well, ive been practicing counting for a few weeks now, done endless amounts of reading, so i finally went out this weekend to get in on some action and see waht i can do.
i made a few huge mistakes, lets see what you guys think of this
had about $1200 in cash on me
8 decks
70 percent pen
dealer stands soft 17
double any 2 cards
double after splitting
no resplit aces, aces get 1 card only
and the bet minx and max are $50-1000 on the one table
so i walk around see that alot of the tables are full, even 25 and 50 dollar min tables were full!!
so i find a table with a 50 min 1000 max with 2 players on it
they have used up around 4-5 decks, so i know that a shuffle is comming in soon, i wait for the shuffle and proceed to play
(im using hi low system)
i skip out the first hand,
the running count is +2 i jump in and bet 50
i loose my first hand, running counnt goes to +4
i loose that hand, and now the running count is +7
lots of low cards have came out, so i figure what the hell
i bet 150 on a hand, win that hand, and the running count is around 7 or 8, playing again 150 hand and contiue to win while the count gets higher.
the running count is now +10 and im up about 500
i put out a 250 dollar bet, and i get two 3's versus dealer upcard of 5. I than split the threes, crack a 8 on the first 3 and i double down i hit a 9 for a total of 20, i than proceed to my next 3 and i hit a 10 and stay on 13, next player plays, and the dealer brakes, perfect i win $750
the running count than goes on and on varying from about +7 to about +13 at one point, and im betting
$150 at +7 - +8
$200 at +9 - +10
$250 at +10 or higher
all in all the shoe finishes and im up about $2200 profit
i say thats it for now, and they comp me 4 passes to a free buffet
i leave the casino for a bit, go back to the hotel and do some shopping etc..
i return later on and play the same game 50 min 1000 max
im bouncin around a bit from points of up 300 to down 300
im down about 300 and the running count is +10, i bet $250 and i get a pair of aces. PERFECT im thinking, i split the aces and crack another ace on the one, and a 3 on the other :( dealer turns over his card has 13, hits a 6 and beats me with 19, im down about 800 now, and i place another 250 dollar bet, i win that one, and the running count went down to about +2, i bet $50 for a few hands and end up winning a few, than when the count got upto +13 in literally 2 rounds of play, i bet $400 on one hand a $200 on another hand, i loose the 400, and i win the 200, i play for another 10 min until the shoe ends, and at that point i have lost $900
i go grab the buffet ticket and head over there
i than return to the tables, play some more and never really saw a runnign count of +7 or more, so i end up breaking even and wonging out halfway threw the shoe
i than head to my last stop, a $25 dollar table, with no one at the table
i play some one on one with the dealer and end up loosing about $400
spreading as follows
running count +4 or below - 25 dollars
running count +5 - +6 50 dollars
running count +7 - +8 100 dollars
running count +9 - +10 $125
i than give it one more go at the at the 50 - 1000 table and dont see anything great, win a little loose a little, not realyl betting more than 150 a hand
i count all my winnings, and im just shy of 1100, (somehting like $1070 i beleive)
anyways
i walk out with 1070, and a long list of regrets, i played the basic strategy right, made all the right moves, but something just doesnt seem right, its like it was luck
any comment would be great guys, thanks
