Blackjack card counting

[Denversail]

7 hours ago, HappyTexan44 said:

 

Well, I wasn't born in '44.   But I can narrow it down, we are leaving from Galveston.  He'll be the only one in the next year from Texas who plays blackjack on a Galveston ship with a happy wife born after '44.   And even then, I'm sometimes grumpy.  So maybe the casino will see me being grumpy and think the one they are watching for isn't DH.  

 

You were 44 when you created the handle?

[HappyTexan44]

15 minutes ago, Denversail said:

You were 44 when you created the handle?

Oh, I was wondering where the idea that I was born in '44 came from.  No, HappyTexan was already taken so I just mashed the number keypad to make it unique.  
 

[OCSC Mike]

42 minutes ago, Denversail said:

Those are pretty much the odds on the strip in Vegas now. Unless you are at a higher limit table you are getting 6:5 payout on BJ with a few exceptions. Unfortunately it is the new standard. 3:2 is just a fond memory along with those $1 steak and eggs. 

 

Sad. We'll always have the memories though.

[Tree_skier]

A little off topic but... How does the Black Jack tournament work.  What is the buy in. What kind of prizes are there for winners?

[Denversail]

2 minutes ago, Tree_skier said:

A little off topic but... How does the Black Jack tournament work.  What is the buy in. What kind of prizes are there for winners?

I can’t recall the buyin amount but I tried it last year on Oasis. I hated it. It isn’t normal blackjack. You have so many rounds of play (not very many) I can’t recall the amount and you need to make as much in chips as possible and the people with the highest proceed. You can keep buying in for a while. If you do the math the payout is awful. I swore never again. I wish I had watched more before participating.

[OldSeaDog1969]

21 hours ago, Tree_skier said:

A little off topic but... How does the Black Jack tournament work.  What is the buy in. What kind of prizes are there for winners?

The buy in is $25 & you play 7 hands in a round & try to accumulate as many chips as possible. They have multiple rounds & the top 7 players with the highest chip totals play off in the final for the cash prize. 

[Tree_skier]

42 minutes ago, OldSeaDog1969 said:

The buy in is $25 & you play 7 hands in a round & try to accumulate as many chips as possible. They have multiple rounds & the top 7 players with the highest chip totals play off in the final for the cash prize. 

Thanks, I was thinking about trying. For some reason I thought the buy in was much higher.  

[OldSeaDog1969]

17 minutes ago, Tree_skier said:

Thanks, I was thinking about trying. For some reason I thought the buy in was much higher.  

You were probably thinking about the poker tournament which is $100.

[SRF]

On 11/20/2023 at 6:06 PM, Denversail said:

Those are pretty much the odds on the strip in Vegas now. Unless you are at a higher limit table you are getting 6:5 payout on BJ with a few exceptions. Unfortunately it is the new standard. 3:2 is just a fond memory along with those $1 steak and eggs. 

Yes.  When I started playing BJ in Vegas about 20 years ago, the rules were very player friendly.  House odds were less than 1%.  About the only big house edge was dealer hitting soft 17.

Now, no early surrender, 6:5 BJ payout, the house edge is probably doubled.

 

But I play for fun.  I learned to count, but I can't count and play properly at the same time. 😄  But when I was learning counting, we were waiting for a show, so I was watching a table from the start of the shoe.  The entire play of that shoe was house positive count, but the players all were winning constantly.  Counting does not mean you will win.  It just means the odds are slightly in YOUR favor.

[cruiseboy89130]

On 11/22/2023 at 5:56 PM, OldSeaDog1969 said:

The buy in is $25 & you play 7 hands in a round & try to accumulate as many chips as possible. They have multiple rounds & the top 7 players with the highest chip totals play off in the final for the cash prize. 

Totally dislike - because people are just going crazy and not playing the game!

[OCSC Mike]

8 hours ago, cruiseboy89130 said:

Totally dislike - because people are just going crazy and not playing the game!

 

Tourney play requires a totally different strategy than cash play.

[cruiseboy89130]

25 minutes ago, OCSC Mike said:

 

Tourney play requires a totally different strategy than cash play.

Sure that is why I hate it - not my thing at all!👎

[OCSC Mike]

13 minutes ago, cruiseboy89130 said:

Sure that is why I hate it - not my thing at all!👎

 

I think I played one once on my 1st or 2nd cruise ever. I may have made the final table and then won nothing. One and done for me. Just didn't find it very fun.

[cruiseboy89130]

2 minutes ago, OCSC Mike said:

 

I think I played one once on my 1st or 2nd cruise ever. I may have made the final table and then won nothing. One and done for me. Just didn't find it very fun.

+1!

[starvenger]

11 hours ago, OCSC Mike said:

 

I think I played one once on my 1st or 2nd cruise ever. I may have made the final table and then won nothing. One and done for me. Just didn't find it very fun.

Same. It's pretty much bet big and hope the cards are in your favour.