Comments on: Dead Presidents

By: Ron from MI

Ron from MI — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:26:37 +0000

“FYI: Super-hot women are unlikely to be working $5 Vegas BJ tables.”

That’s true; but I bet there’s some who get into Asian fetishes, no matter what the age, and consider them “hot.”

Some people are funny……..

By: Ace

Ace — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:12:03 +0000

I too have been lectured by crusty old farts and fartesses who think my 21 play is preventing them a win. I play mostly basic strategy too but sometimes vary from that slightly on a hunch. It guarantees me an instant Blackjack lesson and it is too fatiguing to argue with them on the finer points of probability and statistics. All they are concerned about is that its my fault they are losing. I either hit and stole their card or didn’t hit and they got a crappy card I should have gotten.

If these Blackjack experts would take a few minutes to think about it, they would realize the game is random enough so that any individual gambler’s play is not enough to influence the outcome for other players over the long run.

If you think it is bad at $5 tables in Vegas, try the $3 tables in Mesquite!

By: Ken

Ken — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:59:21 +0000

I like to double down on 12 every now and then just to watch all hell break loose!! It’s amazing how upset people get over a piss-ant $5.00 bet!!

By: Duque12

Duque12 — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:01:26 +0000

Good stuff. While I haven’t acted as bad as the asshole described, I have at times been less the cordial to a dealer or two. Leaving for Vegas March 17 and am going to make a note to not be a prick cuz the cards don’t treat a brother right.

By: Rex

Rex — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:05:59 +0000

The penalty for standing on 16 vs. a dealer 10 is .002%

Over the course of twenty $5 bets, the outcome of standing vs. hitting will be altered by one penny.

From a gambling perspective, this is statistically insignificant. As such, I do not believe that it diverges from basic strategy. It’s a toss-up, and you can call it one way or the other with the statistically same outcome in the long run.

if you have a psychological favorite in this scenario … go with it. It won’t help you, but neither will it hurt you.

You can also employ standing vs. hitting 16 to your benefit if you can get ANY read on the deck, even using a basic +1/-1 type of technique.

Yes, the guy was an asshole who had more self-esteem than counting ability. This happens all the time. Especially, for some reason, at low-limit tables were know-it-all-ness is ever greater than higher limit tables. I cannot explain this phenomenon.

No, I didn’t engage him in a lengthy debate. I am convinced that you cannot “convert” assholes by yelling at them. It may feel good at the time, but it’s not like they are going to have an epiphany and say “you know, you’re right … I’m going to change my ways”.

Futility is a concept that I have accepted.

She was a small, older woman, and while she looked just fine, I don’t imagine she would be considered traditionally “hot”.

I’m one of the few people who do not have an inflated sense of sympathy for attractive women.

Quite the opposite, actually.

FYI: Super-hot women are unlikely to be working $5 Vegas BJ tables.

By: dgenerate

dgenerate — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:43:58 +0000

In your story you write you play basic strategy. You do not play basic strategy if you stand on six versus ten. By the way the guy in your story was an asshole

By: philipj

philipj — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:47:44 +0000

In all these years, I have never sat at a blackjack table, nor craps where there was a jerk playing. Maybe just good luck. I did once change craps positions to get between a couple of guys who were having differences, and that ended any ruffled feathers. And the pit boss got me a drink.

By: Ron from MI

Ron from MI — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:00:44 +0000

“There is nothing worse than the asshole who goes off when the dealers screw up. Dealing cards to complete strangers can often be a nerve-racking experience and dealers make mistakes all the time. You just have to accept it.”

True. Very true. I think there are some folks out there, drunk or not, who are just completely delusional freaks who think they have the right to berate dealers simply because they screw up. What the dealer and the pit boss did was correct; the asshole, even though he was a customer, had too much greed in his blood and absolutely no class at all. I’m surprised he wasn’t 86′d from the joint.

These are the same people who blame the third base player when they win in a hand, when in fact it has no effect at all on the game.

Other than that, I’m glad you were generous on the tip you gave her.

Just curious: how much of a tip did you give her, and was she “hot” for her age?

By: Frank

Frank — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:01:55 +0000

From your description, I assume the 4 was the dealer’s down card. Not only would you not, “both won”, MIT next to you can’t figure out that there was no difference to you whatsoever, you lose with 23 just like you did to 21.

By: FleaStiff

FleaStiff — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:59:49 +0000

So why were the floorperson and the pit boss tolerating this jerk’s behavior.
Would one well timed put-down from you have avoided all this nonsense? At the time he first started to give you advice on how to play you could have said to him “Look FUJODS, the vocabulary here is limited to Hit, Stand, Insurance, DoubleDown and Toke.” (FUJODS = Fx Up Jx Off Dip Sx)