When I first started working for this IT firm in Ottawa, I had a fairly crappy homelife. My girlfriend at the time and I weren't really getting along that well and the apartment was always a mess with no dinner made when I came home. One night, I decided to go straight from work out to Lac Leamy in Hull Quebec for a couple hours of blackjack and some dinner.
I wasn't making great money at the time, only $15/hour, so I didn't want to blow all my cash. I took out $100 and went to sit at a $15 min table, getting 95 in reds and 5 singles (the side bet was Lucky 7's)
Now, I wish I could say the first part of my game was due to my "amazing counting skills and BS mastery", but it was 100% luck. My first two hands came up suited 7's vs dealer 5 or 6; splitting my 7's yielded 17 both times, dealer busted both...so now I'm up $260 due to 99% dumb luck and 1% BS. I had been counting using Hi-Lo since the start but it was a while before it deviated from ~0 TC.
Throughout the course of the night, I hit the 7's 2 more times, but other than that it was strictly regular wins. I kept rat-holing my chips, colouring up every $500. Several times the TC would end up around +5, and sure enough I didn't really experience any "wtf the dealer's getting all of my cards!" syndrome :joker: By the time the night was over, I had $2400 sitting in my pocket.
Since then I have yet to earn that kind of profit in a session, and talking about it makes me wish I wasn't stuck on the oil sands!
I wasn't making great money at the time, only $15/hour, so I didn't want to blow all my cash. I took out $100 and went to sit at a $15 min table, getting 95 in reds and 5 singles (the side bet was Lucky 7's)
Now, I wish I could say the first part of my game was due to my "amazing counting skills and BS mastery", but it was 100% luck. My first two hands came up suited 7's vs dealer 5 or 6; splitting my 7's yielded 17 both times, dealer busted both...so now I'm up $260 due to 99% dumb luck and 1% BS. I had been counting using Hi-Lo since the start but it was a while before it deviated from ~0 TC.
Throughout the course of the night, I hit the 7's 2 more times, but other than that it was strictly regular wins. I kept rat-holing my chips, colouring up every $500. Several times the TC would end up around +5, and sure enough I didn't really experience any "wtf the dealer's getting all of my cards!" syndrome :joker: By the time the night was over, I had $2400 sitting in my pocket.
Since then I have yet to earn that kind of profit in a session, and talking about it makes me wish I wasn't stuck on the oil sands!