When big money plays
aslan said:
I was playing recently in a game where a BP kept telling me not to double down on my soft 17 and soft 18 against a dealer 4, 5, or 6. She kept pointing to her betting circles in which she was betting two hands in excess of $500 a hand, and saying, "Big money plays, big money plays," as if that fact somehow changed the way I was supposed to play my hand. All night long this went on. And every time I doubled down I lost, making the whole situation even more uncomfortable with her saying, "I told you so! or just casting glaring looks at me each time. We all lost that night. My bad. :sad:
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The two hands that might upset "big money" more than any is when you land up with soft 18 or 9,9. You might add 12 vs 2 or 3 to that also.
Being a card counter who might be sharing a table with the casino's current favorite whale can be good for you or bad depending often upon said whale.
If this whale is making the pit's month for them you had better not be the guy who disturbs that whale and makes him leave. Since I am always a talkative type at the table it has helped me create a situation where I actually was being paid to play my hands wrong by a whale till they realized they still could lose no matter what I did. This has happened to me over the years, in similar fashion, three times.
You get a soft 18 and the proper play is double or hit depending on the dealer's card, you play it correctly and the whale is harpooned by your play and actually asks you to tell him when you plan to make another "strange" play. Remember when it comes to hands like A,7 or 9,9, strange to most people is just basic to us.
So a while later with $200 bet you get 9,9 vs dealer 3 and mention to the whale that you always split this. Generally these guys will ask you to stay or agree with you but rarely you might get a guy who will pay you to play his way and when this happens I take his money. Pay me $200 not to split and I still may win another $200 on the hand but now I have no down side at all, you just can not beat that.