Question about a DD game
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It depends. If you can backcount two tables you're going to be in the game all the time. If you can only backcount one, you'll want Schlesinger's ODP data to know the best time to walk away from a shoe and start backcounting a new one. Just parking at an 8D table and waiting to come in is not the way to do it, which is why I think a lot of rookies get turned off by it.
If you have an exposure problem in a store, you can limit your exposure a great deal simply by setting a very high standard to get into a game. If you are using High-Low, entering at +2 doesn't cost you much win rate compared to entering at +1, but it keeps you out of the game, which is a good thing. Playing between +1 and +2 you are exposing yourself for just a few dollars an hour, and it takes a lot more than that to get me to expose myself.
If you have an exposure problem in a store, you can limit your exposure a great deal simply by setting a very high standard to get into a game. If you are using High-Low, entering at +2 doesn't cost you much win rate compared to entering at +1, but it keeps you out of the game, which is a good thing. Playing between +1 and +2 you are exposing yourself for just a few dollars an hour, and it takes a lot more than that to get me to expose myself.
Automatic Monkey said:
It depends. If you can backcount two tables you're going to be in the game all the time. If you can only backcount one, you'll want Schlesinger's ODP data to know the best time to walk away from a shoe and start backcounting a new one. Just parking at an 8D table and waiting to come in is not the way to do it, which is why I think a lot of rookies get turned off by it.
If you have an exposure problem in a store, you can limit your exposure a great deal simply by setting a very high standard to get into a game. If you are using High-Low, entering at +2 doesn't cost you much win rate compared to entering at +1, but it keeps you out of the game, which is a good thing. Playing between +1 and +2 you are exposing yourself for just a few dollars an hour, and it takes a lot more than that to get me to expose myself.
If you have an exposure problem in a store, you can limit your exposure a great deal simply by setting a very high standard to get into a game. If you are using High-Low, entering at +2 doesn't cost you much win rate compared to entering at +1, but it keeps you out of the game, which is a good thing. Playing between +1 and +2 you are exposing yourself for just a few dollars an hour, and it takes a lot more than that to get me to expose myself.
Counting 2 tables at once isn't that hard at all. Especially if you are using a simple count. You glance at the table and in one nanosecond, pick up the count. (ok, maybe not a nanosecond, but a fraction of a second..lol) Sometimes rather than glancing at the table, you lean back and look at the reflections off the mirrored ceiling. And you really don't have to be 100% acurate. Just enough to know that 2 rounds into the shoe, the other game is a better value than the one you are currently playing. Then you pick up your chips and move your ass 4 feet. This has always been one of my arguments on using a simple count like hi-lo. Sure level 2 and 3 counts will perform slightly better, but you may miss out on these other opportunities. I wasn't able to play my game and count a second game nearly as easily when I was playing a level 2 count.
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Just stand behind two tables and keep the count for both. Either one of them will turn positive or you will reach your ODP. Either you play or move on. It aint rocket science. After a while you will probably get bored and wish that you could see a third table too. It's not nearly as hard as you make it sound.