Blackjack – Opposition Betting 3
The purpose of opposition betting is to get a large spread. The following is an explanation of how one Vegas pro gets away with it; I've changed enough details to protect his identity:
I've been playing blackjack for thirty years. For about the first twenty, I didn't know anything about counting. At one point, I tried to read Thorp's book but the system was beyond me. Revere's book became my bible because his point count system was powerful and so much easier. I still use it. By the time I'd started counting, I was well known in the casinos as a high roller. I was comped most everywhere and still am. My basic method of camouflage, once I'd started counting, was simply to keep playing as much as possible the way I'd always played.
I buy in at the craps table and usually spend my first ten or fifteen minutes playing craps for nickels. I'll often get a whole rack of chips—half quarters, half nickels. I never hide chips, or pocket chips, or try to look like I'm losing. I never did that before I was a counter, so why should I start now? Whether you're counting or not, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. When I lose a lot, I sulk around. I make a lot of noise about it when I win big. The only time I pocket chips is when I cash out. I'll go south with one or two blacks, and play them or cash them out later.
When I hit the blackjack tables, I start betting with nickels—two or three at a time. If the count starts going down, I'll bet even bigger—four or five nickels. If it keeps going down, I might push six to eight of them out there. As the count goes up, I use the reverse strategy. I'll go down to a single nickel and keep betting this way until my edge is up around 2%. Sometimes I'll go through a couple of shoes till I get a count like this.
Sometimes it happens right away. But when it does go up that high, I'll raise my bet from a single nickel to a stack of quarters in one jump. I'll just throw eight of 'em on the table like that. By this time, I'm already pegged as a non-counter because of all my stupid bets before. And if they don't have me pegged this way, they will soon. My strategy with the quarters is pretty much the same as my nickel strategy. If the count goes up, I just let my stack of quarters ride. While the count is this high, I make sure I've got a couple hundred bucks on the table. It's important to me not to raise my bet if the count goes up even higher. You see, I start raising it when the count's coming back down.
Dealers always change colors on you when you bet stacks of chips. If I win with eight quarters, he'll pay me off with a couple of blacks. The next stack of chips I push out there will have those blacks on the bottom. They think they're jacking up my bets by coloring me up! By the time my edge is down to 1% or so, I'll be making bets of $500 to $600. I'd say my average high bet is about $250 to $350. My average low bet is probably about $15 to $20.
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