turkey day this year will be celebrated in Atlantic City - dinner, drinks and blackjack!
Let's get this trip started...
session #1: Sat down at a freshly opened table with cards just out of the laundry - trying to get some more action out when the going is good
rode the roller coaster for ¾ of a shoe then got an Ace, Ace v dealer 2 split Aces: First Ace dealt a 2; Second Ace dealt a 4 - dealer 2 K Q for a bust
a few moments later the shoe ended and I was +600
session #2: This was basically a mini-session--I only played ¼ of a shoe before my phone rang (family coordinating tonight's Thanksgiving dinner with me) but oh what a ¼ shoe it turned out to be -- I was able to get some bets pressed out there as tons of low cards came out immediately -- no specific hands to write home about but, by the time the phone rang, I was ahead another 1k - trip is now +1600
Thanksgiving dinner break
Session #3: Ahhh if only the third time was a charm...Started out a 6D shoe playing head's up
Shoe 1: dealer had 5 natural blackjacks
Shoe 2: dealer had 4 natural blackjacks (I had a lowly 1)
Shoe 3: dealer had 6 natural blackjacks (I am starting to take this personally lol)
At this point, I had lost back the 1600 I was winning plus another 2k
I switched tables just to stretch my legs and get a new perspective
Shoe 4: I had a chance at 3 double downs in this shoe and 3 splits, which went as follows; DD1: 5,5 v dealer 9--Drew an 8 for 18--dealer turns over a Queen for 19; DD2: 7,4 v dealer 10--Drew an 8 for 19--dealer turns over an Ace (apparently she read the display wrong when checking - so They only took 1 of my chips); DD3: 6,3 v dealer 6--Drew an Ace for 20--dealer turned over an Ace for 17 and I win!; Split1: Ace, Ace v dealer 2--draw a 2 on first Ace and a 4 on second Ace--dealer turns over a 10 then draws a 9 (just to rub it in lol); Split2: 2,2 v dealer 3--draw a 5 then a Jack on first hand then draw a 10 and a 6 on second hand--dealer turns over an 8 and BAM a 10 for 21; Split3: 8,8 v dealer 8--draw an Ace on the first hand and a King on the second hand--dealer turns over an Ace - it was a roller coaster ride from hell but, as it stands at the moment, I am -1100 overall for the trip...stay tuned
Played some more and got wrecked - tons of low cards came out and when I sent it in all the highs went to the dealer - out of my 5k buy-in for the day I was down to my last 300 - A new shuffle began and I was finally able to begin kicking some a$$ - got a very nice run and by the end of the shoe had gotten back to 3k
I'm exhausted and going to have a snack, watch some tv and go to bed with the renewed hope to turn the mountain of losses back into a molehill and finally into 6 feet under for the losses, creating a new mountain of wins!!
Trip is -2k sweet dreams