Help Starting a Team

Looking for general guidance on team play:

Counters/ spotters will play all with minimum bets waiting to signal big player.

1. What's the best # of counters/ spotters for 1 big player? I guess about 3.

2. Is it preferred that the big player finish the shoe even if the count drops? If so the entry count would be raised to make shoe deterioration less likely.

3. Would big player playing 2 hands draw any more heat than 1 hand?

4. Should big player flat bet?

5. Would you recommend big player to learn index #'s or a standard plus count strategy allowing him not to count at all?

6. Assuming players are equal investors what's a good number of team members? First team will only utilize 1 big player at a time.

7. About how large a bankroll is necessary to make it worth the effort? $50/hr each sounds good

8. What's the average time to double the bankroll with a 5% Risk of Ruin or less?

Red7 will be used and tens will not be split.

Any comments are welcome.

My advice is not to do it. The big player/spotter approach is just too well known now. While there are some experienced teams and players still successfully using it, I would not recommend an inexperienced team try it. Because it is so well know, the risk is now much higher for both spotters and big players.

If you are looking to benefit from team play, I would consider the shared bankroll approach, which will allow players to play at a higher level than they could on their own. With shared bankroll you can play as a team which will smooth out the ups and downs and get you to the long run faster or you could share bankroll and still play an every man for him self approach in which the sole benefit would be playing at a higher level.

BP/Spotter is for when you have too big a bankroll to get down action the "normal" way. This play is very tough to do today mainly due to no-mid shoe entry restrictions.

You should start off just finding two or three trusted friends each with bankroll similar in size to yours and combine forces and all go out and play to your combined bank. If you want more checks and balances you can all go on trips together and share expenses and check up on each other daily.

A book could be written and should be. There are many variables. Please refer to BJA3. The coverage is very good and gives understanding of your endeavor. Team play can produce more than a single player. The problem with team play is working with other people.