Hi all,
Today was my first real shot at advantage play, and I'd say I did pretty good and I have learned so much more in one night than in 5 months of reading (Although those 5 months gave me a pretty solid foundation I'd say).
First off, the Barona casino outside of San Diego is brand new. They closed the tent and have a beautiful hotel and casino that just opened this past wednesday.
They have 4 pits, one of which has about a dozen $5/$10 6D shoe games with about a little less than 1.5 cut off. LSR, DAS, RSA, DA2. This was my game. The other pits has CSM games mixed in with a few $25 min DD games.
All the dealers were very weak and slow, which made counting very easy for a first timer. I felt confident and I did a good job, my brain just did it. I got zero heat, perhaps due to the fact that the pit personnel looked very young and not what I imagined a typical PC to look like.
I lost the count twice when the shoe got pretty warm so I have to learn how to keep my emotions under control.
My blunder this trip was when I was trying to be really smooth about slipping some checks into my jean pocket. haha I was having a tough time trying not too look obvious. oh well. To top it off the second I got my profits in my pocket I gave the eye in the sky a nice glance without even thinking. what a newbie.
It was very easy to get a buffet comp. I asked after about 40 minutes of a $5 minimum bet and it worked out.
After about an hour and a half of play, I was up 10 units. I came back the next day and all they had was CSM's so I opted to leave.
I can't wait until my next opportunity. Until then I am going to learn indices and work on my act. I may not have been moving my lips but I felt like I didn't look like a gambler. I need to work on being outwardly emotional when it comes to big wins and losses....
on a sidenote the atmosphere was very nice. Friendly pit, dealers and players. I didn't encounter any rudeness, most likely due to the lack of alcohol service to the players.
Today was my first real shot at advantage play, and I'd say I did pretty good and I have learned so much more in one night than in 5 months of reading (Although those 5 months gave me a pretty solid foundation I'd say).
First off, the Barona casino outside of San Diego is brand new. They closed the tent and have a beautiful hotel and casino that just opened this past wednesday.
They have 4 pits, one of which has about a dozen $5/$10 6D shoe games with about a little less than 1.5 cut off. LSR, DAS, RSA, DA2. This was my game. The other pits has CSM games mixed in with a few $25 min DD games.
All the dealers were very weak and slow, which made counting very easy for a first timer. I felt confident and I did a good job, my brain just did it. I got zero heat, perhaps due to the fact that the pit personnel looked very young and not what I imagined a typical PC to look like.
I lost the count twice when the shoe got pretty warm so I have to learn how to keep my emotions under control.
My blunder this trip was when I was trying to be really smooth about slipping some checks into my jean pocket. haha I was having a tough time trying not too look obvious. oh well. To top it off the second I got my profits in my pocket I gave the eye in the sky a nice glance without even thinking. what a newbie.
It was very easy to get a buffet comp. I asked after about 40 minutes of a $5 minimum bet and it worked out.
After about an hour and a half of play, I was up 10 units. I came back the next day and all they had was CSM's so I opted to leave.
I can't wait until my next opportunity. Until then I am going to learn indices and work on my act. I may not have been moving my lips but I felt like I didn't look like a gambler. I need to work on being outwardly emotional when it comes to big wins and losses....
on a sidenote the atmosphere was very nice. Friendly pit, dealers and players. I didn't encounter any rudeness, most likely due to the lack of alcohol service to the players.