Interesting Night

[bjhack]

Interesting night at our local casino for me. Low stakes ($5) BS player.

Only seat available at the anchor. Started out bad. Wasn't thinking on my first hand and waved off an A6 against a 10. (I do not know where my head was). Never drew a comment from the table.

Dropped about $50 (10 units) pretty quickly, and then leveled out.

Had a friendly (fun, not irritating) drunk end up at my right. He was playing okay, but he ended up about $10 short of being able to split A's against a 6. I offered to take part in the bet which he accepted and he won both hands. Gave me $25.

Happened again (this time DD 9-2 against a 6), same result, another $25.

He had to leave - one last bet for him, won a pretty good hand, and started throwing chips (reds) around (a few to me, a few to the dealer, a few to some of the other players). By the time he left, I was up $5, even though I'd lost a number of additional hands.

Again, playing anchor, hit a A7 against a 10. Got berated by just about every player at the table ("You realize you had 18"); the guy at 1st base got up and left as a result. (He was playing very poorly with $75 bets). I was suppose to take one for the "team".

Yah, I know, small stakes, but as a BS player playing for the entertainment value I find in BJ, it doesn't make sense to play anything more than table minimum.

[Dyepaintball12]

Yeah A-7 sometimes gets u in trouble with bad players. Gotta take the hit though.

[rollem411]

Scavenger blackjack for the BS player is always a good idea. I know you were just being friendly to go in partners on the hand, but those 2 that you went in on with the drunk buddy of yours were money makers. Take an edge when you see it.

[bjhack]

Originally Posted by rollem411

Scavenger blackjack for the BS player is always a good idea. I know you were just being friendly to go in partners on the hand, but those 2 that you went in on with the drunk buddy of yours were money makers. Take an edge when you see it.

He was really pleased that I did (obviously!) (btw - he was a complete stranger, and he did end up considerably ahead by the end of his session - a good time was had by all!)

Forgot to mention... drew a 2 on the A7 and won as a result of the draw.

Last comment - great game at our local casino. 4 deck, riffle shuffle, DDA, DAS, H17, early surrender against anything other than an upcard Ace. I believe the house edge is somewhere around 0.3%. Cut by law has to be somewhere between 34 and 104 cards from bottom of deck; my guess is that it is typically about 75 cards.