Rise and shine it’s airport time
Cheers to a good flight and let’s kick some a$$ in Vegas
FIRST BLACKJACK SESSION AT GNAC
Sat down to a face down double deck game — immediately realized fortune was not in my favor
Through three shuffles, the dealer had yet to bust - However, she averaged three hands of 21 per shuffle - Fifteen minutes in, I was already down 1300 - The guy sitting at third base decided he would begin doubling all soft hands totaling 13-19 against EVERY dealer up card — according to him, this would “change the cards” Who knows if the outcome changed at all from what it would have been had he not “changed the cards”, but the strategy certainly did not help me…I was down another 700 and decided to move to a 6D game
The 6D shoe began nicely with two blackjacks in a row–then, over the next 20 or so hands, I was able to double down on 9 hands – albeit losing all 9 of them - At this point I was down 3200 and began to feel a little “tilty” - when the shuffle ended I decided to increase my minimum to 200–finally, a strategy worked in my favor as I quickly won 3 of 4 doubles, 2 splits and was able to press some bets – the highlight being: 300 bet Dealt 7,3 v dealer 9 Doubled (dealer gave it to me face down) Dealer turned over an Ace for 20 - I crossed my fingers and hoped for a 10 just to get the push - Lo and behold – you guessed it, the Ace of spades baby!!! I was once again even!
CREDIT CARD FRAUD: It was then I received a call from Visa asking me if I just charged over two thousand dollars of clothing at a store in Milan, Italy — Nope, not me – and they were able to charge with just my card number as they obviously did not have my physical credit card - So now, that card is canceled and an investigation is underway Phew!
AFTER DINNER BLACKJACK SESSION:
After playing in the “play til you lose a hand” promotion at the tournament registration (I lost the first hand lol), I had some dinner (grilled chicken risotto) and then sat down to play - I basically rode the roller coaster for about an hour, remaining plus or minus 500 from my buy-in - It was then I decided to take a break to see what was happening on Fremont
Upon returning to the casino, I joined a double deck game with only one other player and proceeded to go on a nice run - The only hand that stood out was the following: Dealer: 6 up; Player 1: 7,4 doubled and drew a Queen; Me: 5,5 doubled and drew an Ace - Dealer 6, turns over a 2, draws a 3 then a 10 Amazing!
Trip is +1k
Sweet dreams everyone