First post for a newb counter. Just to give you a some background I have been playing BJ for over twenty years and consider myself a very good basic player. So about a year ago I decide to marry a very nice Chinese lady and in one of our trips we decide to stop in Macau (she had never seen me play BJ nor gamble ever. So she is deathly afraid that we will be in ruins in a couple of hours and in her mind all casino's are scams.
So after a couple of hours of pounding the CSM's at Lisboa's (one of the most spectacular rooms I have ever seen) for a couple three hours we are up about $2350HK (400US), she says well maybe gambling's not to bad after all. So we end up paying for our hotels and dinner for a couple nights and she is proud as a peacock and willfully tells her mother and sister how well we did. No big deal to me but the trip was typical from my experiences in the past.
So come to today and after several trips to casinos in the last year she has developed a love for the game. So me being the less bright one in the family say's well honey if you really want to due well at BJ you really must count cards. So yada we get all the books, ten right now and counting, software etc.
So one night at the table I said lets practice counting from the deck, so I am laying over the cards one on top of the other and me being old and bad eyes I count slower than molasses and she is just whipping right thru them like you would not believe. Interesting I am thinking, so I said well honey I turn them over and you count and let me time you. First run thru ever..... 50 seconds one error. mmmmmmmm interesting I am thinking. Second run 40 seconds no errors and she even tells me the last card. ding ding ding we have a winner.
So after many months of reading, practicing and counting we are ready to attack. So we wander down the local casino and the first day playing two and three hands we get down a touch but no big deal. The next day we leave recouping the loss and up about 120 units. Not to bad we think.
So needless to say we are full of confidence and in the next three trips we get hammered, down 300 units. O man this ain't any fun and she is devastated. We carefully analyze our play for these trips and look at possible areas of improvement and with the exception of maybe a handful of mistakes we think we played well but when you TC is 6-8 and the dealer is getting tens it is just going to be one of those trips. Unfortunately ours happened at the get-go just as we are starting into counting. She is very focused and I as well also count along with her so I know our HiLo count is accurate.
So while she is thinking maybe we should just go back to basic BJ I am looking to you guys in the know for some worldly advise for a couple newbs. Thanks for all of the great information on the site.
Marlin
So after a couple of hours of pounding the CSM's at Lisboa's (one of the most spectacular rooms I have ever seen) for a couple three hours we are up about $2350HK (400US), she says well maybe gambling's not to bad after all. So we end up paying for our hotels and dinner for a couple nights and she is proud as a peacock and willfully tells her mother and sister how well we did. No big deal to me but the trip was typical from my experiences in the past.
So come to today and after several trips to casinos in the last year she has developed a love for the game. So me being the less bright one in the family say's well honey if you really want to due well at BJ you really must count cards. So yada we get all the books, ten right now and counting, software etc.
So one night at the table I said lets practice counting from the deck, so I am laying over the cards one on top of the other and me being old and bad eyes I count slower than molasses and she is just whipping right thru them like you would not believe. Interesting I am thinking, so I said well honey I turn them over and you count and let me time you. First run thru ever..... 50 seconds one error. mmmmmmmm interesting I am thinking. Second run 40 seconds no errors and she even tells me the last card. ding ding ding we have a winner.
So after many months of reading, practicing and counting we are ready to attack. So we wander down the local casino and the first day playing two and three hands we get down a touch but no big deal. The next day we leave recouping the loss and up about 120 units. Not to bad we think.
So needless to say we are full of confidence and in the next three trips we get hammered, down 300 units. O man this ain't any fun and she is devastated. We carefully analyze our play for these trips and look at possible areas of improvement and with the exception of maybe a handful of mistakes we think we played well but when you TC is 6-8 and the dealer is getting tens it is just going to be one of those trips. Unfortunately ours happened at the get-go just as we are starting into counting. She is very focused and I as well also count along with her so I know our HiLo count is accurate.
So while she is thinking maybe we should just go back to basic BJ I am looking to you guys in the know for some worldly advise for a couple newbs. Thanks for all of the great information on the site.
Marlin
