Hello, new to the board

[Emi]

Just thought I'd post and say hi so I won't be a stranger. I live in San Diego, Ca and I am learning to play blackjack professionally. I hope to meet some good people here, I am really interested in this game and I'd like to talk about strategies.

 

[FLASH1296]

Discard your naievete at the door.

You just do NOT "become" a Professional BJ player.

It will probably take you a year just to develop some basic skills.

You said: I am learning to play blackjack professionally."

First you need to learn the game.

 

[21s]

Discard your naievete at the door.

You just do NOT "become" a Professional BJ player.

It will probably take you a year just to develop some basic skills.

You said: I am learning to play blackjack professionally."

First you need to learn the game.

Nice warm welcome

Welcome to the forum. There is a lot to learn about BJ and this is a great place to learn. Lots of great knowledge here and people always willing to answer your questions.

 

[Daggers]

Welcome to the forum, you'll be learning for a while! and btw, try not to say too much about where you're located. you never know who's on here

 

[zengrifter]

Discard your naievete at the door.

You just do NOT "become" a Professional BJ player.

It will probably take you a year just to develop some basic skills.

You said: I am learning to play blackjack professionally."

First you need to learn the game.

Okay, then he can start with SEMI-pro. Fair enough? zg

 

[Coach R]

Discard your naievete at the door.

You just do NOT "become" a Professional BJ player.

It will probably take you a year just to develop some basic skills.

You said: I am learning to play blackjack professionally."

First you need to learn the game.

Such a nice welcome to a newcomer, and why do you have such large font?

 

[London Colin]

and why do you have such large font?

All the better to patronise you with, my dear. :joker:

 

[rrwoods]

What's funny is that Emi hasn't even said they're new at the game, just that they're new to the board, and Flash is still on his high horse about discarding naivete.

Don't get me wrong -- people who legitimately are new at the game need to do more listening than talking, which is disappointingly rare -- but at the same time we don't even know Emi at all yet.

...

Welcome to the board, Emi! :cat:

 

[blackjacktilt]

Discard your naievete at the door.

You just do NOT "become" a Professional BJ player.

It will probably take you a year just to develop some basic skills.

You said: I am learning to play blackjack professionally."

First you need to learn the game.

Well, Flash is not wrong. Excuse him Emi and welcome. Flash does have a point though, you don't just become a pro blackjack player, and don't expect to be successful because you have obtained an "advantage" over blackjack. Read, learn and ask questions.

 

[21s]

Well, Flash is not wrong. Excuse him Emi and welcome. Flash does have a point though, you don't just become a pro blackjack player, and don't expect to be successful because you have obtained an "advantage" over blackjack. Read, learn and ask questions.

Hence why he said "learning to play professionally" not that he was a professional.

 

[b jay cobbson]

Unpublished advice from Stanford Wong

The first time I met Stanford Wong, in our short discussion of card counting, he gave me this little bit of advice.

"Counting cards is easy, making money counting cards is the hard part"

Keep this in mind during your learning experience. You will find the more you know, you discover there is even more to learn. It is a never ending experience.

Good luck,
Cobbson

 

[UK-21]

All the better to patronise you with, my dear. :joker:

Did you see that wonderful response from Victoria Corren on "I have got news for you?" (Sorry, a UK programme on the box) - "Can you repeat that in a more patronising manner please?" Host's dick must have shrunk to microns . . .

 

[Emi]

Hehe Thanks guys. I am not new to the game, I've always played blackjack but I had never took the time to actually learn about it, hence I said "I am learning to play professionally." To learn something, I understand you must practice and have a complete knowledge about anything to be considered a "pro" and to accomplish this it may take years. Furthermore, I've been reading books to better understand the skills and the math behind this game.

 

[Abalam619]

Hey Emi! I'm from San Diego as well! Good to finally meet a fellow San Diegan who is an AP! I also posted a forum about looking for fellow AP's from San Diego for some teamwork on these casino's. If you're interested, let me know! Welcome to the forum!

 

[Emi]

Hey Emi! I'm from San Diego as well! Good to finally meet a fellow San Diegan who is an AP! I also posted a forum about looking for fellow AP's from San Diego for some teamwork on these casino's. If you're interested, let me know! Welcome to the forum!

Hehe, I still need more practice before I go play with other people for some teamwork but once I get more experience and more knowledge, I'll play whenever Do you have MSN?

 

[BJgenius007]

Discard your naievete at the door.

You just do NOT "become" a Professional BJ player.

It will probably take you a year just to develop some basic skills.

You said: I am learning to play blackjack professionally."

First you need to learn the game.

Yesterday I met a nice young man in his 30's at some Pittsburgh casino. He said he is a professional BJ player since he has been unemployed for one year now. He lives in his parents' basement. Every morning when his dad leaves for work, his dad drops him at the casino then picks him up in the evening when his dad heads home. Playing Blackjack is the only thing he does these days. He saw me win a lot so he wants to learn from me. I can't wait making excuse to leave that table.

He is a terrible player. Randomly uplift his bets and make the most common Basic Strategy mistakes like split 99 against 7, double A2 against 2 or 3 etc. And yes, it happened when TC is super negative.

 

[anedenL]

Hey guys how you all doing?.
I'm new here and I looking forward to enjoy my stay. I have already read some of the threads and most are interesting. See you guys around.

 

[Eye of the Tiger]

Such a nice welcome to a newcomer, and why do you have such large font?

I found out most OLDER people have bad vision and have a hard time seeing the key board when they don't have their glasses on so they increase their font size on the computer.