What do you use as the basis for your BJ "session"?

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jerseyshop101

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What do you use as the basis for your blackjack session?

X amount of hours? Up X amount of units? Down X amount of units? Til you get tired? Til you get hungry? Til you get drunk and/or pass out? :laugh:

I'm just curious, if you've had several very good shoes from the moment you sat down, do you leave earlier than you had originally planned? Or do you just put the hours in, to "hopefully" maximize your profits?
 
Sonny

Sonny

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Play until the conditions are no longer favorable. That will mean something different for everybody, but everybody will know what that means based on their style of play. :)

-Sonny-
 
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Midwestern

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when i go to the casino it takes me 30 mins to drive there. so i have to factor in Gas and travel time into my EV calculation.. its not an explicit calc, but i know that if i go 4x a week, thats a full tank of gas that i'm wasting just for casino trips.

so therefore, if i'm at a casino probably stay there as long as i can until i get sleepy or i get complacent with my counting, or until the tables are too crowded which would impede my hands per hour. I am VERY picky on sharing a table with more than 1 other player.

if you are a weekend warrior type who lives REALLY far from a casino, then your table time is valuable. setting a time limit, round limit, or profit limit doesnt make sense since AP blackjack assumes infinite trials.
 
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paymypush

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When my hands per hour decrease I'm gone. There's no way I'm going to waste my time playing 50 hands per hour. Fortunately I can play any time I choose so I'm able to get in quality time.

I do not play on weekends.
 
zengrifter

zengrifter

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jerseyshop101 said:
What do you use as the basis for your blackjack session?

X amount of hours? Up X amount of units? Down X amount of units? Til you get tired? Til you get hungry? Til you get drunk and/or pass out? :laugh:

I'm just curious, if you've had several very good shoes from the moment you sat down, do you leave earlier than you had originally planned? Or do you just put the hours in, to "hopefully" maximize your profits?
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Many (most?) counters loosely use a protocol to help avoid attention that involves both time and units: playing until won/lost 30+ units and/or until 60 +/- minutes have passed. This has been a common game approach since the 70s, as suggested by the sainted Lawrence revere. zg
 
bj bob

bj bob

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zengrifter said:
Many (most?) counters loosely use a protocol to help avoid attention that involves both time and units: playing until won/lost 30+ units and/or until 60 +/- minutes have passed. This has been a common game approach since the 70s, as suggested by the sainted Lawrence revere. zg
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Amen to those wise words by St. Lawrence, Bro. Zgman. Revere, however was dealing with single deck and no pit computers. Times indeed have changed, for better or worse, but he was talking about sessions and not simply table time per play. There are about 20 casinos in Reno etc., so 1/2 hr. per house is still a lot of BJ. I guess it all depends on the venue in the end.
 
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tthree

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Dyeball, I bet all those martingalers lost their max bet progression 3 or 4 times over on that run at roulette at the Monte Carlo:laugh:!!!
 
Friendo

Friendo

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I play on unless:

  • I no longer have enough to split and double all hands - this has never happened
  • It's so late that it would affect my domestic relationships
  • Exhaustion: confusion keeping the count, or a headache
  • The table conditions won't give me enough action

If I hit a monster shoe and win a healthy amount, or even just bet my maximum for several consecutive hands, I am out of there and on to the next casino, but I consider the entire day to be a single session.

Basically I have a Boogie-till-You-Puke approach to blackjack.
 
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Midwestern

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Friendo said:
I play on unless:

  • I no longer have enough to split and double all hands - this has never happened
  • It's so late that it would affect my domestic relationships
  • Exhaustion: confusion keeping the count, or a headache
  • The table conditions won't give me enough action

If I hit a monster shoe and win a healthy amount, or even just bet my maximum for several consecutive hands, I am out of there and on to the next casino, but I consider the entire day to be a single session.

Basically I have a Boogie-till-You-Puke approach to blackjack.
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friendo, this is a great answer. you can be my friendo anyday
 
aslan

aslan

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Sonny said:
Play until the conditions are no longer favorable. That will mean something different for everybody, but everybody will know what that means based on their style of play. :)

-Sonny-
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That's exactly how I approach it. :)
 
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