Re: How to keep a beginning IDPA shooter from returning

In article <e8hgha$d6v$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
bb_43@xxxxxxxxxxx (Brian Bunin) wrote:

# #"If you don't know how to play, then why are you here?" I calmly said,
# #"Ma'am, if that's this casino's policy, there are other places where
# #they'll kiss my *** while taking my money." Well, the floor boss came
# #over, told the rude cow to take her break, and explained to me what
# #happened. He also told me there's a free learner's table every night,
# #and he thanked me for being there.
# #
#
# Split 10's?

Wassamatta with splitting 10s - *SOMETIMES*?

Granted, most of the time it borders on insanity, but if I'm alone on
the table with the dealer showing a stiff and a "happy" count, I'll
almost always go for it - surprisingly, it's either paid off or broke
even for me more often than not. If I've got "big money" out, or
"company" on the table with me, I'm less likely to do it. If I've got
company on the table, and they're playing stupid - such as the bus-tour
idiots with their "15 dollars of free chips and a match-bet ticket" that
keep hitting hard 17s against dealer stiffs and screwing the whole table
in the process - I might still go for it, for the sole purpose of "the
quicker they lose, the quicker they leave". If I've got "decent
company", I'll most likely ask around first to see if anybody playing
behind me is planning to split or double, so as to avoid wrecking their
hands.

Tournament play (Which, at the casino I play at, means "you against
everybody else at the table" rather than the normal "you against the
dealer") is a whole different kettle of fish... I've been known to split
(and sometimes re-split, when the opportunity presents) 10s and then
deliberately hit-to-bust on both/all of them, with the specific goal of
sucking the dealer's bust card and making his/her hand against the rest
of the table - If I can blow off a 2, 3, or 4 chip bet, and in the
process, make the dealer's hand and cause somebody else to lose their 5,
10, or 15 chip bet, that means I win in the end, even though I lose the
hand. (But lordy, does it ever cheese some folks off - mostly the ones
who don't realize that it *IS* "You against everybody else", and are
playing like it's normal "you against the dealer")

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