There is a section below italicized as it still perplexes me to this day what this guy was trying to accomplish with his "strategy" - any thoughts?
First session:1st hand: Ace, 7 v dealer 6 -- doubled and drew on 8 -- dealer turned over an Ace for 17 Ughhhhhh2nd Hand: Ace, 7 v dealer 10 -- hit, got an Ace for 19 -- dealer turns over King for 20 Ughhhhh! 3rd hand: 7, 8 v dealer 7 -- hit, BUST - 4th hand: 8, 8 v. dealer 10 -- split, got 10,8 and 9, 8 -- dealer turns over a Queen - 5th hand: pushed - 6th hand: pushed - 7th hand: Ace, 7 (yes, again) v dealer 5 -- doubled and drew a 10 -- dealer has 6 under and pulls a 10 for 21 Ughhhhh!
Trip is EVEN
Second session :1st shoe a/k/a the "schaden"-shoe:
Won the first two hands and feeling good...then they lowered the boom - Dealt a 5,5 v dealer 3 -- doubled and dealt a 3 BOOM! two hands later: dealt 9,9 v dealer 9 -- split first 9 dealt a 2...doubled and dealt a 4second 9 dealt a 5...hit and dealt a 10 BUST dealer turns over an 8 for 17 Ughhhhhh! five hands later: dealt a 7,4 v dealer 5 -- doubled and dealt an Ace BOOM! next hand:dealt a 4,5 v dealer 6 -- doubled and dealt a 10, dealer has 6, 5 then gets a 10 for 21 BOOM - next hand I pushed my own 21 with the dealer - next to last hand of the shoe: 5,5 v dealer 9 -- double and dealt a 2 BOOM!last hand of the shoe:8,8 v dealer 9 -- split first 8 get a 3 and double...dealt a 6 for 17second 8 get a 10 dealer turns over a 10 for 19 BOOM!
at this point I was negative 1200
2nd shoe of the session: Went on a nice run...dealer busted the first 4 hands and I was now only -800. dealt a double 7,4 v dealer 10 -- doubled and dealt a 10 for 21 WOOHOO!ten hands later dealt 6,6 v dealer 3 -- split and had 16's on both -- dealer bust WOOHOO!that completed my comebackTrip is +100 Played a one shoe session:Started off nicely with a double down 7,3 v dealer 3 and I was dealt a 10...dealer flips over 6 and draws a Queen for 19The next three doubles will make Bob happy:...5,5 v dealer 8 and I draw an Ace for 21 -- dealer has a 3 under and pulls a 10 to push my 21...7,4 v dealer 2 and I draw a Jack for 21 -- dealer turns over a 9 then draws a 10 to push my 21...8,3 v dealer 8 and I draw a 10 for 21 -- dealer turns over a 3 then draws a 4 then a 6 to push my 21 againI then hit a few nice hands and ended the shoe +900Trip is +1k
Sat down to play at a 50 min table (still.playing blacks though) - The guy next to me refused to hit ANY hand! I have no idea what his thought process was as he did not acknowledge the dealer, floor person or anyone else at the table - he was as quiet as a church mouse and only bought in for $150 at a $50 table. At first, he couldn't lose a hand - but then, it caught up to him and he lost about 7 hands in a row, busting out. Was this guy's strategy a recognized system?
Mini-session: Played a mini-session where I was up a quick 800 due to favorable double downs...however, I then lost a double down with a 9,2 getting dealt an Ace then lost next hand and called it a session up another 500 - Trip is +1500
sat down for a session yesterday afternoon and proceeded to get utterly destroyed:
Table 1:first hand - dealer blackjacksecond hand - 8,3 v dealer 7 -- I double and dealt a 10 for 21 -- dealer has 7 turns over 7 deals himself the dreaded triple 7 for a pushthird hand - dealer blackjack. the dealer then ran off 5 consecutive natural 20's and I Lost 700 at that table...time to switch tables and gather my thoughts
Table 2: first hand - dealer blackjack; second hand - dealer blackjack; third hand - push on 19; fourth hand - dealer blackjack - lost 300 at this table - table switch time
Table 3:first hand - split 8,8 against dealer 10 (UGHHHHHHHH!)--first 8, another 8 (split)--first 8, another 8 (split yet again for four hands v dealer 10)--first 8, dealt a 3 -- double get an Ace for 12--second 8, dealt a 10 for 18--third 8, dealt a 10 for 18--fourth 8, dealt an Ace for 19BUT, we all know where this is goingdealer has 10 turns over a Queenlost 500 there on the first hand - Trip was back to even at this point.
I then took an hour break.
After dinner session: Started out losing the first 6 hands after dinner for a now negative 600 trip
HOWEVER, things gradually turned around and I actually began winning doubles and, after one shoe I was back to even for the trip. After two shoes I was up 1k for the trip and decided to retire for the night and relax
Trip ended +1k