Bad players ?????

I know that 1 bad player( not following BS) helps, as much as it hurts me. What about an entire table or 3-5 players. I have started handing out BS sheets to players that appear to need it, most are very thankful !!!

Quote: DonPedro

I know that 1 bad player( not following BS) helps, as much as it hurts me. What about an entire table or 3-5 players. I have started handing out BS sheets to players that appear to need it, most are very thankful !!!

I have a personal etiquette rule which states you should never offer unsolicited advice to another player, no matter how they are playing.
If someone asks for advice or strikes up a conversation, that's a different story.
I would be inclined to substitute "polite" for "thankful" in the post above.

Quote: DonPedro

I know that 1 bad player( not following BS) helps, as much as it hurts me. What about an entire table or 3-5 players.

It doesn't affect you.

(But with that post:thread ratio I wonder if you even read your own threads...)

The actions of one doofus or a tableful of doofi do NOT have any effect on the cards/hands you get. The second card out of the shoe is just as likely to be the card you want as the first one, so there's no reason to cold-cock that moron who hits his hard 14 against a 6.

And I don't offer BS advice because for all I know, if the player in question takes it, they he might wind up turning a winning hand into a losing one. If he hits his hard 15 with a 10, because I advised him to, and then the dealer turns over a 5 in the hole for her own hard 15 and hits it with a 4, that player is unlikely to be grateful that he received my sound advice. He also may go home and kick the dog. I don't want to be responsible for all that.

Bad players keep good games on the floor.

I agree! What you are doing should get you 86'd by the casino. I'm sure they are pissed off.

Personally, I never give advice, unless asked for. If someone wants to hit on a hard 20, that's up to them. Now, if they ask for help, I will be happy to help them out. I will even suggest that they buy a strategy card to improve their game.

Many people who go to Vegas just want to have fun. They don't want someone to ruin their time by telling them that they are stupid morons who don't understand how to play blackjack.

Quote: gambler

They don't want someone to ruin their time by telling them that they are stupid morons who don't understand how to play blackjack.

Smart morons are so hard to find these days...

I found one He posted just above this LOL

The dice bouncing off someone's hands do not land on seven the next roll because of that event, but its a great way to blame someone else for your having lost your money. I think it might be the same thing for all this "he split tens and got "my" card" stuff.

If you want to play blackjack by yourself... do it. All you need is a high bankroll and they will make it your table.
If you want to play blackjack with experts only, find them and you and your card counting friends can have all the fun the pit boss allows.

Otherwise, its either Dummy Up and Deal or Dummy Up and Play.

Quote: DonPedro

I know that 1 bad player( not following BS) helps, as much as it hurts me. What about an entire table or 3-5 players. I have started handing out BS sheets to players that appear to need it, most are very thankful !!!

Consider the BJ table as the golf course on unsolicited advice. Last week a guy at 1st base told me at 3rd base I should have just "let the dealer bust." I replied nicely that I have to play BS and that was that. I kept my mouth shut when he hit a hard 19 and said he still wanted to hit it after the dealer asked if that was what he really wanted. The fool and his money are lucky enough to get together in the first place.

Later the DEALER hit a 19! Pit Boss was chatting it up with me and another player and the dealer (who was NOT a break-in) seemed to want in the conversation I guess. Hits a 19 and gets a 9. Pit Boss gives a "you are killing me" look and tells him to burn the unneeded 9, losing bets lost on the 19. No use fighting it. Made back up for it at craps where a dealer who WAS NEW missed my don't bet. It lost next hand and boxchick said, "take that don't!" So I think she saw the miss too late and let it go.

Oh, and I did wear my Big Ben shirt that session.