I took a couple of weeks off after the Vegas Memorial Day Massacre...regrouped mentally and back for more.
So I arrived in AC - Dealer shuffles and is immediately tapped out. I lost the first 7 hands - Won 2 in a row Then the dealer made a 19, 20 or BJ the next 6 hands -Trip already -1500
I Took a break and bought back inp - layed with 2 other gentlemen at the table -between the two of them, they were dealt 5 blackjacks. However, the dealer had 3 blackjacks of his own. The lowlight was the following (last hand of the shoe):
Me: KK
Player 2: 10,J
Player 3: 10, Q
Dealer: 5, 4, 3, 2, 7
The two gentlemen left and the downswing continued until about halfway into the next shoe where I was finally able to make a run and get my buy-in back - Trip still -1500
side note which I am sure I will be lambasted for———I slammed my fist on the table at one point after losing to yet another dealer 21 when I had 20 and security came over and informed me that another outburst like that and I would be asked to leave LOL
Last hand of shoe I had 20 with 500 up - Dealer has 7 showing - Turned over 3 - Then an Ace. I was only down 1k but this turned it back into -1500
G’nite.
IPlayed this morning - YUCK! Dealer had 3 blackjacks in first 4 hands (father and son playing at my table said dealer got 3 in a row to start a shoe last night when they were at Borgata). We quickly got destroyed in the first shoe…At this point I was still down 2k so I took a break and had some breakfast. I Went back in and had a nice count and made 1k back. I then Had to make some phone calls and actually fell asleep - it was a nice nap and I then Took a walk outside and got some fresh air and some sun.
I sidled up to the table to Play a mini-session that was interrupted by a client emergency - but, I had gotten 600 back. I Took my dad out for Father's day with my mom but, prior to that, while waiting for them to arrive, sat and got the other 600 back. So, after dinner, I am even
I am going to ready myself for the evening ahead - I Just sat down even and it was 8:05 so there should be no dealer switch and I even asked the dealer if she was leaving on a break soon - She said no and shuffled. As soon as she was about to deal the cards she gets a tap on the shoulder for a break. So the dealer turned to the other dealer and told her she is not set for a break Yet--I said if they are switching dealers on me and it's not even a break then I am punching table--so the pit boss tells the second dealer to go check the schedule--I said when they did this to me yesterday the dealer got blackjacks the first three of four hands and I started to color up--pit boss asks if I want to play with the dealer who shuffled until it is straightened out---so I said yeah but, now that I said that my superstitious nature kicked in and I announced that, regardless of the dealer, I would bet everything I had that whichever dealer was dealing, they would get an automatic blackjack — of course, on the first hand the dealer had an Ace up BAM! Blackjack ughhhh
Ok so I won that next hand and then won a double THEN the other dealer comes in so I left - I have Never heard of dealers coming in on weird times like that as it's usually like 8, 8:20 and 8:40.
So, I'm actually up 200 now lol
Won a couple more hands...Trip is +400
However, this whole switching dealers on off time immediately before the first card is dealt seems strange to me
End of weekend summary: A dealer buddy of mine just got back from Vegas and found out SLS did not hire him. Additionally, a host I know in Vegas turned down SLS for Maryland Live.
Ok, back to blackjackSo I was up 400 and sat down to play but I was growing tired...As seems par for the course, the dealer won the first 4 hands and I was quickly only even again.
There was, finally, some back and forth.
All of a sudden some lady comes up and plants a sloppy kiss on my cheek--she said I was "sexy" and couldn't resist giving me a "good luck smooch" lol She disappeared as quickly as she appeared and the game moved on. Apparently, "Morgana's" smoocheroo worked...I went on a nice run and by the end of the shoe I was up 1k. Feeling tired and finally ahead, I grabbed a snack and called it a night
Trip +1k