Roughly 90% of the other players I play with bet on all of the available side bets every hand (always hoping for that next big hit).
Having watched all of Mike's videos about blackjack, I have accepted his advice on this topic, and I never make these bets myself.
I also tend to refrain from commenting on how others play their hands at the table. However, every time I get a potentially winning side bet hand, I almost always get heckled by some other player (sometimes the dealer) about this with comments such as "Oh you don't play them" "You are getting so many of those hands but you don't play" "Why didn't you play" "You don't play" etc.
What should I say in response to these comments (if anything) from an etiquette standpoint?
Quote: AlecI like to play blackjack at local casinos in the Chicagoland area where I live.
Roughly 90% of the other players I play with bet on all of the available side bets every hand (always hoping for that next big hit).
Having watched all of Mike's videos about blackjack, I have accepted his advice on this topic, and I never make these bets myself.
I also tend to refrain from commenting on how others play their hands at the table. However, every time I get a potentially winning side bet hand, I almost always get heckled by some other player (sometimes the dealer) about this with comments such as "Oh you don't play them" "You are getting so many of those hands but you don't play" "Why didn't you play" "You don't play" etc.
What should I say in response to these comments (if anything) from an etiquette standpoint?
Over the long run, I have more chips in my stack by not playing it than by playing it.
Quote: ChumpChangeCall it a push and demand your money back.
What do you mean by this? I don’t quite understand.
Quote: rsactuaryOver the long run, I have more chips in my stack by not playing it than by playing it.
I like this one! Thank you.
"Oh, so you'll play it for me?"
"No."
"What? What do you mean?"
"Give me a dollar and I'll play it"
"And you'll just keep the winnings?"
"And your $1. Yes."
"Why would I do that?"
"Why wouldn't you?"
"What?"
"What?"
They usually stop commenting after that exchange.
Often I'll get a reply like, "But, you would have just won $x if you played it the last hand." My reply to that would be along the lines of "One hand doesn't prove anything. Nobody notices the many times it loses."