I have been practicing counting at home for about a year and a half. I just turned 21 and was looking for advise specific to counting on my virgin trip.(I've played in Montreal with out counting so I am familiar with table etiquette and all that) Will my age be a positive or negative as far as not drawing suspicion? I want nothing more than to start getting scrutinized on my first trip. I would appreciate any advise.
Don't try to impress people with your knowledge. A lot of new counters and wannabes talk about penetration and the math. Personally, if they don't know me at the place, I occasionally ask the dealer for advice. E.G., "I've heard its better to split 8s against a 10, what do you think I should do?" Pick plays that any counter should know, but that are misunderstood by a lot of ploppies. Also, appear to drink heavy. Although I am not a drinker, I have a friend who is, and he keeps bottlecaps on him so that he can recap the beer and put them in the fridge at home. This is good for milking a comp and to look like its the drinking thats making you foolishly up your bet, etc. The distractions are the biggest thing to overcome as a newby, so here's a good suggestion: Develop a speech impediment or some other vocal nuisance, that should keep the dealer and others from engaging you in too much conversation. That's my personal favorite. To keep other people off your table, try wearing a shirt thats too small, and have your tighty-whities showing above your belt-line. You might think I'm crazy but B.O. helps, I use artificial deerpiss scents available at sporting good and hunting supply store. Needless to say, when I play, no one talks to me or sits at my table. *sniffle*
I want nothing more than to start getting scrutinized on my first trip.
I assume you misspoke above, and that you were actually trying to say that want to *avoid* scrutinization?
Assuming you want to fly under the radar, your age should work in your favor. If you can pull it off, it might be especially helpful to play it up like you're a frat boy in town for the weekend to have a few beers and play a little blackjack.
I turned 21 a couple years ago and have developed an act that works for me. Not really much of an act, I just be myself. I'm a young guy, in a band, and I like to drink. Not many counters look like scrawny young punks with crazy hair who always carry a Bud Light with them. Where I play you have to pay for drinks, so I usually make each beer last a long time. If I'm with friends, I'll buy a beer and drink half and then hand it off to someone else to finish it. This gives the appearance of my drinking more than I actually am.
As far as cover plays, there aren't a whole lot I use. I'm a low-roller, so I don't really worry about heat. You say you've been practicing for over a year, so you should be in good shape to start taking some money from the casinos. Good luck to you!
Po'Boy
You can save a trip to sporting good store for deer urine and just not shower for a week or so before and for the length of you 21 trip,
Should even keep a lot of pc's a safe distance away.
You might think I'm crazy but B.O. helps, I use artificial deerpiss scents available at sporting good and hunting supply store.
Why artificial? Is there a worldwide deerpiss shortage?
I want nothing more than to start getting scrutinized on my first trip. I would appreciate any advise.
I hear where you're comin from! Just make sure you drop a few comments about Griffin's magnum opus on card counting, the multi-variate normal assumption, and how your bets optimize certainty equivalent. Help the others at the table with their insurance indices.
Have a blast!
ETF
Deer Urine Milkers Union is on strike. You're just hearing about this now?
They made me fit right in!
Now that my business of 20+ years has colapsed, maybe I should go into manufacturing artificial deer urine!
Yeah!
So much more pleasant than that Guano farm I was considering starting!
@^D
Seriously, a guy I know was spreads fox urine around his boat slip to keep the ducks and seagulls off of it. How in the h*ll do they collect that stuff anyway?
@^S
Cyclops
...now the Hilton is going to install electronic deer piss detectors. We should really back channel tips like this
Just wanted to see how many hits this gets. :-)
