I'm Crying "Uncle"

as to bj in the Shreve after another foray to the Red River this weekend - blame it on the combination of poor rules, prevalence of multiple deck shoes, weak penetration, ploppiness (at my table one first basement actually failed to split aces, duh, and the next two cards he received were each face cards for a bust!) and my own rusty skills (not to mention the psychological effect of SD) - I have sworn off the game officially - henceforth I intend to limit my Louisiana action to dice and vp (not that Shreve vp is all that great, mind you) and leave the counting to others - for all of you who continue to hammer away at the Shreve shoes, bonne chance!