My crazy Blackjack hand!

[Cardcounter]

I put up $40 on the hand a big bet for me about 4 times my normal bet and was dealt 6,6 against a dealer 5 I split them and ended up getting another 6 so I split them again on the first hand I got a 9 so I doubled down. On the second hand I drew an 8 so I stayed and on the third hand I got an ace so I doubled down I no had $200 on a round I was only planing on having $40! Lucky for me the dealer ended up busting and I won $200 on that round! I must admit that I was a little nervous on that round. These situations seldom come up but when they do it is so sweet to be able to cash in on them!

 

[zengrifter]

I put up $40 on the hand a big bet for me about 4 times my normal bet and was dealt 6,6 against a dealer 5 I split them and ended up getting another 6 so I split them again on the first hand I got a 9 so I doubled down. On the second hand I drew an 8 so I stayed and on the third hand I got an ace so I doubled down I no had $200 on a round I was only planing on having $40! Lucky for me the dealer ended up busting and I won $200 on that round! I must admit that I was a little nervous on that round. These situations seldom come up but when they do it is so sweet to be able to cash in on them!

My biggest round ever was 2D - I threw out 3 hnds of $600 and got 3 9s w/ 2doubles on the first hand, 11 oubled on the second, and 2 6s, both doubled on the third. The dealer showed a 3 and busted - $6,600 riding - I had to call the pitboss over to share in the suspense! zg

 

[ChefJJ]

Those are "live or die" situations that truly test your will to stick to BS...make sure you enjoy those moments, because losing on those is like a kick in the groin. Big time deflater. Nice score though, wins like that can carry a session.

good luck

 

[EasyRhino]

zg, 11x original bet? Nice. I think the most I've had a large bet multiply itself was about 6x so far. For less money, of course.

Few weeks ago I had an ace splitting/resplitting situation turn up, ended up at 3 or 4 max bets, had to go into my wallet twice... and a net push. And then I had all these dumb chips I didn't need any more.

 

[Renzey]

The Other Side of the Coin

Was at Caesar's in Vegas two weeks ago. Monster count, heads up, losing every hand. Looks like the last round is coming up, so I play 3 x 400. My first three cards are all 10s, then the cut card pops out and my second cards are 2, 5, 6. Dealer's got an Ace up. I put up 3 x 200 for Insurance. No blackjack. I hit and bust the 12. After blowing $1000 so far on the round, the only thing left to do is surrender the 15 and 16 like a squeaking jerbal.

 

[mdlbj]

3 spots at 7k each: blackjack on one, 20 on the other two, dealer busted. Was promptly walked to a nice suite with a buffet waiting and all the booze we could drink. And the Club magazine girls were in town. That was a fun filled night.

 

[Automatic Monkey]

3 spots at 7k each: blackjack on one, 20 on the other two, dealer busted. Was promptly walked to a nice suite with a buffet waiting and all the booze we could drink. And the Club magazine girls were in town. That was a fun filled night.

Yeah my life isn't like that. If it were me, I'd have 3 hands at 200 each, dealer gets the BJ, I get escorted out of the building, and the National Geographic girls would be in town.

 

[hotroddy]

One of the first times I actually went to the casino, before I even started counting, it was the last hand of the night, and I wanted to go out with a bang. I was playing two hands of $10, but upped it to $50 on both. I was dealt an 11 on the first hand and doubled to 21, and 3's on the second hand, with a dealer 4. I ended up splitting the 3's four times. The first two times I was given a 7 on both, so I doubled and got two 10's. The third I was given a 9 and stayed with my 12, and the fourth I was given an 8, doubled, and got another 10. 9 bets out with a 12, two 20's and two 21's, the latter two were doubled. The dealer ended up pulling a 6-card 19. I won 8 bets, and was ecstatic.

 

[mdlbj]

Yeah my life isn't like that. If it were me, I'd have 3 hands at 200 each, dealer gets the BJ, I get escorted out of the building, and the National Geographic girls would be in town.

:laugh:

 

[Cardcounter]

Insurance question for Renzey?

Question for Renzey when you saw 3 tens come up in your hand don't you think that you should of reconsidered the insurance bet? Even though the count was positive before hand and maybe even after the effect of seeinf 3 tens is devasting to insurance you can only see 1 ten for every 5 tens you don't see you would have to see a net of 15 more non tens in previous rounds. The only problem that I see with insuring on a high low count is the count doesn't account for 7,8,9's and for insurance proposes you want the 7,8,9's out of the deck as well as the aces out of the deck are good thing yet they count negative.

 

[zengrifter]

Question for Renzey when you saw 3 tens come up in your hand don't you think that you should of reconsidered the insurance bet? Even though the count was positive before hand and maybe even after the effect of seeinf 3 tens is devasting to insurance you can only see 1 ten for every 5 tens you don't see you would have to see a net of 15 more non tens in previous rounds. The only problem that I see with insuring on a high low count is the count doesn't account for 7,8,9's and for insurance proposes you want the 7,8,9's out of the deck as well as the aces out of the deck are good thing yet they count negative.

The way he explained it there was no depletion of count. zg

My first three cards are all 10s, then the cut card pops out and my second cards are 2, 5, 6.

 

[Cardcounter]

Actually there was.

The count went down by minus 1 but more importantly the number of tens in the deck went down by 3. The hands wher 10-2 10-5 and 10-6 against the dealers up card of an Ace. What you really want to see is a whole bunch of 7,8,9 come out in a positive count my favorite hand to insure in a positive count is 7,9 8,8, 7,7 or 9,9!

 

[rogue1]

hey Fred

Bottom line:We feel for you.If that scenario didn't make you give up blackjack forever nothing ever will!

 

[zengrifter]

The count went down by minus 1 but more importantly the number of tens in the deck went down by 3. The hands wher 10-2 10-5 and 10-6 against the dealers up card of an Ace. What you really want to see is a whole bunch of 7,8,9 come out in a positive count my favorite hand to insure in a positive count is 7,9 8,8, 7,7 or 9,9!

Someone explain the fallacy of CCounter's intuitive analysis, please. zg

 

[Sonny]

Someone explain the fallacy of CCounter's intuitive analysis, please. zg

I'll take a shot at it...

The count went down by minus 1 but more importantly the number of tens in the deck went down by 3.

The running count dropped by 1 but that doesn't affect the true count much, especially in a shoe game. The number of tens went down but the number of "others" (non tens) also went down. Even though the quantity of tens was reduced, the ratio of Tens:Others was still high so the bet was profitable. In order to reduce the ratio you would need to remove several tens without removing any corresponding low cards.

For that same reason the TC probably did not change. Even though there were fewer tens left in the shoe, there were also fewer low cards. The ratio was still the about same.

What you really want to see is a whole bunch of 7,8,9 come out in a positive count

I would hate to see that! Most systems don’t count those cards, so the insurance bet is becoming profitable but the player is not aware of it! The player may miss out on some good insurance bets because the “others” that came out were all uncounted cards.

-Sonny-

 

[zengrifter]

And in most level-1 counts the count didn't even drop at all. zg

 

[ihate17]

My luckiest blackjack hand.

Playing fist base on a shoe game with two other players. Do not really remember the guy in the middle but the guy at third base was unforgettable.
I nicknamed him the Zen Master (very different techniques than the Zen Grifter I believe), as he was an elderly man who gave the pit a Japanesse passport to get a rating card.
He always had tons of chips in front of him. He used them to scientifically figure out his bet and to decide if he should hit or stand. It went as follows; he takes a big stack of chips and divides them in half. If they divide equally he bets one of the stacks, if they do not divide equally he bets the table minimum. Hit/stand is decided by the same proven scientific method, even stack stand, odd stack hit (or was it the other way around?)
Anyway, this is going on for half an hour and everyone at the table was winning. No great counts till the shoe with the lucky hand.
I have a max bet out and get 9,9 vs a dealer stiff. I land up splitting to 4 hands, get two double downs and now have 6 bets on the table with a high hand of 15. The middle guy stays with a 20 and Zen Master has a 4,2. He now grabs his traditional stack of chips, divides them (all this time I am looking towards the ceiling for divine guidance or some kind of help) and comes to the conclusion that the Gods have determined that he stay on 4,2.
The dealer tells him he should hit and so does the pit but between the fact that he did not speak English and he had already determined what he was going to do, he stood.
Now as an AP, I know it makes no difference if he stays or hits. In fact since the shoe was positive, his not hitting lets the shoe live an additional one card probably, but if there was ever a time for a ploppy act, to show false hope in the flow of the cards, this was it. I know there is nothing the pit can do, but I am in near tears, pointing out the thousands I have on the table to the pit, begging for some kind of help that I know will not come from them, but definately looking like the superstitious player who knows that this guys wrong play will cost me dearly.
Dealer turns a 10 in the hole and hits a 9 for a bust. I win! Next card out of the shoe is a 4 which would have made a hand for the dealer and a big loss for me. Upon seeing the 4 hit the board, the Zen Master looks at me, smiles and gives me a little bow, which I return deeper in reverance to his great powers.

Unfortunately for him, I played with him two other times that trip and he got his butt kicked each time (ya think it might have something to do with how he plays) but I often tell this story to people who complain about the effects of other players.

ihate17------but I love the Zen Master

 

[Mimosine]

i don't have anything nearly as beautiful (save for Renzey's) to share as the posts in this thread, but my first time counting and making it to a a positive count - and it was painful for me getting there through about 4-5 decks - and the first 2 shoes i made it through never got positive!

anyway, finally, maybe 1 round to go before the cut card and we hit +3 (KO) and i put out a biggish bet, only to split and win on both hands.

i've won bigger hands as a BS player, but to finally make it to + territory, and split with bigger bets out and have it work out in my favor was really really memorable. if i recall i split 9's against a dealer low card. got a 10 and a A. when i saw those two cards, i wasn't even looking at the dealer's cards, i just smiled really big inside. dealer got an 18.

And it only made me want to practice more!

 

[mdlbj]

Someone explain the fallacy of CCounter's intuitive analysis, please. zg

His count is off.

 

[blackchipjim]

drive me crazy hands

I was playing at a 15min 500max table the only ones in the joint. I started out holding by own not really winning or losing alot from by session bankroll. Then the **** starting hitting the fan, I get 6's dealer shows 6 count was calling for 4times the base bet. I split the pair and draw another 6 and split again. First card out 3 I double get a ten and stay second hand draw a another 3 double again get a 2, third hand draw a 4 double down draw a five and start shaking my head. The dealer draws to a five card 21. The same scenario with two different hands, same table, same day, I was just about to quit playing for good but I know things will change. Eventually! blackchipjim