karma at the playing tables. Do you believe it can help or hurt the table overall. I have sat at good tables and bad tables with the overall mood dictating the outcome. I know some of us will say this is load of bunk and this belongs in the voodoo forum but I think this is more of general question to all than just betting. I know ZG would be able to enlighten some of us as to the advantage of good and bad karma at the tables. blackchipjim

EasyRhino · #2 January 17th, 2007, 11:12 PM

I usually find that the outcome is more likely to affect the mood than vice versa.

shadroch · #3 January 18th, 2007, 01:07 AM

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Originally Posted by EasyRhino

I usually find that the outcome is more likely to affect the mood than vice versa.

For the most part I agree,but every so often I run into a dealer who can lighten a mood even when kicking ass.There are times I'd exchange losing a few units with Charles at Slots of Fun than winning a few with some newbie at El Cortez.Imperial Palace had a few similar dealers but they vanished,along with any playable games at that spot.

halcyon1234 · #4 January 18th, 2007, 01:28 AM

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Originally Posted by blackchipjim

Evening to all, I pose the question of positive or negative karma at the playing tables. Do you believe it can help or hurt the table overall. I have sat at good tables and bad tables with the overall mood dictating the outcome. I know some of us will say this is load of bunk and this belongs in the voodoo forum but I think this is more of general question to all than just betting. I know ZG would be able to enlighten some of us as to the advantage of good and bad karma at the tables. blackchipjim

I don't believe that Karma can in any way affect the outcome of the game. However, I do believe that:

1) A fun table will make you remember your wins more fondly
2) A fun table will make your losses more bearable
3) A unfun table works vice versa.

If Karma does exist though, you can't micromanage it. Good karma plays at the blackjack table (tipping a waitress, being nice to a disadvantaged ploppy, standing up for a fellow patron being ripped off, etc) can come back to you at any time for any reason. That greenchip tip to the waitress just might mean that the piano being hoisted to the 15th floor falls five seconds after you walk under it...

dacium · #5 January 18th, 2007, 02:59 AM

Karma is nothing but a trick if you are too weak in the mind. I have been at fun situations where everyone at the table got 9 10 or 11 against 5's and 6's and everyone was doubling down and the dealer busting, I have also been at tables where we have all sat on pat twentiies to see the dealer draw blackjack and 5 card 21's over and over. Neither situation really effects me, just my act.

Automatic Monkey · #6 January 18th, 2007, 03:45 AM

If there is some kind of a problem at the table, you are best off finding another table. Stress will make most people more likely to make errors and become fatigued, so you don't need any of that when you are trying to calculate your true count. As far as non-blackjack reasons go, I've left a table (at the end of a good count, of course!) because of a threatening ploppy and because of a patron with very bad odor.

In terms of a spiritual connection to blackjack, my God doesn't care about my bankroll only my soul so I don't expect any material reward for goodness, just as it does not surprise me when there is a material reward for badness. The process of generating good karma can be its own reward. Conversely, you don't want to corrupt yourself for money, in a casino or otherwise.