I've been reading a lot about holecarding during the last week, and wanted to go and see if I can really experience it at a casino. Went to an NA casino, and sat down at a DD pitch game.
First and second dealers passed by with no flashing the hole card. I was just playing my BS game and going up and down, hanging in there. Then came the third dealer.
At one point, she had an Ace as upcard, and I could almost swear that I saw that she stuck a face card underneath (saw very little paint). She offered insurance, but I got so excited that I couldn't even think of what to do. This was the first time I actually saw the hole card. Anyways, I was a rookie at this so didn't take the insurance, and soon enough, she declared that she had blackjack!
This was so exciting, my heart started pumping faster! So, now I kept focusing on her hole card the whole time. She was good most of the time, with showing nothing or very little that only a trained eye can catch.
One time, she had a queen as the upcard, and I saw a five going underneath, bright and clear. I had a 9. Without hesitation, I doubled my 9 against her queen and there it was: queen and five. She hit her 15 with a 10 for a bust and I won my double. At this point my heart rate was through the roof, boy is holecarding fun!
Next time (a couple hands later), she was showing a queen again, and a 3 in the hole. I had an Ace and 4. I hesitated a little bit on this one, but then decided to double (checked the holecard strategy now and it was the correct move). She pulled a 7 for a total of 20, and I lost, but oh well, she got lucky on that one.
I also experienced wrong pays twice. Once, the dealer counted his cards wrong. He had 7-7-4, but counted as 17, while me and another guy had 18. He paid both of us, and we both grabbed our winnings immediately Seconds before the dealer discarded his cards, he figured that he had 18, and that we both had a push. He called the floor, and told them the situation and requested that we give back our winnings. Well, he was right, so I didn't create a scene and gave back his money. Have any of you had a situation like this? Should I have declined to pay back since he already completed the payment process?
On the second occasion, at the DD table, I was luckier. I doubled my Ace and 2 against dealer's 5. She gave me one card (it's a pitch game, so the card is face down). Then she pulled a 10 and then a 4 for a 19. She opened up my cards, and my face down card turned out to be a queen, for a total of 13. She proceeded to pay my double, while chatting with some other player. I pocketed the chips and two hands later I walked away from the table. I thought the surveillance somehow could have caught and asked for the money back. Do you think surveillance would bother on such a thing (I am a single red chipper)?
Wow what a night. This game is sure a lot of fun, but holecarding adds even more fun to it. Hope I'll be finding more of these sloppy dealers.
First and second dealers passed by with no flashing the hole card. I was just playing my BS game and going up and down, hanging in there. Then came the third dealer.
At one point, she had an Ace as upcard, and I could almost swear that I saw that she stuck a face card underneath (saw very little paint). She offered insurance, but I got so excited that I couldn't even think of what to do. This was the first time I actually saw the hole card. Anyways, I was a rookie at this so didn't take the insurance, and soon enough, she declared that she had blackjack!
This was so exciting, my heart started pumping faster! So, now I kept focusing on her hole card the whole time. She was good most of the time, with showing nothing or very little that only a trained eye can catch.
One time, she had a queen as the upcard, and I saw a five going underneath, bright and clear. I had a 9. Without hesitation, I doubled my 9 against her queen and there it was: queen and five. She hit her 15 with a 10 for a bust and I won my double. At this point my heart rate was through the roof, boy is holecarding fun!
Next time (a couple hands later), she was showing a queen again, and a 3 in the hole. I had an Ace and 4. I hesitated a little bit on this one, but then decided to double (checked the holecard strategy now and it was the correct move). She pulled a 7 for a total of 20, and I lost, but oh well, she got lucky on that one.
I also experienced wrong pays twice. Once, the dealer counted his cards wrong. He had 7-7-4, but counted as 17, while me and another guy had 18. He paid both of us, and we both grabbed our winnings immediately Seconds before the dealer discarded his cards, he figured that he had 18, and that we both had a push. He called the floor, and told them the situation and requested that we give back our winnings. Well, he was right, so I didn't create a scene and gave back his money. Have any of you had a situation like this? Should I have declined to pay back since he already completed the payment process?
On the second occasion, at the DD table, I was luckier. I doubled my Ace and 2 against dealer's 5. She gave me one card (it's a pitch game, so the card is face down). Then she pulled a 10 and then a 4 for a 19. She opened up my cards, and my face down card turned out to be a queen, for a total of 13. She proceeded to pay my double, while chatting with some other player. I pocketed the chips and two hands later I walked away from the table. I thought the surveillance somehow could have caught and asked for the money back. Do you think surveillance would bother on such a thing (I am a single red chipper)?
Wow what a night. This game is sure a lot of fun, but holecarding adds even more fun to it. Hope I'll be finding more of these sloppy dealers.