Astute. Concur. Perhaps wild success leaves thrifty habits undisturbed. (nt)
1. psycho that is
2. homeless folk too
3. OMG what does that say about me?????????????????? : ^ )
You've never even pulled off the freeway while sleepy and taken a nap to refresh you?
Consider it. It can make long-distance drives a lot safer. Just wait a couple minutes after waking up before you get going again.
I do a tremendous amount of driving and I'm really cheap. I'd rather doze for a few hours and take a quick shower at a truck stop. That way I arrive sooner.
because I'm trying to keep my expenses down. Sometimes I alternate by staying at a motel/hotel every other day, thus cutting my expenses in half. I also use the truck-stops to freshen up. It's actually comical, in the sense, that I save $75 to $100 by sleeping in the car and then proceed to bet hundreds of dollars on a hand. Sleeping in the car doesn't give a good night's sleep and may even affect my playing decisions. It's neccessary sometimes but not for the casual player. A diehard to the end. Only serious players would understand.
When you have an adequate bankroll and can bet large amounts, the expenses arn't a concern. Overall, not a pleasant experience.
Assuming your example, $100 = one unit, buy-in for $10,000 and bankroll of $100,000
What happens if you lose the first hand? do you leave immediately???
If not what is your stop-loss point?
Interesting concept, but isn't the whole purpose of paying to get to the point where YOU have the advantage over the house(TC is sky high)? If you walk away from a high TC you are not doing yourself a favor, sure you may ensure that you are a "winner" for that session, but then are you going to sit down in 30 minutes with a TC=0 and start over again? To each his own I guess.
I personally love Wonging, and I take the HEAT from pit and security -- sitting down with TC over 10 and looking and playing like a fool -- eg staying with 15 against an 8 --- is great. Only prob is that I don't get much action, and thus have tendancy to bet too much(over 10% of my bankroll) on hand. (especially when the ploobies (on quite a few occasions) increase table min from $10 to $100 as i am watching.
Question for wongers, if any of you dare to respond, have you ever counted TC on more than one table at a time? if so, any tricks on making your appearance casual? I count on 2 tables at a time, but I think that I am doing something wrong and drawin the ire of the eye in the sky...maybe they simply think that i am out to rob someone, I have an inklin thats what they think ..i dunno...Regards
"It's actually comical, in the sense, that I save $75 to $100 by sleeping in the car and then proceed to bet hundreds of dollars on a hand.
If you are indeed betting "hundreds of dollars on a hand," why on earth don't you simply ask a host to comp you a room?
I would not dream of trying to play without a good night's sleep - it doesn't take many mistakes to lose the "$75 to $100" that you saved by not springing for a hotel.
Same goes for driving long distances. Sleeping in a car simply doesn't hack it for me - if I'm feeling sleepy, I start watching the freeway exits for a motel. The way I feel the next morning, after a good night's sleep in a real bed and a hot shower, is more than worth the cost of the room, IMHO.
If I could rent for six hours (Motel Dollar-Fifty) it would be a bargain. Chronic sleep disorder prevents me from sleeping more than five hours at a time. Why? Dunno. But it's been that way for years.
In my youth I drove in marathon fashion, ex.: New York to Denver in forty-six hours, which included two at the side of the road with a jacket over my head (my "sleep"). Today I drive till I feel unsafe, catch one or two sleep cycles [a sleep cycle is ninety minutes] and continue. If I feel grimey I'll stop at a truck stop for hygenic rejuvenation. This method gets me where I'm going in the shortest time. For what it's worth, wheither I drive or fly, I never play until after I've slept.
I envy those who can fall into a deep, long, refreshing sleep.
reminds me of an old joke maybe you haven't heard it;
When I die i want to go peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather not screaming in terror like the passengers in his car.
at a time is possible, even for me. I need slow dealers and some type of tracking method (closed hands and moving my thumb over each finger usually does it). I also will usually abandon one of the tables if there is a significant difference between the counts, so that I am only counting both for a short period of time. There is also the difficulty of finding good sight lines to both tables without having to make it too obvious.
I would think that most PC's may believe it is impossible to count two tables at the same time, so you can probably get some lee-way (especially if at least one table is full, or there are other "spectators"). Of course, they may think that you are a thief who is casing the players, as you pointed out.
