Most likely, if you get in the hole you will need to make some dubious splits and double downs in an attempt to stay in.
--- In vpFREE_Chicago@yahoogroups.com, "jaydavidson118"
<jaydavidson118@y...> wrote:
--- In vpFREE_Chicago@yahoogroups.com, "Howard Stern"
<howard.w.stern@e...> wrote:
> I hope it is
> ran better than the last time I played in it.They do seem to be better organized than last year.
I hope the rules sheet I picked up is not an indicator of that! 
Its always nice to
play in a tournament where skill plays some role, I think the advantage
is fairly strong. I don't think more than 30% of the players have any
idea of tournament strategy.
I guess that makes me dead money too. I used to play blackjack
seriously, but never played in a tournament. I'm quite skeptical about
strategy claims as pertaining to tournaments consisting of no more
than 20 hands per round. Just how deep could such a strategy be? Don't
lose? While surfing the web for answers I discovered an entire
spectrum: "blast away", "play safe - survive", "adapt your play to
your opponents", etc. I don't think anyone really has a novel approach
that's a proven repeatable winner above and beyond the obvious advice
of playing solid basic blackjack strategy. And if somebody thinks
counting will make a difference they're kidding themselves. I think it
all comes down to playing error free blackjack while keeping an eye on
the competition and shifting gears when you have to.
> Mike D. - you are invited over here on July 11!!!
Is this an open invitation to all vp_Chicago? Directions?
I think so. Howard (who is a chess player) seems to be following
through on a time honored old tradition of chess tournament victors -
winners buy!
> One very minor Trump update. On Super X Pay the one 25c triple play
that
> had 10-6-5DB now is 9-6-5 so no playable Super X Pay at TrumpIs 10-6-5db approx. the same as 9-7-5?
Groan. Was there ever a "playable" Gaff-O-Matic, err I mean Super X
Pay anywhere?
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