Recent content by jackpine

She is probably undercover!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=md0gIAr5m8k

I have not come across any good looking dealers where we go. In fact, just the opposite. The female dealers that I see are ugly old hippies with tattooed fingers or extremely heavy. And why do male dealers have mullets? Is that the hairstyle of preference? :devil:

I have never tipped. I see it happening, but never have won enough to think they needed a tip. A tip is for good service. The last table I played at, the dealer was so big(fat) she couldn't reach over far enough to grab my bet when I lost so I kept inching the chips towards me each time just...

Do you guys keep your chips visible or pocket them as you win to hide how much your carrying or betting?

With all this advice on card counting, you would think everyone is doing it. I'll bet more players are counting than you think. I would imagine that in every set of table at any given weekend, there are counters.

In northern MN, where the vacation areas are, the casinos are about an hour or so apart which ever direction you travel

Everybody has to be a ploppy sometime right? You might have to explain to me what a ploppy is, but I am sure I have been one. I am just starting out. What books should I read? I watched the Andy Bloch DVD about a dozen times so far. Not ready to run a count yet, still working on strategy.

Ok, sound advice. I will chalk it up to inexperience and keep playing the basic strategy. I know I made a few mistakes, especially when others at the table questioned my play. I have a lot to learn.

6 decks, penetration is 5 decks. Dealer hits on soft 17, no surrender, $5 -$100 bets. Anything else you need?

The more I think about it, the more I think he was using me. I was playing BS at third, he had three bets going at a time. All the cards went his way and he was counting on me to bust the dealer.

Man, if he can do that, more power to him. One thing I noticed is that when the dealer had to shuffle, this guy dissapeared for 5 minutes, often missing the first hand out of the deck before he got back.

How about the house advantage Northern lights Minnesota?

I am not good enough to count yet, especially with a bunch of players at a table. The guy did sit next to me for the remainder of the shoe before he bought in. He was obviously experienced, knew the dealers by first name, but played an odd game that made no sense to me.