I just started dealing blackjack
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This is true of many things. Even video games. I was playing a fighting game with my friend a year or two ago (super smash bros. brawl) and we were having our epic duel as we were the best two in our group. We were also talking with other friends at the time of course, but about 5 minutes in I kind of "came to" and realized I hadn't even been consciously playing for a few minutes now, but I was doing really well.
Zen and the art of SMASH BROS.
Zen and the art of SMASH BROS.
With all due respect Bojack, it's not the act of counting that's hard while dealing. Rather it's the fact that there are so many distractions while doing it that require most of your concentration, that should you focus more on the counting, you risk making errors in dealing and not providing the customer as good of an experience thereby lowering tips or what not. You made one key point in your statement. "Concentrate less on the mundane" There is often little that's mundane when dealing as I know I continually face the unexpected, whether it's someone spilling a drink, people trying to raise bets while having already started to deal, etc etc. Personally I can scan a table and have the count in a second, count down a deck in under 25 seconds, achieve a perfect score on the iphone's card counting app, etc but nothing to me will test you like this. I know it probably can be done but I would love to see someone accurately maintain the count in an 8 deck shoe consistently while dealing professionally at a PLOPPY table 
(It's more mundane when you have players who have played BJ many times before) I'm willing to bet that not even 10% of the AP's on here can do this. I think what you're looking for are AP's who can just glance at the table and automatically have the count without having to manually add it up in their head. The hardest aspect of counting for most AP's I would guess is doing an accurate TC division with under 1 deck remaining, say if you have 5/8 of a deck left with a RC of +7 To avoid being detected as a counter as you know, you need to be able to do this division instantly.
(It's more mundane when you have players who have played BJ many times before) I'm willing to bet that not even 10% of the AP's on here can do this. I think what you're looking for are AP's who can just glance at the table and automatically have the count without having to manually add it up in their head. The hardest aspect of counting for most AP's I would guess is doing an accurate TC division with under 1 deck remaining, say if you have 5/8 of a deck left with a RC of +7 To avoid being detected as a counter as you know, you need to be able to do this division instantly.
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With all due respect Bojack, it's not the act of counting that's hard while dealing. Rather it's the fact that there are so many distractions while doing it that require most of your concentration, that should you focus more on the counting, you risk making errors in dealing and not providing the customer as good of an experience thereby lowering tips or what not. You made one key point in your statement. "Concentrate less on the mundane" There is often little that's mundane when dealing as I know I continually face the unexpected, whether it's someone spilling a drink, people trying to raise bets while having already started to deal, etc etc. Personally I can scan a table and have the count in a second, count down a deck in under 25 seconds, achieve a perfect score on the iphone's card counting app, etc but nothing to me will test you like this. I know it probably can be done but I would love to see someone accurately maintain the count in an 8 deck shoe consistently while dealing professionally at a PLOPPY table (It's more mundane when you have players who have played BJ many times before) I'm willing to bet that not even 10% of the AP's on here can do this. I think what you're looking for are AP's who can just glance at the table and automatically have the count without having to manually add it up in their head. The hardest aspect of counting for most AP's I would guess is doing an accurate TC division with under 1 deck remaining, say if you have 5/8 of a deck left with a RC of +7 To avoid being detected as a counter as you know, you need to be able to do this division instantly.
(It's more mundane when you have players who have played BJ many times before) I'm willing to bet that not even 10% of the AP's on here can do this. I think what you're looking for are AP's who can just glance at the table and automatically have the count without having to manually add it up in their head. The hardest aspect of counting for most AP's I would guess is doing an accurate TC division with under 1 deck remaining, say if you have 5/8 of a deck left with a RC of +7 To avoid being detected as a counter as you know, you need to be able to do this division instantly.
Imo, counting is dangerous for most players. Most learn just enough to suck them in to a bad situation. Counting a deck of cards or even multiple decks is fairly easy for most people. Thats the problem. Its too easy to think your good at something because of the basic simplicity of it. Learning how to count cards will not take most out of their comfort zone mentally, but that doesn't necessarily mean they're are great at it either .
Don't worry - I actually AGREE with you. And that's why he deserves a second chance, with a power buff - I'm not asking for Meta-Knight levels of broken, just for him to be able to, you know...hold his own? How is it that there are two other Pokemon, not even fully evolved and non-legendary, in the same game, that are above and beyond his capabilities? (Admittedly in matches where I'm not just screwing around, I play as Pikachu.)
The dev team behind Melee's balancing had something out for him, I swear.
...and if I had a dollar for every time I derailed a discussion into "Mewtwo and his fanbase got f***ed with the Brawl roster" I could play in high limit. Comfortably.
Also, in case anyone is still reading this, my fanatical devotion to Mewtwo is the reason I have two thirds of my income and thus the chance to even start counting in the first place.
The dev team behind Melee's balancing had something out for him, I swear.
...and if I had a dollar for every time I derailed a discussion into "Mewtwo and his fanbase got f***ed with the Brawl roster" I could play in high limit. Comfortably.
Also, in case anyone is still reading this, my fanatical devotion to Mewtwo is the reason I have two thirds of my income and thus the chance to even start counting in the first place.
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