Trip Report

Lake Tahoe Trip Report:

Great weather, beautiful scenery. Played dd tables and 6-d shoe. Started aggressively with two hands and big play. Lady luck was neutral for sometime and after 30 minutes I changed tables. I won't stay at any table that is not moving ahead max. for 30 mins. Another try and this one made me loose two markers as psychologically I tend to be an aggressive starter especially after a long period of non-activity. That's one thing I must be on guard and as I'm heading to Reno this wknd invited for Superbowl party, I will have another go of it.

Another table (6-d) and now I'm down 3 markers and my credit is line is down the drain 75%! Still chasing the right table and it's midnight. I do not gamble all night as my comfort means to me more than chasing my losses. However, I felt good and stayed another hour. Had a good streak and withing that time recovered 90% of my losses of the day and trip.

The following day we went to movies and enjoyed "A Beautiful Mind" that was about the story of a great mathematician (John Hansen) who was schizoprenic and delusional. Later, moved to another casino and played dd and recovered rest of my losses from the previous day.

Decided to leave early in order to avoid the forecast storm. Had my start been successful and my wins had come first rather late, I would have settlet for modest profits as MM calls for blocking wins above 50% of wins on my session BR.

I was happy to recover on this trip as I'll be going this weekend and would modify my approach to start in moderate betting and not pushing it the way I did on this trip.

Actually, his name was John Forbes Nash Jr. He created a grat many mathematical theories, but the one which has had the most impact was his Theory of Non-Cooperative games, for which he received the nobel prize in 1994, about thirty years after it was written. A great man, a great mind. Read the book, it is actually a biography of him and is quite informative. Also, you don't have to understand the math to read it.
Thanks for listening to my spiel

.. that no one has any problems with non-counters posting about blackjack trips. It's when they say "Math is wrong, I'm right, nyah nyah nyah!" that the umbrage begins.

Good job on breaking even. I'd be happy to break even on a trip myself :)

M.

Why don't you play in Reno where they have 1 deck DOA, H17 games with
penetration sometimes as deep as 80%!!!

What's the use of counting when the cards go against you? Does counting change your luck? How many years have you been playing bj & counting? Good luck counting... casinos love you!

Where are the best places to play in Reno? I don't like anymore Harrah's. Hilton has got one or just few tables sd. What do you suggest? Thanks.

Boomtown - Best rules, no heat! All SD, DOA, H17. They also have that single deck of fun bullshit (double on any number of cards, bonus on 5 card 21, bonus on 6 cards with total of 20 or less, RSA, DAS, etc etc, however blackjack pays even money, except diamonds BJ).

Atlantis - SD, DOA, H17 with heat!! Watch out, don't fluctuate more than 1 to 5, or you'll be sent to the Automatic Shuffler Blackjack.

Peppermill - SD, DOA, H17 with heat

laters,

martin

If you don't care about the BJ games, good places to stay (bang for the buck) are Peppermill, Atlantis, and sometimes Silver Legacy or John Ascuaga's Nugget if you can get a good rate.

As it happens, these places all have decent games, too.

I'm invited to the Reno Hilton. But, I may go (weather permitting) to some of the places you guys suggested. Thanks. Good luck to you.