I am a counter who plays alot of blackjack. Recently i watched my friend win 26 hands in a row in a single deck game at four queens. Has anyone ever seen such a win streak?? I made the statement that this maybe the longest streak ever. Any comments??? Or other stories.
Eric
You were actually sitting there counting how many hands you won and how many you lost in a streak? How can you both do that and meanwhile count, convert to TC, figure correct deviations of BS, etc.?
/Lux
but the one I use takes 7 wins to get to 5 units, after that you just add up the 5 unit wins. After 26 wins-HASTA !
Although Eric mentioned he was a counter, perhaps his friend was not. Could he have been flat betting and stacked his wins separately.Lastly,of course Eric was a spectator and not necessarily counting at the time.A similar thing happened to me while I was watching a lady friend play as I could not get a seat but noted that she won every hand in that shoe.PBAT Stephen.
Ironically, many types of BS player are more likely to have long winning streaks than counters. Conservative BS players almost by definition don't double as much as counters, which can only increase their chances of actually winning a hand. Obviously such cautious players don't win as much money overall.
Once a person becomes comfortable with counting, it becomes almost second nature. It is not hard to keep track of a winning or a losing streak while counting, or to do other things, like keeping up a conversation, ordering drinks, ogling waitresses, etc.
The more you do it, the easier it becomes. I compare it with driving. Once a person becomes a proficient driver, he or she can drive down the road at 70 mph, keep track of the traffic around him, read the roadsigns, watch for exits, watch for police cars, while at the same time be listening to the radio, carrying on a conversation, and yelling at the kids in the backseat. It comes with time behind the wheel.
My wife recently won 17 in a row with 4 pushes from 21 hands dealt to her as she was playing alone (no mid-shoe entry) against the dealer in a six deck game.
I have played a lot of BJ. Your friend's streak, if true, must be a record for sure.
This is not the progression page, but how much did he win?
Perhaps, some don't win as much as SOME counters; BUT they lose a hell
of a lot less than MOST counters.
John, ignoring "the flaw", I think what you said is interesting.
I've noticed the same and sometimes I feel jealous of those who hit 11 vs a 10 and get a 2 but also get another hit and end up winning the hand.
Counting methods are done with winning $ in mind. However, is there any system optimised for winning the higher number of hands? I guess that would include, as you said not doubling so often.
I played at Caeser's. I bet $10 2 hands, I never lost on the whole 6D shoe. It's my real birthday so I never took my bets back. Dealer busted on her last hand giving me a win of $8,000.
I knew there was a reason why I never bother with this page.
It's full of drivel.
Now, why would card counters (as opposed to people who *say* they are card counters) overall lose more than basic strategists?
That proposition really doesn't sim too well. Or grok too well. Or anything too well.
liberal BS is over agressive in it's DDs & splits in poor situations.
It does if you consider that the
Posted By: Frank Stanton on 20 September 02, 2:37 p.m. in response to: eh? (Broncosauras[sic])
liberal BS is over agressive in it's DDs & splits in poor situations.
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Frank, your mind is so open that the wind whistles through it.
Chip
1-1, 3-1, 7-1, 15-1, 31-1. etc. it will be huge.
The average chance of winning a hand from a honest dealer is
something around .432 as you may know. So the calculation for
26 consecutive winnings (let's assume no pushes have been slipped in the middle) is straightforward and simple:
.432^26 = 3.3310 exp.-10, or in plain english
One out of three thousand and two millions eighty two thousand
two hundred and twenty three.
The population of China is.....?
Regards
Z
Subject : Skill Author : Frank Stanton Date : 9/22/2002 10:06:18 PM
Folks, let me explain what Tim exposed. For two years I have told
the folks on bj21 that tying the count to the bet required a hell of a lot of luck.
The counts that most use either don't count all the cards, or assign more that two values; both cause inaccuracies. So more luck is required. Then comes this crazy bet spreading. It is obvious if you win small and lose big, you got proplems; but the count is high so get a bigger bank roll. So far, that is quite a bit more than just
winning a single hand.(required luck) Then one year ago the flaw discovers me. Tim and 13 others can relate to that-but to gether one hell of a lot of luck is required fot that
method to win. Until Tim's post, I had never looked at how little luck it takes to win with John Patrick's methods. That is the reason that with horrible luck; and keeping losses low-a few
crappy cards add up to 21-throw in a few comps and we get cheap, fun vacations.
John Patrick does every thing he can to get things to favor"his/our" play.
I hope some of the doubters can see this. Frank-S
Why the heck are you visiting the JP website?
You might get infected (your brain and your cookied-up PC).
Then again, we all like to visit Disneyland once in a while, taking the Mickey.
Thank you charger, but what was discussed was effects of the flaw,
not the flaw itself.
