I made the mistake recently of playing at a table where each player has 2 betting circles and so the option of playing 1 or 2 spots at will ( without having to occcupy another seat and without having to bet double the minimum bet ). Of course ploppies may complain about the in and out effects on the "natural" flow of the cards.
I realized after a while that this was no place for an advantage player to be sitting. What happens is that in effect you are at a table with up to 10 other players. This may be good for getting through the low card part of the shoe more quickly but when the count does get high you look out over a table of sadly under utilized faces and tens. This became real clear to me when in one hand there were pairs and doubles dealt to most of the full table. Nearly none of the players wound up making a decent hand out of all those opportunities in a high count - - except of course for the dealer who wiped everyone out. When play in tha hand was over the count had dropped to mediocre.
Has anyone else encountered this table layout ? Anyone know anything about the math of playing with 10 other players. It seems to me to dillute the gsme so that blackjacks occur less often, bust outs are a more frequent event, and splits and doubles are unsuccesful. Is this just my subjective observation or is there some math to back it up ?
When I moved to a regular table my performance improved right away.
I realized after a while that this was no place for an advantage player to be sitting. What happens is that in effect you are at a table with up to 10 other players. This may be good for getting through the low card part of the shoe more quickly but when the count does get high you look out over a table of sadly under utilized faces and tens. This became real clear to me when in one hand there were pairs and doubles dealt to most of the full table. Nearly none of the players wound up making a decent hand out of all those opportunities in a high count - - except of course for the dealer who wiped everyone out. When play in tha hand was over the count had dropped to mediocre.
Has anyone else encountered this table layout ? Anyone know anything about the math of playing with 10 other players. It seems to me to dillute the gsme so that blackjacks occur less often, bust outs are a more frequent event, and splits and doubles are unsuccesful. Is this just my subjective observation or is there some math to back it up ?
When I moved to a regular table my performance improved right away.