u/Confident_Gate_7762

I am not an AP. I am a basic strategy player going with some of my friends who aren’t really into gambling but would like to try and play some blackjack

Therefore I refuse to be part of the problem like those players who plays the garbage 6-5 CSM games and I’d like to play a proper 3-2 shoe blackjack (or double deck) game with some friends for some free drinks and fun but with low table mins

Not sure if this is the right subreddit for this, but I’m 25 and me and a few friends are looking to meet some more guys around Kanata who are into sports and poker.
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We usually watch NFL on Sundays, college football on Saturdays, and once hockey and basketball start we’ll be watching those too. Also gonna be watching the MLB playoffs.
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We play poker sometimes too, just looking for a few more people around our age who are into the same stuff and wanna hang out.

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If this sound like you PM me if you’re interested!

Game A) Double deck H17 with standard rules. Deck pen is decent

Game B) 6 deck blackjack. Stand all 17s. resplit aces and late surrender permitted. Again decent pen.

Some ploppy at the table betting big was being a complete dickhead. You name it he was probably doing it. Blaming people’s choices, “flow of the cards”, we need a new dealer etc.

So for context the prior hand he was bitching about how he can never win with this dealer etc..he’s playing the last 2 spots. He gets delt a 10 on his first hand and 11 on his 2nd with the dealer showing a 7. He puts chips next to his first bet to double and gets a 7 for 17. He then intends to signal to stand the double total of 17 (which isn’t required) and before he has a chance to put chips next to his bet to double his 11, the dealer then went ahead and flipped his hole card and has an ace underneath for 18 and began to take the chips for both his hands (an 11 LOL) and a 17

He flipped out saying he meant to wave on the double (which literally isn’t required since it’s one card only) and was clearly going to double his 11 vs a 7. The pit called surveillance and surveillance told them it was a clear signal to stand after the double so he technically stayed on 11 and the hand was over. I have no idea if they gave him his money back to some extent. But a really funny moment. I fckn loved it. Shoutout to that dealer

Just seems weird to me. From a business standpoint why would you want someone who’s got the edge in your casino. Chances are they’ll probably return at a different shift anyway. Why not just trespass them from ever coming back so you don’t have to worry about it

From someone who was born in 2002 what was playing conditions for blackjack like in the old days. Seriously want to know

I can very easily count heads up. But when it’s a full table, especially after the first initial deal of the 2 cards for each player sometimes have a hard time struggling to keep the running count. Any tips/resources or tricks any you fellow AP’s have in this regard

Played HL blackjack at my local and the dealer was absolutely horrible. Forgetting to check blackjack multiple times and taking push hands. Why would they place a clearly inexperienced dealers into a pit where clearly the stakes are high?