Top ten mistakes of counting?

[rollem411]

Big head

Your NEVER TOO GOOD TO OPEN A BOOK. I learned that one fairly recently and would put it at the top of the list along with losing more than I would have minded in a session.

 

[sagefr0g]

Your NEVER TOO GOOD TO OPEN A BOOK. I learned that one fairly recently and would put it at the top of the list along with losing more than I would have minded in a session.

lol, that's a good one. add to that thinking you understand some myriad of concepts when you really don't.:whip:

 

[Unshake]

Correct.

Not to mention that brand new bills that are nice and CRISP take up significantly less room than one thinks.

Since everybody is debating about it, heres a picture of $1,000,000 cash (I think its in Paris in Vegas).

http://www.flickr.com/photos/52721617@N00/2230260796/

 

[bjcount]

Since everybody is debating about it, heres a picture of $1,000,000 cash (I think its in Paris in Vegas).

http://www.flickr.com/photos/52721617@N00/2230260796/

Thats 1 million poorly stacked so it takes up more space, plus you can not see the big void in the center. There should be 200 stacks of 5g each. And if you look at the picture it appears that there are approx 40 on each of the 4 sides = 160 + the 40 packs which make up the top. The picture is very deceiving.

A gallon size zip lock bag can comfortably hold $150k in crisp $100 bills.

BJC

 

[Unshake]

Thats 1 million poorly stacked so it takes up more space, plus you can not see the big void in the center. There should be 200 stacks of 5g each. And if you look at the picture it appears that there are approx 40 on each of the 4 sides = 160 + the 40 packs which make up the top. The picture is very deceiving.

A gallon size zip lock bag can comfortably hold $150k in crisp $100 bills.

BJC

I agree the picture is sort of deceiving but I couldn't find a much better one that looked reliable. Well if your estimate is right that 1 gallon bag ~ 150K, then you'd need to carry 6 or 7 bags. Might be do-able? But as stated before a standard briefcase gets the job done.

 

[bjcount]

I agree the picture is sort of deceiving but I couldn't find a much better one that looked reliable. Well if your estimate is right that 1 gallon bag ~ 150K, then you'd need to carry 6 or 7 bags. Might be do-able? But as stated before a standard briefcase gets the job done.

For those math guys, here's a bit more:

According to the U.S. Treasury, "In $100 bills, the weight of $1
million is about 22 pounds." [that's 10 kg.]
http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/rr2748.htm (Archive copy)

"The size of a dollar bill is 6.6294 cm wide, by 15.5956 cm long, and
0.010922 cm in thickness."
http://hypertextbook.com/facts/1999/DeneneWilliams.shtml

But a more accurate figure for thickness is the actual US government
requirement for currency paper
"Thickness (Caliper). The thickness of the paper shall be 124 7
micrometers when tested as specified in Section 4.2.3.5."
(Dead link: http://www.fedbizopps.gov/EPSData/TREAS/Synopses/142/BEP-06-0001/AttachmentASpecPCDT1-1TypeICurrencyPaper-17Aug05.doc)
The same source puts the weight of the paper (without ink) or
"Grammage, grams per square meter" at 88.7 4.0"

So, the area of a single bill is 6.6294 cm by 15.5956 cm which is
.066294 m by .155956 m = 0.0103389471 square meters

Since $1,000,000 requires 10,000 bills, the total area of the bills is
103.389471 square meters
and the total thickness is 124 micrometers * 10,000 = 1,240,000
micrometers = 1.24 meters.
So the height of a single stack is 1.24 meters.
And the volume of the stack is 103.389471 * 0.000124 = 0.01282 cubic meters

And since the total area of the bills is 103.389471 square meters, at
a weight of 88.7 grams per meter or .0887 * 103.389471 = 9.17 kg
[add another .83 kg for the ink and you're back to the Treasury's 10kg. figure.

So in summary, you can have one stack of bills 1.24 meters = 48.82
inches high, or you can have, say, 4 stacks a little over a foot high,
22 pounds all together, or (if you prefer the metric system) 6 stacks
a little over 20 cm high, 10kg. all together.


and for the finale, the link is quite a story.

BJC

http://www.cockeyed.com/inside/million/million.html

 

[bjcount]

1. Not scouting enough tables to find the best penetration.

2. Playing through many negative counts.

3. Not being patient enough to wait for an empty table.

4. Staying too long at one table.

Back on topic....

#1 mistake on my list is your #2.....

Need to walk more..

BJC