My first trip to LV
I was there from Friday morning to Monday morning.
Played only at El Cortez "Can El Cortez buy you a drink".
I must admit, I thought Red Garder in Wendover was a dump, but was I in for a shocker and truly eye opener.
During my stay in LV, I played around 20 hours of BJ at EC.
This is what happened.
I used K-O, I just learned 2 weeks ago.
Played SD / $2., $3. and $5. tables.
Betting went in increments of 3 based on the count, 0-2-4+
First I must say I had no problem keeping count, sure I missed a few counts due to distractions, including a drunk falling back on his chair.
My bankrool was only 300 and I came home with 186. Most of that 186 I made Monday morning.
Here are some observations and happenings:
This very heavy dealer, sweating profusely the whole time he dealt, short changed me on a color out by 35 dollars. I questioned him, he denied it, kept saying, "it's ok, it's ok". I said NO IT'S NOT OK, I want the rest of my hard earned money. At this point, several people at the table told him they saw the extra 35. I then called the PB over, he asked the dealer, and basically said, sorry; you only had 50 out there. I demanded to have the film review. After several minutes the PB came over and said, "the lighting was bad, couldn't determine anything". He then told the dealer, give him his money.
A drunk fell back on his chair, security came over and helped him out of the casino; this guy was out cold.
Another guy became so upset at a woman hitting a hard 17 against a dealers 6, that he called her a "f... B... and got up so quickly after the dealer revealed a 10 then drew a 5, that the chair went flying back against a slot machine.
This new Asian dealer was in trainig, with the above mention gentleman dealer that short changed me. I had a +8 count, put out my max of 15 dollars and drew two 8s, split them and ended up with a 18 and 20 and had a total of 30 dollars on the table. The dealer had a 2 up and then revealed an ace then another ace, then a 10, then a 3, then a 4 then another 10; BUSTED, right?! Ohhh no, the short Vietnamese PB came over said something no one at the table understood, took the last card the 10 and placed it in the empty tray and walked off. Dealer now had a 21, everyone lost. The whole tale started yelling, the trainee dealer was removed quickly and the heavy, sweating trainer took over.
Another time, I was talking to this Cuban lady dealer, Millie, in Spanish. At this time she was trainig an Asian girl dealer, and like all the other Asian dealers at Cortez, this trainee was performing miracles with 4,5, and 6s up; ending up with 19. 20 and 21s. I asked Millie in Spanish if this incredible luck was unusual, Millie smiles and said, "Ohhh no, casinos love young, Asian girls, they're very lucky". I had read something to this effect somewhere before, but had not put too much thought into it, until last weekend. I played on all shifts; I only saw 1 non Asian woman and 2 man dealers at the Cortez.
Drunks, prostitutes, both male and female, people that should be committed; yelling and swearing at the top of their lungs at imaginary opponents, all around El Cortez and all within one weekend.
I will NEVER return to downtown LV ever again!
This was my first trip to Las Vegas.
I was there from Friday morning to Monday morning.
Played only at El Cortez "Can El Cortez buy you a drink".
I must admit, I thought Red Garder in Wendover was a dump, but was I in for a shocker and truly eye opener.
During my stay in LV, I played around 20 hours of BJ at EC.
This is what happened.
I used K-O, I just learned 2 weeks ago.
Played SD / $2., $3. and $5. tables.
Betting went in increments of 3 based on the count, 0-2-4+
First I must say I had no problem keeping count, sure I missed a few counts due to distractions, including a drunk falling back on his chair.
My bankrool was only 300 and I came home with 186. Most of that 186 I made Monday morning.
Here are some observations and happenings:
This very heavy dealer, sweating profusely the whole time he dealt, short changed me on a color out by 35 dollars. I questioned him, he denied it, kept saying, "it's ok, it's ok". I said NO IT'S NOT OK, I want the rest of my hard earned money. At this point, several people at the table told him they saw the extra 35. I then called the PB over, he asked the dealer, and basically said, sorry; you only had 50 out there. I demanded to have the film review. After several minutes the PB came over and said, "the lighting was bad, couldn't determine anything". He then told the dealer, give him his money.
A drunk fell back on his chair, security came over and helped him out of the casino; this guy was out cold.
Another guy became so upset at a woman hitting a hard 17 against a dealers 6, that he called her a "f... B... and got up so quickly after the dealer revealed a 10 then drew a 5, that the chair went flying back against a slot machine.
This new Asian dealer was in trainig, with the above mention gentleman dealer that short changed me. I had a +8 count, put out my max of 15 dollars and drew two 8s, split them and ended up with a 18 and 20 and had a total of 30 dollars on the table. The dealer had a 2 up and then revealed an ace then another ace, then a 10, then a 3, then a 4 then another 10; BUSTED, right?! Ohhh no, the short Vietnamese PB came over said something no one at the table understood, took the last card the 10 and placed it in the empty tray and walked off. Dealer now had a 21, everyone lost. The whole tale started yelling, the trainee dealer was removed quickly and the heavy, sweating trainer took over.
Another time, I was talking to this Cuban lady dealer, Millie, in Spanish. At this time she was trainig an Asian girl dealer, and like all the other Asian dealers at Cortez, this trainee was performing miracles with 4,5, and 6s up; ending up with 19. 20 and 21s. I asked Millie in Spanish if this incredible luck was unusual, Millie smiles and said, "Ohhh no, casinos love young, Asian girls, they're very lucky". I had read something to this effect somewhere before, but had not put too much thought into it, until last weekend. I played on all shifts; I only saw 1 non Asian woman and 2 man dealers at the Cortez.
Drunks, prostitutes, both male and female, people that should be committed; yelling and swearing at the top of their lungs at imaginary opponents, all around El Cortez and all within one weekend.
I will NEVER return to downtown LV ever again!
This was my first trip to Las Vegas.
