zengrifter said:
Come on, give it a try.
It at least belongs in your bag of tricks, even if rarely used.
Try it, you'll like it. We need to move you beyond your comfort zone,
that is where growth occurs! Let us know how it goes! z:laugh:g
Ps - I can see it now, the first time you do it - win the big bet, casino's happy with you and then you stay to next shuffle,
bet the same again, and some suit comes dashing out from the eye and yells, "That's it! You're outta here!" :laugh:
This week, brow-beaten:whip: by the traditionalists, I played it by the book,
no camo, short sessions, leave the table if last shoe went to max bet. My first two sessions I was down over $1,000.
I spent the trip climbing out of the hole Lady Variance had dropped me in with all her promising plus counts that I could not win. By the end of roughly 20 hours of play, I was dead even, with the last three hours an exercise in futility, 75% pen, S17, 6-deck, and never a +4 count. Can you say, "Up! Down! Up! Down! This way! That way! Round and round and round!"
I guess dead even isn't bad, but even the eye-in-the-sky makes $25 an hour, has the same cat-and-mouse fun on the other side, and gets health and pension benefits to boot. :flame: No, I am not considering a job on the other side. I've always been for the underdog. Besides, they don't pay enough.
I can't stand the thought of playing another game of blackjack at the present moment. I would not wish card counting on my worst enemy. But at least I met a lot of nice people in the course of the past three days.
From 1972 to 2000 I never bet on anything more than an occasional "square" in the office pool. The only thing I ever stayed up all night for was writing a program on my computer, which had me so engrossed I could not let go. There is nothing like a job... I miss the cash rolling in on good days and bad days alike. But, pensions are good, too.