It's like riding a bike!

[Kaiser]

Hey all,

Haven't been here in ages. Well, I guess it's actually May, but it seems like ages.

I basically quit blackjack after I got back from my Vegas trip. I can't afford much of a bankroll at all. My god having a family is expensive.

Anyways....

The other day I had some free time and thought what the hell. I scanned over Renzey's latest BB for 20 minutes to freshen up on it and headed over.

I bought in for 20 units. Playing heads up for 2 shoes I end up ahead a few units and am really chatty with the dealer. She's new and has never seen me there, since I think I've been in this place maybe twice this year, and not in the last several months. I'm acting like I don't really know how to play and take a few extra seconds each hand to make sure I have the count, since I'm out of practice. She took this as me not really having much experience, and started to tell me my total as soon as she laid the cards down, and after giving me every hit card. It was nice having the help.

Over the next 2 shoes I'm sitting with a stack of chips in front of me. I'm up to about 110 units. I've never made this much this quickly before. I notice the dealer beside me (who had an empty table) is watching me play, and there are *2* pit critters standing beside the table watching me play. I was making jokes and trying to deflect their attention, but it was pretty obvious I was a player of interest.

The coolest thing was cutting the cards for one shoe. I was playing a couple dollars at a time on the Lucky Lucky sidebet in one shoe, and almost got a 6-7-8 which pays 30 to one. The dealer offers me the cut card on the next shoe and says "make it a good cut, try to get that 6-7-8". I had been watching the shuffle pretty closely trying to cut in a chunk of high cards, but ended up not really being able to follow them. But it probably made this look even worse for the pitboss. I very slowly and carefully say "ok... there. 6-7-8 right there" and smile at the dealer. I even put down a $5 chip on the side bet.

First three cards out of the shoe.... 6 - 7 - 8. Un-freaking-believable. She was freaking, said she'd never seen anything like that. So I got $150 for my little trick. Actually, I'm sure most of you won't even believe that little story. it even sounds like bullshit to me as I'm typing it, and I'm the guy who did it!

So anyway, not any real point to this other than to say hey to you guys, and say that the whole counting thing really comes back to you quickly. I was flying along again in no time. It didn't hurt that I hit a lucky streak and turned my $100 into $500 in less than an hour, too.

Three cheers for Fred Renzey!

[eps6724]

Originally Posted by Kaiser

Three cheers for Fred Renzey!

I'll second that. I've been using his Kiss III and-even though I'm not winning EVERY hand, I'm seeing the cards come out when the count says they should. And for my math-pea-sized-brain that's amazing! (Now, if only Fred could tell us which SEAT they were going to show up at...)

[Automatic Monkey]

Last time I rode a bike, I hit a pothole, fell, and tore my scrotum on the handlebar.

Be careful out there!

[eps6724]

Originally Posted by Automatic Monkey

Last time I rode a bike, I hit a pothole, fell, and tore my scrotum on the handlebar.

Be careful out there!

Somehow, I don't want to know HOW he was riding that he ended up in that position...

[21forme]

Originally Posted by eps6724

Somehow, I don't want to know HOW he was riding that he ended up in that position...

Yeah, you're supposed to be sitting ON the seat...

[bj bob]

Originally Posted by Automatic Monkey

Last time I rode a bike, I hit a pothole, fell, and tore my scrotum on the handlebar.

Be careful out there!

See, you wouldn't have had that problem if you were carrying your BR where it was supposed to be.That'll teach ya!

[Mimosine]

Originally Posted by 21forme

Yeah, you're supposed to be sitting ON the seat...

but don't you know that monkeys ride side-saddle? that could explain it...

[aslan]

Originally Posted by bj bob

See, you wouldn't have had that problem if you were carrying your BR where it was supposed to be.That'll teach ya!

So where are you supposed to carry your BR? Might of helped if he had been sitting on it.

[Kaiser]

Sometimes this game is so much damn fun.

I visited my buddy that I went to Vegas with earlier this year, and we hit a casino in Calgary, AB. It was your standard H17 6 deck game with about 1.5 decks being cut off. I sat at first base and he was just to my left. We both bought in for 20 units.

The count doesn't do anything at all for the first 2 shoes, but my buddy loses a total of 4 hands. 4 hands in 2 shoes!! He's up by about 35 units or something. I'm up about 12 units in the same time. Just having fun, laughing at the drunk angry dude at third base who can't catch a break, and ordering way too many drinks so I can talk to the cute waitress.

Nothing too much is happening in the way of good counts, but I'm having a blast and getting pretty drunk. I'm not here specifically to raise my bankroll or anything, just having fun with a friend I haven't seen in a while. As usually happens with me when the rye is flowing, I start talking a little louder and don't pay much attention to what is happening around me. I'm having a hard time keeping the count so I start to do it outloud, a notch or two above a whisper. My buddy doesn't count; he usually just follows my betting, but I have told him a few times what the count should be before you start betting more. I'm using KISS III so he knows that when it hits 20 he bets a few units, etc.

So he'll ask "how is it?" and I answer "shitty man, it's at like 14" or "yeah, it's at 28. Go for it." How the dealer is not picking up on this is beyond me. (well, except for the two dealers rotated in who did not speak more than 5 english words)

After about 2 1/2 hours I'm getting pretty sloshed. I'm up 10 units and he's up about 15. ($5 units, so no huge amounts of money) But we're having a fun time, so what the hell

About 3/4 into the shoe things start heating up. The counts hits 20 then keeps marching up to 31-33. Whoa. I had gone to a 10 unit bet when the count hit 23 and won a couple, lost a couple... but the count keeps going up and when it hits 30 I push out a 20 unit bet. My buddy is scared to so he bets 15 units. We were winning more big hands than we were losing, and he eventually went to 20 unit bets too. I had a double down hand which I won, then won the last 3 hands of the shoe with 20 each time. The last hand of the shoe a guy in the middle didn't hit 16 and was nervous because he had started betting bigger too (just following us on a hunch I'm sure) and I said loudly "don't worry bro, she's going to get 2 10s and bust". Sure as ****, she hits her 6 with 2 10s and busts out. The table erupts in cheer, everyone is looking at us, and my buddy and me are laughing our asses off in disbelief. Apparently there was a suit sitting behind us watching the table and the pitboss was standing right beside me for the last few hands of the shoe, but I was too blurry to even notice.

At the end of that shoe my buddy is sitting with 110 units in front of him, and I've got 156 in front of me. He says "think we should leave?" to which I reply "let's get the HELL out of here! HA HA HA!"

It was freakin' unreal. I'm counting outloud, spreading 1-20, and only getting guys watching us. I thought for sure they'd back us off.

I've never made that much in one session. Ever. We literally walked out of there laughing like hell and shaking our heads.

That's it. I'm quitting my job. Blackjack is easy.

[rogue1]

Congratulations Kaiser!
I think Fred Renzey has turned us all into blackjack MONSTERS!