nemesiscc16
Posted by nemesiscc16
Jun 22, 2015

Question about wonging

First off this site is awesome and I am honored to have become a member. Before I get to my question allow be to give a little background info about my current blackjack skill level and experience. I go to vegas/reno about once a month for work. I play on average 15 hours of bj each trip. I know basic strategy flawlessly. I am new to card counting but am learning quickly (hi lo). On my most recent trip to vegas I was able to count and use the knowledge gained to enhance my playing strategy. I was at the casino with the best odds in vegas using a 1-5 spread, 5$ to 25$. It ws extremely fun to know I had an edge over the casino and had a reason for what I was betting. My bankroll is 1000$. I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT I DO NOT EXPECT TO WIN, I JUST VERY MUCH ENJOY PLAYING AND WANT TO PLAY THE BEST GAME I CAN.

So now to the question; I travel in a group of over 20 people many of which are big time gamblers. My coworkers are not good players. They don't play basic strategy and do not count but, they do bet much bigger than me. So often times they'll be one or 2 of us playing and another 2 or 3 simply watching. While watching on my latest trip I wonged in some ideal situation true count 3+ and was able to win some larger pots simply by betting larger when the odds were in my favor. If I were to strictly wong in counts of 3+ with a bet of 25$ what would my expected results be? I want to reiterate that the way in which we gamble 3 or 4 watching and 2 playing as well as my smallish bets 30$ max (smaller than my coworkers avg bets) would seemingly make it unlikely that I would get any heat. Thanks so much and please let me know if there is any additional info I could provide. Thanks

Comments

kewlj
kewlj Jun 27, 2015

Assuming you are using hi-lo or another level one count, you have roughly a 1% advantage at a TC of +3 (1/2% gain per true count - offset), so your expected win would be 25 cents, each hand that you wong in and play at TC +3. It's a pretty slim advantage we are dealing with. :/