What's your highest running count?

Was playing the count the other day getting some experience under my belt when the RC rose to a monster healthy plus 25 after 3 decks dealt out of a 6 deck shoe. That would be the highest it would get. My real question is actually that of a survey.

If you guys could share with me some of your highest RC situations in a 6 deck shoe that would be great? And ofcourse feel free to expand... like did you rack in the wins or what?

Thanks,
Kyle

My highest RC was +22 after about half a deck had been dealt from a 2D game. This would mean a Hi-Lo true count of +15.

It should have been a candy store. Sadly, some dumb asshole slammed down next to me and tried to bet table max, and the dealer said screw it and shuffled the whole thing away.

Do you mean that +25 was as high as it got in that particular shoe, or that +25 is as high as it could get? Since there are 120 hi-lo plus cards in a six-deck shoe, and 72 neutral cards, it is theoretically possible to have a running count of +120 after three decks were dealt. If you run into one of those, stop the game so you can get a second mortgage on the farm, and then bet it. :-)

What you saw breaks down to a truncated TC of +8. You won't be in that territory very often, but you will see it from time to time. That is when one of two things will happen. You will either lose a lot of money or win a lot of money. You should win a lot of money just a little more often than you will lose it. I had a similar count twice in a session last night. The first time, I lost. The second time, I won and wound up making a slight profit for the night.

in a 6D game. If I remember right, there were 2-3 decks left so the TC was between +10 to +15. It's been a while because I don't play 6D very often anymore. My experience was the same as Bootlegger's: I won slightly more of them than I lost. It was early in my counting and it was gut wrenching to push those max bets out and lose. As a matter of fact, I was making the rookie counting mistake of not pushing my max bet out when called for, which I no longer do. The wins helped cure that.

Boot wrote:

Since there are 120 hi-lo plus cards in a six-deck shoe, and 72 neutral cards, it is theoretically possible to have a running count of +120 after three decks were dealt. If you run into one of those, stop the game so you can get a second mortgage on the farm, and then bet it. :-)

If you got such a count, there are 3 possibilities:

1. All of the remaining cards are 10s and Aces.
2. You have made a counting error.
3. The House is cheating.

I would suspect 2 before 3, but both are more likely than 1.

If you had such a shoe, you are not quite certain to win. The House could draw a back-door blackjack, against your 20. (If they have an Ace up BJ, you would insure and break even on the hand.)

Here is an exercise for the mathematically minded: What is the probability of getting an RC of 120 in an honest 6=deck shoe? I am tired tonight, but I can post the answer tomorrow if anybody is interested.