Quoth aurelemsrealm
View Post
Announcement
Collapse
No announcement yet.
Public Service Announcement
Collapse
This topic is closed.
X
X
-
“Bad taste creates many more millionaires than good taste.”
-Charles Bukowski
-
Quoth JustADude View PostHouse still has the advantage, it's just the lowest advantage of any of the table games. Travel Channel, Discovery, and professional gamblers all agree.Some people are like slinkies,
They don't really serve a purpose,
But they still bring a smile to your face
When you push them down the stairs.
Comment
-
Quoth Muses_nightmare View PostAccording to my instructor from the blackjack course I took the odds are in favor of the house, but not by much. I can't remember exactly what the percentage she gave was though.
Quoth LambChop View PostHehe...I watched that special last night too. Whenever I gamble, I always bring a set amount of money just for that. If I lose it, I walk away. If I win, it just means more money to play with. Most I've ever won was $500 in Atlantic City at the craps table.
...WHY DO YOU TEMPT WHAT LITTLE FAITH IN HUMANITY I HAVE!?! -- Kalga
And I want a pony for Christmas but neither of us is getting what we want OK! What you are asking is impossible. -- Wicked Lexi
Comment
-
Quoth LambChop View PostHehe...I watched that special last night too. Whenever I gamble, I always bring a set amount of money just for that. If I lose it, I walk away. If I win, it just means more money to play with. Most I've ever won was $500 in Atlantic City at the craps table.
Not-so-funny story, though - when we stayed at the Hilton, they gave use a $50 chip. We won $200 on it; I bought a pretty necklace from that.
The most I've ever won was comparative - $12 on a penny slot machine. Shoulda bet more, but what can you do?"Do not quibble with me over apostrophes. I have my shit together when it comes to apostrophes." - BookBint
Comment
-
The percentage for blackjack is indeed very low, I think the base percentage is even lower than the 11% quoted earlier. The key is to play basic blackjack, where the dealer must hit on a soft 17, do NOT play the 'add on' bets (some games allow you to make a side bet on whether either of your cards will match the dealer's up card - these are sucker bets, stay away if you're really hoping to win money).
If you play a solid strategy (You know precisely what you should do with any specific card combination - there are sites and books that will give you a chart that has the play you should make that has the highest probability of winning based on the card hand), and dont play the side bets, you lower the house edge to something like 2-3%. If you can then count cards on top of that (and dont EVEN let on to the pit boss that you're doing that. Heh), and time your big bet when the deck is heavy...well, there you go.
Not that I, um, count cards. At all. Aheh
Comment
-
I hate when people call for the winning numbers (for last night's game). Mostly because they will then ask do I have the winning numbers for this nights game.
There are also the "test numbers". A group of people call everyday asking for the test numbers of the pick three. I wish they call the number for the lottery, not us.Time! Time! Time is what turns kittens into cats.
Don't teach me a lesson; all I learn is that you are an asshole.
I wish porn had subtitles.
Comment
-
If people call for lottery numbers, I just refer them to the lottery hotline. Most people take the hint from that, say thank you, and hang up. For the ones who don't, I inform them I'm busy with customers and need to get back to work immediately. They don't get a chance to argue any further because I simply hang up on them at that point.The Borg wouldn't know fun if they assimilated an amusement park. -- B'Elanna Torres, Star Trek: Voyager
Math! Math, my dear boy, is but the lesbian sister of Biology. -- Peter Griffin, Family Guy
Comment
-
Quoth UncleImpy View PostIf you can then count cards on top of that (and dont EVEN let on to the pit boss that you're doing that. Heh), and time your big bet when the deck is heavy...well, there you go.
Not that I, um, count cards. At all. Aheh
They can kick you out for winning too much, though, even if they know you're not cheating. Being on a hot-streak is not a status protected against discrimination, after all....WHY DO YOU TEMPT WHAT LITTLE FAITH IN HUMANITY I HAVE!?! -- Kalga
And I want a pony for Christmas but neither of us is getting what we want OK! What you are asking is impossible. -- Wicked Lexi
Comment
-
They're most likely to make you stay until you lose a good part of it back rather than kicking you out. After all, the advantage is on the house, isn't it ?"I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question."
Comment
-
what on earth book did you read where it said the house advantage was 11%? maybe if you play the game wrong. the advantage playing basic strategy is .5%. if you count cards, you will have the advantage. thats why people play blackjack, as it is a game you can beat. casinos make their money from people not playing the game right. blackjack offers you the best odds of any game. case closed. look it upI am the commander commando!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment
-
Quoth Samaliel View PostThey're most likely to make you stay until you lose a good part of it back rather than kicking you out. After all, the advantage is on the house, isn't it ?
The house doesn't like to be behind, so they boot you if they figure you're too good. They're a business, and they aren't going to continue hosting someone that loses them money.
Quoth scroob View Postwhat on earth book did you read where it said the house advantage was 11%? maybe if you play the game wrong. the advantage playing basic strategy is .5%. if you count cards, you will have the advantage. thats why people play blackjack, as it is a game you can beat. casinos make their money from people not playing the game right. blackjack offers you the best odds of any game. case closed. look it upLast edited by JustADude; 07-25-2008, 08:22 AM....WHY DO YOU TEMPT WHAT LITTLE FAITH IN HUMANITY I HAVE!?! -- Kalga
And I want a pony for Christmas but neither of us is getting what we want OK! What you are asking is impossible. -- Wicked Lexi
Comment
-
Quoth Muses_nightmare View PostI like to pay you, it means you are less of an ass towards me. I like pulling too many, it's easier for me, I just have to pay you all, not figure out who gets what.
For someone who'd bitch at YOU personally for something like that, why would you like paying them? I'd like to see them suffer, but them maybe I'm just prejudiced against assholes.
Comment
-
Quoth JustADude View PostThe house doesn't like to be behind, so they boot you if they figure you're too good. They're a business, and they aren't going to continue hosting someone that loses them money."I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question."
Comment
-
Ironically though, we were playing Caribbean Stud one night and the dealer mentioned that the week prior the automatic shuffler dealt someone a royal flush. He said they got rid of the machine.
If you count at blackjack it's not illegal but the casinos can refuse you service for any reason and they're pretty quick to ask you to leave if they suspect it and/or you're winning too much. My husband and 13 year old (blackjack table in the game room) can count cards in blackjack but I don't have the mind for it.
One night in Vegas we were playing at a little place on Freemont Street and my husband was counting but we were staying within $5 of the minimum when I noticed the pit boss staring at us. We were the only two at the table and he must have stared us down for, I'd say, at least 10 hands.
Creepy.~Clerks
"You'd feel a Hell of a lot better if you'd just rip into the occasional customer."
Comment
-
Quoth SuperB View PostOne night in Vegas we were playing at a little place on Freemont Street and my husband was counting but we were staying within $5 of the minimum when I noticed the pit boss staring at us. We were the only two at the table and he must have stared us down for, I'd say, at least 10 hands.
Creepy.If you wish to find meaning, listen to the music not the song
Comment
Comment