Three nights in a row practicing. Here are a few other tips I picked up, for myself.
1. Never play at a table with less than 3 people. You do not break up the 18-21 cards on dealer and get them to bust. Especially on those shoots with 4-5 decks in em.
2. Play in the evening, not the night time. You are more likely to play with 3-6 players.
3. Do not pay attention to those who think the table, cards, boogie man or card counting is going to help you.
4. 90% of the time you are playing to break even. So you must be patient. The only time you are going to make money, IMHO, is on splits, and double down type situations.
5. Name your price. I go in with $100.00 and my goal is to leave with $100.00. Anything beyond that is gravy. I build up my $5/10 chips. Then after I have 2-300.00 in those, I switch to green/$25. I build up a few stacks of those, and then get more aggressive with betting.
Once those $5/10 chips are gone. I leave with my green stacks.
