Re: New Player Needs Some Advice

"thepixelfreak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> I think I'll keep it somewhat something of a gamblers game.. Statistical
> mathematics are not quite up to par for the task. The true believers of
> the Basic Strategy would say that what other people on the table do or
> don't do has no effect on the outcome of any one persons hand. We've all
> seen the falacy in this.

I deal the game.  I can most assuradely tell you that people who don't hit
16 on a dealers 7-A lose... a lot.  Give me a table full of them and I can
stuff the box and rack with the losses.

As far as one person not playing BS affecting the rest of the table, it's
again pure bullshit.  I've seen it work for the players, I've seen it work
against.  The table howls when it works against them, and usually quietly
pat themselves on the back, or offer the risk taker a quiet thanks.  The
signal to noise ratio is way out of proportion to the results.

The only advantage the house has is the statistical certainty of the math.

Do hunches work? Sure!  Always? Never. And that's the beauty of the long
term math....  Some people walk away thousands ahead on the game; thousands
lose hundreds.  In the end, the light stay lit, the bells still clang, and
the fool wearing the funny shirt still smiles and is ready to deal another
hand.

The best advice I can give any player is play the basic strategy like
religion (unless you want to count cards etc.) and hope for that streak
where you can do no wrong, and the dealer continues to pay.  When that
happens, run when you get ahead.