OK this might get long-winded but here it goes:
Rant #1: playing at Revel in the Ultra Lounge $100 min table. I had just come off a losing session earlier in the day and was beginning to make some headway on coming back - PLayer at first base dealt a 10,8; Player at second base dealt a K, K - I was at third base and dealt a 10, 2 - Dealer had a 3 showing - everybody stayed except me, I hit the 10, 2 and dealt an 8 for a 20 -dealer turns over a 10 for a 13 then draws a 6 for a 19 - guy at first base shouts at me “You don’t know how to play this game do you? You were not supposed to hit a 12 against a 3” - I responded that he should mind his own business and let everyone play their own game - he chided me saying, once again that I should “learn how to play” - I then asked him if he would like to consult a basic strategy chart and bet me on whether it said a 10,2 is a hit or not against a 3 - He did not reply and I chose to leave the table as I felt there were bad vibes all around
Rant #2: Playing in Pit 1 at Revel two guys sit down and see I have a basic strategy card in front of me (cover) One of them remarks “uh-oh we are going to be playing with a beginner” and then asks me if I can handle a $25min table - I smiled and wished them good luck - As the shoe progressed and I doubled an 11 versus dealer 10, I was met with derision from the two gentleman, telling me that nobody should ever double an 11 versus a dealer 10 (I did win the double) - Later in the session one of them refused to split 8’s against a 10 (once again telling me I was a beginner and should know better) - He then proceeded as follows on two hands: he was dealt a 10,8 and dealer had a 9 up card – he announced that that means the dealer has a 19 and proceeded to hit - of course, the dealer announces “Hitting hard 18” and, yup, he proceeds to get dealt an Ace - he pushed the hand — moments later, he was dealt a 9,9 against a dealer 9 and, instead of splitting (which he said would make him have two losing hands), he decided that hitting the hard 18 was the correct play - of course, he was once again dealt an Ace and pushed the hand (needless to say, from that point on he kept hitting every hand up to and including a hard 18 whenever the dealer had a 9, 10 or Ace showing - he proceeded to lose lose lose) - I never tell people how to play their hands as it does not matter to me and it is, after all, their money - However, why do people feel the need to make assumptions about me having a basic strategy card and trying to tell me how to play with my money (especially when I am making the right play)? Finally, the pièce de résistance was when one of them told everyone at the table that the dealer’s 2 up card was the “dealer’s Ace”
Good night and good luck!!! I like the social aspect of the game but this is getting old! Thoughts???