@@A1-BJ That doesn't make sense because if a dealer OVERPAYS you, of course you're not going to say anything. If he really wanted to test you he should have UNDERPAID you to see if you'd say, "Hey, I won that bet but you took my money!" I think he just genuinely made an error.
not meaning this as trash talk but it's nice to see you not easily coast through this as a player in training that struggles in the BJA test-out at times just to see that people ahead of me still aren't bullet proof
Awesome thanks for posting. This helps me a lot. I was able to get the count correct on all the shoes and estimated one of the penetrations to be correct. Making progress but will keep practicing. I need to get better at counting faster
Good stuff! I'm just learning the CAC2 system so I had to keep my own count + my bet spread, but you can really see how Spartan tries to throw you off with all of the distractions. I think I only made one mistake, which was being off by the count in the first shoe, but I think everything else I got correct. I can't imagine how difficult this would've been like in person as opposed to me watching through a screen - thanks for showing this to us and thank you Spartan for providing the testout!
@@A1-BJ Disregarding the couple of mispays, it looks like you were up a decent amount after 3 shoes, so as long as you were generating EV, and didn't get backed off, it's all good? Of course, it would be disastrous to keep playing a DD game and always be off on the count.
@brnmcc01 o would disagree... at that point I was off about every-other shoe. Most pros say that an acceptable amount is off by on on the running count every 6 decks or less. I'd say I'm there now, but back then I needed more practice, if if I was "up"
Love this. It's a nice little confidence booster. I got the count good on all 3 shoes. I would have been slower than you in terms of bet sizing and decision making, but i'm getting there. Is this the regular speed that I could expect in a casino? It never was overwhelming which suprises me.
It depends. This is probably average to slightly slower. However, if other people at the table are playing side-bets that really slows it down. Ideally, you want it to be fast to generate more E.V.
After the first shoe, I am sitting up $800 using my system! End of the second shoe at 14:35 I have won $1,375! After the last shoe, I made $1,975!! Not to shabby!
i did my own test out here, and feel like I did well, a few times I had to pause to make the RC TC conversion, or I had to pause to make sure I made the right play without seeing A1 do it first. I fell good with how well I'm doing however I know that I'm not ready between deviations, TC conversion, and bets. thanks for posting this video
I have a lot of other videos on her you can test yourself with. Also, if you join my Patreon, there are new counting videos every week with bet spreads!!
@@A1-BJ yeah, I'm starting to watch all of your videos. One note when making the moves can you give us a second to think about the move we make? I know all the moves but sometimes I'm still adding up the hand and you're already moving on, so I'm not really testing my knowledge it feels like
at 13:57 you had an A,8 V 4 with a running count 2, I couldn't tell the depth but it was a few hands after you counted that it was 52 cards discarded, shouldn't you have doubled that since the deviation is at 3? or is this kinda like splitting 10s where card counters don't do that? edit: nevermind you said you lost the count and were 2 less
At First shoe u should have put insurance. And please STOP going from one to two hands and back .... Its a red flag At second shoe u lost the high counts and bet less plus the 12 vs 4 index Third shoe excellent pen 😁😁 But again wrong betting at 0 you bet more and at +1 bet wrong again P.s insurance is 2.4 at dd Also plese dont divide the rc with the remaining decks instead multiple
What was your deck estimation on the second insurance call in the first shoe? I had a running 4 and its hard to tell from the camera angle, but I am seeing 1 deck left. I guess it could be right on the border. I like these videos! They def help my counting skills too! I wish the BJA site would have practice tools like this.
Wait until the dealer has 22 and starts grabbing your money when you have 20 !! A guy with his LAST $400 on table even WALKED OFF !! I yelled at him and told the dealer “WAIT”…he didn’t even say “thank you”
Usually people accept off by one o the running count in a 6 deck shoe, with no basic strategy errors, no insurance errors, no deviation errors and no betting errors. Needless to say, I failed.
Yeah, I caught the other mispay, but not that one. I have don't a lot of practicing since. Would highly recommend getting tested by Spartan, he's the best!
What do you do when a dealer recognizes you are counting? This happened to me last night. I was playing in a situation where I was the only player at the table for 3 hours. I was way down, I mean way down, and when the counts were very high, the dealer got all the 10s. Dealer said he saw me counting a little and I tried to deny it, saying I couldn’t understand that, considering how far down I was. I asked him what he meant and he said that he saw me keeping track of the high cards. I know I was being watched, as the pit boss watched the entire time, and like I said, I was the only player in a highly monitored section of a major casino. After a wild swing and major variance, I did manage to get back to even, making some very aggressive bets. Back to the initial question, what do you do when you know you’ve been recognized, and also when you’ve been recognized and your down a large amount?
If you 100% know your being watched. Just play until they back you off. Might as well get as many rounds in as you can. Ig you leave early, they might not let you back in next time, so you might as well keep playing
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What is D1?
@@user-yn4ff5qs6f minus the count went minus
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I LOVE A DEALER WHO PAYS WHEN YOU HAVE 17 AND THE DEALER HAS 18
I noticed that too
He was trying to mess me up. I caught the other mis pay, but not that one.
Yes, and he even said 17 once he handed out the seven
@@A1-BJ That doesn't make sense because if a dealer OVERPAYS you, of course you're not going to say anything. If he really wanted to test you he should have UNDERPAID you to see if you'd say, "Hey, I won that bet but you took my money!" I think he just genuinely made an error.
not meaning this as trash talk but it's nice to see you not easily coast through this as a player in training that struggles in the BJA test-out at times just to see that people ahead of me still aren't bullet proof
It was so nerve-wracking to do it in person! I'd HIGHLY recommend!!
6:28 is a PUSH!! The dealer had 18 and paid his 17 lol.
No, it's a lose not a push
@@brnmcc01 Push over all between both hands!!! ;)
Great video
Outstanding video these are very helpful
6:20 should’ve taken insurance, running 4
I was off on the second one also
Thank you for this great video. It's helps a lot to sharp the skills. More please
I can't fly out to Vegas every week, but we probably make similar videos 😉
Awesome thanks for posting. This helps me a lot. I was able to get the count correct on all the shoes and estimated one of the penetrations to be correct. Making progress but will keep practicing. I need to get better at counting faster
Glad you like it! Better than me with the PEN lol
@@A1-BJ The second one looked like an exact deck to me, so I was only off by 1 card. Lucky guesstimate I guess :)
rly good one for training your brain. thanks
Glad you like it ♠️
Good stuff! I'm just learning the CAC2 system so I had to keep my own count + my bet spread, but you can really see how Spartan tries to throw you off with all of the distractions.
I think I only made one mistake, which was being off by the count in the first shoe, but I think everything else I got correct.
I can't imagine how difficult this would've been like in person as opposed to me watching through a screen - thanks for showing this to us and thank you Spartan for providing the testout!
So much harder in person! It was cringy watching it back
@@A1-BJ Disregarding the couple of mispays, it looks like you were up a decent amount after 3 shoes, so as long as you were generating EV, and didn't get backed off, it's all good? Of course, it would be disastrous to keep playing a DD game and always be off on the count.
@brnmcc01 o would disagree... at that point I was off about every-other shoe. Most pros say that an acceptable amount is off by on on the running count every 6 decks or less. I'd say I'm there now, but back then I needed more practice, if if I was "up"
Love this. It's a nice little confidence booster. I got the count good on all 3 shoes. I would have been slower than you in terms of bet sizing and decision making, but i'm getting there.
Is this the regular speed that I could expect in a casino? It never was overwhelming which suprises me.
It depends. This is probably average to slightly slower. However, if other people at the table are playing side-bets that really slows it down. Ideally, you want it to be fast to generate more E.V.
Am I the only one who noticed the dealer payed out a loss at 6:30 in video. Dealer 18 payed player 17
Good catch!
@@A1-BJ thank u sir
Same. I thought we were being tested lol. I wrote it down as I watched i n case they gave us the mistakes later. I thought it was on purpose at first.
Right last time I checked, soft 18 beats a H17
He was doing those mispays/dealer mistakes to try and throw him off the count.
Woah, Spartan is a friend? Keeping good company there.
Oh yeah! He is a baller! 😎
After the first shoe, I am sitting up $800 using my system! End of the second shoe at 14:35 I have won $1,375! After the last shoe, I made $1,975!! Not to shabby!
This video was perfect!
Glad youblike it! There's plenty more on my channel!
i did my own test out here, and feel like I did well, a few times I had to pause to make the RC TC conversion, or I had to pause to make sure I made the right play without seeing A1 do it first. I fell good with how well I'm doing however I know that I'm not ready between deviations, TC conversion, and bets. thanks for posting this video
I have a lot of other videos on her you can test yourself with. Also, if you join my Patreon, there are new counting videos every week with bet spreads!!
@@A1-BJ yeah, I'm starting to watch all of your videos.
One note when making the moves can you give us a second to think about the move we make? I know all the moves but sometimes I'm still adding up the hand and you're already moving on, so I'm not really testing my knowledge it feels like
at 13:57 you had an A,8 V 4 with a running count 2, I couldn't tell the depth but it was a few hands after you counted that it was 52 cards discarded, shouldn't you have doubled that since the deviation is at 3? or is this kinda like splitting 10s where card counters don't do that?
edit: nevermind you said you lost the count and were 2 less
Great video for training! Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
At First shoe u should have put insurance.
And please STOP going from one to two hands and back .... Its a red flag
At second shoe u lost the high counts and bet less plus the 12 vs 4 index
Third shoe excellent pen 😁😁
But again wrong betting at 0 you bet more and at +1 bet wrong again
P.s insurance is 2.4 at dd
Also plese dont divide the rc with the remaining decks instead multiple
Fun video. Thanks for putting this out there.
Thanks, we had fun filming it 🎥 Spartan is the Real Deal! ♠️
How do you approach DD games when the count changes so drastically back and forth. You almost have to play some negative counts, how do you play it?
For sure. If it gets below a true negative 2, I get up and use the bathroom or something. But I'd only play if you have run the numbers.
Another banger of a video. Keep it up!
Thanks!! ♠️
Good video brother. Thanks for the content.
What is EV per hour with this spread betting ?
I thought the count was 1 on the second shoe as well lol
What was your deck estimation on the second insurance call in the first shoe? I had a running 4 and its hard to tell from the camera angle, but I am seeing 1 deck left. I guess it could be right on the border. I like these videos! They def help my counting skills too! I wish the BJA site would have practice tools like this.
My bad, I shoulda watched till the end before commenting lol
Awesome video
Thanks! ♠️
Wait until the dealer has 22 and starts grabbing your money when you have 20 !! A guy with his LAST $400 on table even WALKED OFF !! I yelled at him and told the dealer “WAIT”…he didn’t even say “thank you”
What is the acceptable margin of error on a test out - one total mistake of any sort in X number of shoes?
Usually people accept off by one o the running count in a 6 deck shoe, with no basic strategy errors, no insurance errors, no deviation errors and no betting errors. Needless to say, I failed.
Are you an affiliate for any card counting stuff, like BJA?
6:35 why dealer payed you on your 17 against his 18? 🤣🤣
I was supposed to catch the errors. I missed that one.
Dealer mistake at 06:38 oh well
Yeah, I caught the other mispay, but not that one. I have don't a lot of practicing since. Would highly recommend getting tested by Spartan, he's the best!
How & what are you guys counting at 7:30
Instead of going thru the played cards again.they count what's left to see if it equals zero. If it does then his count was right.
damn all my counts were off by 1 at the ends
Ya Ive worked with spartan in vegas with colin…and ya u missed that mispay
Lol, yes I did. It was much harder in person! I gotta sharpen my skills. He got me good
@@A1-BJ ya u need to practice more with distractions
I was tested out by colin and his wife came in and i lost the count instantly
6:33
What do you do when a dealer recognizes you are counting? This happened to me last night. I was playing in a situation where I was the only player at the table for 3 hours. I was way down, I mean way down, and when the counts were very high, the dealer got all the 10s. Dealer said he saw me counting a little and I tried to deny it, saying I couldn’t understand that, considering how far down I was. I asked him what he meant and he said that he saw me keeping track of the high cards. I know I was being watched, as the pit boss watched the entire time, and like I said, I was the only player in a highly monitored section of a major casino. After a wild swing and major variance, I did manage to get back to even, making some very aggressive bets.
Back to the initial question, what do you do when you know you’ve been recognized, and also when you’ve been recognized and your down a large amount?
If you 100% know your being watched. Just play until they back you off. Might as well get as many rounds in as you can. Ig you leave early, they might not let you back in next time, so you might as well keep playing
@@A1-BJthank you, Steaksauce.
I would like to know how much you just won!... theoretically.
It was a decent amount. Definitely more than E.V.
6:35 aint no dealer paying u for getting a h17 againt a soft 18 what did just happen and bro went (I didnt see anythink)
Pit boss has entered the chat...😁😂
50-500? What kind of bootleg casino is this
Spartans asian right?
Yes?