Do you chase the streak at the casino?

[OGquickdraw]

You can pocket chips off of any game outside of poker, and the non valued chips on roulette. Just to settle that argument.

 

[Shonuffbrad]

Yeah, taking chips off the table during a cash game is called "going south" and is extremely frowned upon and is considered cheating. Most casinos don't allow it.

There is also "rat-holing" where someone cashes out of the game and then immediately returns to the same game with a smaller buy in than when they cashed out. Chicken-shit move is all it is and serious players hate it.

That's how people build their comp accounts. It sucks when people do that because you can lose track of your larger chips, but it's not considered cheating

 

[japanese steel]

That's how people build their comp accounts. It sucks when people do that because you can lose track of your larger chips, but it's not considered cheating

I'm legitimately surprised that your casino allows "going south" and even more surprised that the other players allow it to happen.

 

[Shonuffbrad]

Every casino I've been to allows it, like I said, I don't have the best knowledge of the poker room, but when a player wins, that's their money, they do what they like. Now you cannot be betting with another player on a hand. But you win it, it's yours. The casino usually gets it back anyways

 

[Shonuffbrad]

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I'm legitimately surprised that your casino allows "going south" and even more surprised that the other players allow it to happen.

there's buttons on the monitors to alert the floormen to if the players have gone south. But it's allowed

 

[Hooran]

I don't play that much, I like to gamble online from time to time, and I often play some online slots. I also like to watch other people win on It is very interestig and inspiring, I have to say

 

[shanegotu11]

I used to go alot with my friend. We used to win alot the first couple years. Then People would always win by us and we brought others good luck but ourselves.

Now idc to really go. I started losing the urge after a cpl yrs of losing.

i smartened up. I miss it once in awhile.

 

[ralphc1]

Every casino I've been to allows it, like I said, I don't have the best knowledge of the poker room, but when a player wins, that's their money, they do what they like. Now you cannot be betting with another player on a hand. But you win it, it's yours. The casino usually gets it back anyways

How about the tournaments? Players are sitting at the final table with millions of dollars in chips and can't win that much. If they could just cash out their chips they would be way ahead.

 

[JSN]

If you're playing poker and leaving the game while you're running hot you're leaving far too much money on the table.

You don't leave whe you're running well. That's the law of numbers, eventually you're gonna run hot and eventually you will run really really bad.

When you're running hot, hitting every flop, flopping flushes or turning them, flopping straight, turning full houses, and people are in the hand betting into you is a poker players wet dream.

That's running hot. Running hot doesn't matter unless you have people in th hand with you.

do you even math?

 

[KONG-D'SNT-TAP]

do you even math?

I don’t know what this means but In poker running hot is def something that is well known

 

[JSN]

I don’t know what this means but In poker running hot is def something that is well known

yeah in African eating an albino baby cures AIDS is well known.

 

[KONG-D'SNT-TAP]

yeah in African eating an albino baby cures AIDS is well known.

Once again what are you talking about.

 

[JSN]

Once again what are you talking about.

Do you really know nothing about probability? Experiencing a streak does not mean it will continue. Streaks are random data clusters.

 

[KONG-D'SNT-TAP]

Do you really know nothing about probability? Experiencing a streak does not mean it will continue. Streaks are random data clusters.

Every single poker player understands what “running hot” means.

 

[JinKazama]

never gambled thank God

more trouble than its worth

 

[Shonuffbrad]

How about the tournaments? Players are sitting at the final table with millions of dollars in chips and can't win that much. If they could just cash out their chips they would be way ahead.

Tournaments are usually played with non-value cheques

 

[Fugazy]

I am a very casual gambler, mostly playing poker home games, and I'll go to the casino maybe 3-4 times a year. These days all I play is baccarat. Usually I just play each hand as it comes and make a few yes or no decisions to hopefully get lucky a few times. But I've talked to some more avid gamblers who believe in chasing streaks. They sit on a table for hours if they have to and might even walk away having not really gambled that much. But once a table gets hot they'll dump chips onto the table. I'm curious what people think about this way of playing.

I know people make up these convoluted reasonings for how their methods of betting truly work, and have other weird gambling ideas, like how even though you know it makes no logical sense, you know certain blackjack dealers have this aura that means they are going to destroy your happiness. But is there any legitimacy, mathematically speaking, to chasing streaks say when you play blackjack or baccarat? All I know about counting cards is that I would never be able to do it. And for bacc especially, I feel like no matter what reasoning you come up with, it's all just 50/50 in the end. And I imagine waiting out streaks could be dreadfully boring. On the other hand I've seen guys start with a few G's on the table and within half an hour have like 15 in front of them for about a minute before they lose it all. Anyone ever catch a hot table and rape the house? Or have ideas on this way of playing?

There is no such thing as a hot table.

If you ever want to be a successful gambler, let that concept go now.

 

[Fawlty]

Every single poker player understands what “running hot” means.

"Running hot" deserves to be defended a little, because it's more than just numbers sometimes (emphasis on sometimes).

A player getting exceptionally lucky (at a typical low-skilled casino game) tends to polarize the play style at that table, which is what compounds the "running hot" and makes people think there's more to it than just statistical outliers. Some kinds of personalities magnify the effect too. People both fold to your aggression more and bet into you or call/raise you more with lighter hands. So if the luck continues beyond the point where your luck has changed the mentality of the table, you can just ruin people. You can also get crushed though, it's subtle.

 

[KONG-D'SNT-TAP]

"Running hot" deserves to be defended a little, because it's more than just numbers sometimes (emphasis on sometimes).

A player getting exceptionally lucky (at a typical low-skilled casino game) tends to polarize the play style at that table, which is what compounds the "running hot" and makes people think there's more to it than just statistical outliers. Some kinds of personalities magnify the effect too. People both fold to your aggression more and bet into you or call/raise you more with lighter hands. So if the luck continues beyond the point where your luck has changed the mentality of the table, you can just ruin people. You can also get crushed though, it's subtle.

When I talk about running hot of course math is working in your favor, every good gambler understands that fact, But there is more context behind it as well. I just can't stand that othe rposter because he's an ignorant imbecile who is exhausting to have a convo with.

You can "run hot" at a poker table and start behind pre flop. It doesn't always mean you have the best hand to start. I like to use the example of Jamie Gold when he won the World Series bracelet. He's not that great of A poker player, serviceable player but you'd be hard pressed to find someone who ran hotter than that. He even caught cards when he was behind. He was running hot. He couldn't miss.

Then you have Phil ivy who can win with dead cards, play his position and table image with maximum value and not be running with hot cards. He could beat you with second or third best hand. Hes just outplaying his opponents with mediocre cards. He's not catching you or catching cards he's simply out playing his opponent. And when you do that, like you said above, you sometimes get lucky and wind up hitting you pr card when your opponent also has a good hand, sometimes second best hand. Then you get maximum value out of the pot.

When you are running hot you have to get the most value you can from the hands you play. Who cares if you have pocket aces and no one call pre flop. Sure that's a hot hand but you got absolutely no value out of it. Running hot is meaningless unless you get value and other player stuff catch hands as well.

 

[Plutoburn]

If there is a sure way to win, casino will ban players deploying such method, or change how the game is played to make the method obsolete.