I have been learning about Spanish 21 and found a great place to play. I used Katrina's method, hi-lo starting the count at -24 to account for the absense of 10s. Little cards seemed to fall pretty fast. My bets climbed. By the time the shoe was half over the count was positive. I had max bets out for almost the rest of the shoe. Ended up +1200. Was a great run!
I decided it would be better to stop into another casino rather than going back to table minimum bets with so much money on the table. It was shortly after I arrived at the 2nd casino and saw some 6 deck games that I realized my mistake. I had been playing in an 8 deck game, which I knew and used for deck estimation, but was starting my count at -24 instead of -32.
So my big win came from over betting since my running count was 8 points more generous than it should have been. I feel stupid, but won't make that mistake again. I think this is the first time I ever learned a lesson AND came out $1200 ahead.
-Lucky Apex
I decided it would be better to stop into another casino rather than going back to table minimum bets with so much money on the table. It was shortly after I arrived at the 2nd casino and saw some 6 deck games that I realized my mistake. I had been playing in an 8 deck game, which I knew and used for deck estimation, but was starting my count at -24 instead of -32.
So my big win came from over betting since my running count was 8 points more generous than it should have been. I feel stupid, but won't make that mistake again. I think this is the first time I ever learned a lesson AND came out $1200 ahead.
-Lucky Apex