sometimes your the guy the ploppies call an idiot
For every time they think you are a genius, there will be about an equal amount of times they think you are an idiot and sometimes that is a very good thing.
I am playing very recently with one of my favorite dealers (he tends to cut slightly less than 1 deck) and there are two ladies at the table. After about 1.5 decks have been dealt I get a 12 vs dealer 2 with a count that is positive but not quite up to the stay indice. I hit and get a 2, dealer turns a 9 for 11 and then pulls a 10. Suddenly the two ladies are leaving the table and probably saying a few choice words about me in their language of choice. The count has risen some more and my bets have gone up nicely and I win the next 6 hands in a row and those two ladies walk by the table and stop. Not knowing their language, but looking straight at me and surely talking about me as I split 2,2 vs dealer 7 with a near max bet, get two double downs and win both hands, I am sure whatever they said meant lucky idiot.
As the shoe progressed the count went up to max bet range where my win streak ended but I still won a little more than half my hands, got two blackjacks and a winning double down, till the count went down. Playing with no cover and knowing I was leaving soon, the dealer's remark about my great timing (knowing when to raise and lower my bets) convinced me to play out the shoe and be gone.
So, I was not the ploppies hero. I was the idiot that the ploppies knew would ruin the game for them and that there was no justice in their ploppy world because I was winning.
For full honesty, there have been times where the situation has been identical but the casino kicked my butt during a big count and the ploppy that I chased away by just playing basic strategy had everything confirmed about my idiocy as my chips went to the tray.
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