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Originally Posted by Vjo
Real interesting read bf. I think your on track pretty well. I used to know the book and generally play by it in casinos in mn.
You make an interesting point.. it seems if you are the odd guy making off-book plays and everyone else is on the book, you get the advantage. As you even said, "bet off book sometimes" (but be consistant with you're off book bet, which makes sense) but as you also said leave the table if you get someone really all over the place with their play.
Takes balls of steel to play off the book and piss everyone off tho, but ya pretty much have to have balls of steel to even think you can make it as a gambler.
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True dat. Quick example for you.
When I first started playing, and even now I see it to some degree, the "rules" change depending on who you are sitting with. If you play 5 days, with 5 different groups of people, they will all have 'tips' and they will all be different.
The most common one's I come across are as follows....
1. Always hit on a 12/13 against a 2/3
2. Always hit on a soft anything, regardless of what the dealer is showing.
3. Always double down on an 11, even against a FACE or ACE.
Those are just a few of the most common one's I hear almost daily. This does not even get into the splits, and some of the other crazy shit I have seen. Like standing on a 12-15 against a FACE, or double down on a hard 17.
What I love is the classic blame game that happens when some are losing. Take the hit on a soft/whatever. You took the bust card. Do not take it, and you should have. Same for hitting/standing the 2/12 thing. It is endless. So you are always going to lose the 'public relations' game.
One of the absolute most frustrating thing for me is, people who do not play their cards and every hand are hoping for a bust. Or claim, he hasn't busted in awhile, and is due, and so on. They play defensive, and lose hand after hand, and keep talking about the bust instead of playing the game right. Typically fucking up the whole table.
I simply get up and move after I see it a few hands. Same for those who hit one time on a 15/16, and the next time don't. Either hit it
always, or never hit it.
