The handicap that I faced was the misplacing of my traditional waterproof day-glo rainbow Afro Fright Wig, just when I needed it the most.
It was a dark and stormy night. The icy rains torrential. My finely manicured fingers feverishly sought purchase. It was, after all, the inaugural scaling of the Borgata. I rained crisp two dollar bills upon the excited hooligans and assorted drunken revelers. Hilarity rained. It was raining hilarity.
Out of the rain and back at the tables. I had successfully split 9's against a dealer Ace. As the two short stacks of purples were shipped to me the assembled multitudes cheered, joining me in a spontaneous chorus of my signature theme song: "Clowns to the Left of Me. Jokers to the Right. Here I Am. " An emaciated withered octogenarian Cambodian chiropractor had complained that the feng shui of the table dictated my doubling my hard 18. I offered to sell her my hand at the bargain price of a 10% premium. So emp;hatic was she, that she suggested an absurd consultant's fee to be paid to her in small unmarked non-sequential Indian rupee banknotes, mumbling incoherently in broken English about the grand opening of the new casino in Sikkim. I counter-offered that I would restrain myself from beating her about the arms and shoulders. She grinned toothlessly. I decided to be charitable. She thanked me for my altruistic offer of permitting her to silently audit my seminar on advanced multi-parameter card counting. She offered me her grandchild in appreciation. I told her that she could keep her brain-damaged syphillitic brats and just provide me with two grams of the best quality saffron from Kashmir. She fainted. I chuckled. The crowd went wild. All was well in the world.