tensplitter
Well-Known Member
I was playing at a table where someone was flat betting the table max, $500 a hand (more than my max bet). For this hand, I'm at third base, the count is negative so I'm betting $10. The two other players at the table had 16 and soft 17. All the time he was there, he was intimidating the others to play the way he wants.
The high roller had a 14, didn't hit it, and didn't want anyone else at the table to hit their own hands because he was afraid someone would take the "bust card". The other two stood, even with the soft 17. I had a soft 18 and the dealer showed a ten. I hit the 18 and got a ten and then I stayed with hard 18. The ploppy is furious that I hit my soft 18 claiming that "I have 18". As luck would have it, the dealer had a 4 in the hole and the next card was a 7 and the dealer got 21. I lost $10 and wanted to laugh at the ploppy who was chastising me for causing him to lose $500. If I didn't hit, the dealer would have busted, but it was futile for me to explain how my actions don't affect the others in the long run.
I only wish that I got an opportunity to do my favorite index play, split a pair of tens, and because of doing so, cause the dealer to make a hand that would result in me winning and the ploppy losing. Normally I wouldn't be happy about a high roller losing a big bet, but this time I was laughing at his arrogance. I saw him walk away after losing over $5000 at the table I was at. By the way he played, he might as well have just donated the money to the casino. He refused to double down 11 vs 9 in a high count, even after I offered to put up $500 of my money to scavenge that opportunity. He went by his gut when deciding to hit stiffs. He bossed the other players around by giving "advice". He hit a pair of aces when the dealer was showing an ace because he was afraid of betting $1000 against the dealer's ace (the 2 cards he got were tens, busting his hand, whereas if he split them he would have 2 21's). He drank a lot at the table and tipped green chips so the waitress came by often.
All in all, this is the stupidest high roller I've ever seen. I wonder how he has so much money to gamble away because I can't imagine him working in upper management of a company with his attitude. The casinos give us heat for winning a little when this guy practically donates his money to the casino.
I later saw him at a craps table where it looked like he was winning big. He was covering the layout with black and purple chips, including the hardways and field. The dice seemed to be going his way. I had the urge to play at that table betting the dont pass and rooting for the seven just to see how he would react. But the minimum was $25 and I didn't feel like throwing my money away when I didn't need to play for comps.
The high roller had a 14, didn't hit it, and didn't want anyone else at the table to hit their own hands because he was afraid someone would take the "bust card". The other two stood, even with the soft 17. I had a soft 18 and the dealer showed a ten. I hit the 18 and got a ten and then I stayed with hard 18. The ploppy is furious that I hit my soft 18 claiming that "I have 18". As luck would have it, the dealer had a 4 in the hole and the next card was a 7 and the dealer got 21. I lost $10 and wanted to laugh at the ploppy who was chastising me for causing him to lose $500. If I didn't hit, the dealer would have busted, but it was futile for me to explain how my actions don't affect the others in the long run.
I only wish that I got an opportunity to do my favorite index play, split a pair of tens, and because of doing so, cause the dealer to make a hand that would result in me winning and the ploppy losing. Normally I wouldn't be happy about a high roller losing a big bet, but this time I was laughing at his arrogance. I saw him walk away after losing over $5000 at the table I was at. By the way he played, he might as well have just donated the money to the casino. He refused to double down 11 vs 9 in a high count, even after I offered to put up $500 of my money to scavenge that opportunity. He went by his gut when deciding to hit stiffs. He bossed the other players around by giving "advice". He hit a pair of aces when the dealer was showing an ace because he was afraid of betting $1000 against the dealer's ace (the 2 cards he got were tens, busting his hand, whereas if he split them he would have 2 21's). He drank a lot at the table and tipped green chips so the waitress came by often.
All in all, this is the stupidest high roller I've ever seen. I wonder how he has so much money to gamble away because I can't imagine him working in upper management of a company with his attitude. The casinos give us heat for winning a little when this guy practically donates his money to the casino.
I later saw him at a craps table where it looked like he was winning big. He was covering the layout with black and purple chips, including the hardways and field. The dice seemed to be going his way. I had the urge to play at that table betting the dont pass and rooting for the seven just to see how he would react. But the minimum was $25 and I didn't feel like throwing my money away when I didn't need to play for comps.
