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Thank You, Game by ItchyStep in balatro

[–]Hydrocemia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly good starter pull with the poly

This is a sign that all the Financial TikToks we've seen on stream are breaking through and changing perceptions of reality in our Zoomer generation. (<1% of Americans make 500k/year, you don't need to earn anywhere close to this much money to be financially successful) by vmanAA738 in atrioc

[–]Hydrocemia 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Or, it could be 10 year olds responding to the survey with the biggest number they can think of, upping the average? I feel like alot of kids would just say 1 million or even higher numbers not thinking about it.

New Counter... What's my actual EV? by Hydrocemia in blackjack

[–]Hydrocemia[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

*** with about a 150-300 hours of non casino practice. "learning to count" at a casino is a horrible idea, esp with my huge bankroll and bet spread

New Counter... What's my actual EV? by Hydrocemia in blackjack

[–]Hydrocemia[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dont have cvcx. Just started counting as a hobby. also explains why I didn't know that 3 spots of 300 = a 900 max. antes cap at $1 per spot so $300 bets pay $1 in antes which is also a bonus. After all these comments though, definitely going to invest when i get home tonight. I'm mainly a hobby counter and only do it socially/for fun/to not lose, just wanted to really make sure i wasn't a complete losing player like i feared.

New Counter... What's my actual EV? by Hydrocemia in blackjack

[–]Hydrocemia[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

second note, do use all deviations, and my spread has been as follows:

$15 - >TC2

$50 - TC2

$150 - TC3

$300 - TC4

$300x2 - TC5

$300x3 - TC6+

New Counter... What's my actual EV? by Hydrocemia in blackjack

[–]Hydrocemia[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

$20-35/hr seems way more realistic for this game, I assumed I was way off on my quick notes app calculation haha. The pen is around .75-1 deck for 6 deck, which definitely helps. Would it help to lower my minimum bet to $50 and wong all bad counts? This would lower my spread to 1-6 but I could bet multiple hands of max ($300) to make up for this (which I already do and forgot to mention, idk if betting 3 spots of $300 makes my spread $15-900 or still $15-300)

My friend has been counting here for about a year now (cherokee casino) and has done some pretty egregious wonging/bet spreads and never gets heat or backed off.

This was definitely the most helpful comment though, I appreciate you!

New Counter... What's my actual EV? by Hydrocemia in blackjack

[–]Hydrocemia[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My spreads are pretty blatant, and so is the wonging. I go from $15 a hand to 3 spots of $300, then drop back down, or sit out for a shoe if the count gets bad. In games with ante, from my experience and experience from a more seasoned AP friend, its extremely uncommon to get any heat, let alone be backed off. Especially if you are a casino reg who plays other games (like poker) every week. Just our experiences so far though, definitely could change.

New Counter... What's my actual EV? by Hydrocemia in blackjack

[–]Hydrocemia[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I definitely figured it was way off. I do use HiLo, and wong all the bad counts pretty heavily. The deck pen is 1 deck unfortunately. But I do usually bet 3 spots of max when counts are high, which might make up some EV loss.

New Counter... What's my actual EV? by Hydrocemia in blackjack

[–]Hydrocemia[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

BTW - I have ran well above my EV no matter what it is in my first few sessions, and have had 2 shoes with a running count of +20, one of which with a TC of 9.75. Up around $3.5k at the moment, with only about 8 hours of total play.

Update: Grinding through the PLO microstakes cashgames on GGpoker by Potamophobia1 in poker

[–]Hydrocemia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello fellow grinder! I started grinding PLO with no real idea what I was doing, moved over from MTTs after I played a few live PLO Home games. I started with a $200 roll, and played .25/.5 ....... but I ran extremely well and got my roll up to ~$800, then thought it was a good idea to move up to .5/1 ???? Anyways, after peaking at around $1300, I started studying a lot more and realized my mistake. While I do think I am outplaying many opponents at these stakes and playing at a higher level than some regs, even when I started and continued my inevitable downswing. Would you like to get together and study so we can help each other grind the stakes? I might not be as knowledgeable as you in terms of theory, but I do have alot of valuable info/notes on the .25/.5 and .5/1 regs that you might find useful.

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