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Ok, thanks for further clarifying the thought process on your bets Oz. 

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Hey Brad great idea posting the shoe and withholding the outcome and Oz is this about how you would've played the shoe; where'd you get the extra bet for +10 mate?  I didn't enter the shoe until B was ahead by 3 and suspended my betting when I lost 3 of my last 4 bets due to a 2 or more on the weakside following a single 1 on strongside like h20-23 and h41-44, thanks.

 

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RD1 MANUAL - 12-08-09[1].doc.pdf

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Here ya go bake5, good luck to ya.

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6 hours ago, PapaJoe said:

 

Hello Bacc-a-roos!

I just wanted to do a quick “Pop In” to say hello and to say that it’s good to hear some stimulating discussion going on here at BTC.

It’s been a long time coming and badly needed. It’s also funny how things sometimes come full circle and people start discussing baccarat and you find yourself saying “seems like I’ve heard that somewhere before”. There really is nothing new under the sun; just someone discovering for the first time what was there all along.

For those who don’t know me, I’m just an ‘ol fart, like OZ or Andrea, or CT who has been fooling around with baccarat for decades and have learned a few tricks of the trade. Yes, you can do well at baccarat if you want it bad enough. Trouble is sometimes by the time you know what you are doing you’re too old to do it (r we still talking bout baccarat?). 

Anyway, I just wanted to say hey, and that it’s good to see some of the Baccarat Bandits back in the swimming pool.

Take Care,

PJ

 

Hey Mr. PapaJoe!

While the talk is FOLLOW THE SHOE whoever wants to learn more on that here's some reading from the first gen of BTC winners with that; from the O.G. himself and that’s original gangster, not grandpa okay Ha

 

 

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I posted that particular shoe in this thread because of the SS and Mr. Wolfat brought up being too conservative and sometimes not exploiting the situations presented. Afterwards, replaying the shoe without the rookie and real time errors, it turned out to be straightforward and an example of a shoe that should be taken advantage of so I posted it for input to make sure I got all the bets there were to get from all you better players.

Another thing is I think now there is more than enough info already on this forum from more than enough proven players that the focus should be on being able to apply that info with the least errors in real time and always sharpening the decision making.  Of course you have to study all the posts and constantly practice/correct yourself but what is more helpful than seeing shoes critiqued with the reasoning/play by play from other BTC members who are kind enough and willing to be helpful.  

From the man himself

Niko

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Thank you so much Brad and Oz for also taking the time to replay and go thru the shoe for me, okay I go practice more now.

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Avion, I did not even think of looking at it as BaS40; Woo, really nice play thru the shoe, thanks for sharing your observations sir.  Are you a professional or on the way to being one or what? 

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Yay, Mr. Oz is back; I have only recently began playing with serious intention to win consistently and have been reading thru all the posts so much thanks to all the players that contribute their experiences and understanding of the game.  For me, the hero is Norm, rest in peace, and I am learning that style of play so I mostly flat bet and the highest I bet is 2; I look for all exploits like MC, LC, ZZ or S40, STR or F, SS, OTBL, TBL, etc and try to adapt with the shoe. 

Since Norm, it looks like there are many great players now, especially someone who self-effacingly seems to performs at his level or even more now, so I posted a shoe and I hope you all can give your input on how to play it better.  Some questions I have are: was my entry too late, which bets should I have suspended or placed, were the wager amounts correct depending on the situation and did I exit too late?

Also to note my scorecard; the 4 columns to the right of the P and B record are either for the 4D counts or the SAP counts which I use depending on what I am seeing in the shoe so that I have the particular counts to verify what I am seeing.  In this case, it is the 4D count so the first column is the P/B count, the second is the O/R count, the third OT/T count, and the fourth, 2OT/2T count.  I start keeping the O/R count at play 9 count because I see the repeats of B3 P2 B4- so I am anticipating playing SS for banker.  At play 23 I start paying attention to the OT/T count because of the opposites following the repeats and lack of twos so I am anticipating a TBL situation and I just record the count from play 20. 

The question marks are my paper bets. 

I start playing OTBL at play 32-36 and switch back to TBL for play 38-39. 

I’ll listen to the input first rather than explain the reasoning for some of my play in which I clearly made some errors so I'll appreciate any suggestions and much thanks to anyone who chimes it.