Resuming last night’s post:I did indeed have an espresso and it got me nice and wired for the night — however, I probably would have been better off just going to sleep instead
Sat down at a two deck game and for the first 5 shuffles, basically stayed ±300 - Then, the tidal wave hit me - Lost 12 hands in a row - Switched tables - Lost 8 in a row - At this point, I had lost the 1500 I was up plus another 500 -The trip was now -2k
I took a 15 minute breather and headed to the high limit room for a change of pace
Mid-way through the shoe and I had gained back about 300 - However, the dealer was about to have her run–over the next 9 hands I pushed 4 20s, pushed 1 21 and lost 4 19s - I was now down 700 - The dealer was not done with me yet as, by the end of the shoe, I was down 2k
I threw up a purple in disgust, ready to go to bed down 2500 - Miraculously, I won and went to bed only down 1500
GOOD MORNING As my Twitter peeps already know, my day started out as follows: Dealer’s first 7 hands: BJ, 21, BJ, 21, 21, 20, 21 I was now down 2200 - However, three shuffles later, I made my move–I won 4 double downs and pressed my bets up, catching a nice run of winning 5 hands in a row - As the trip now stands, I am only -800
Time for sightseeing and lunch See you all soon
Monday afternoon session:
Sat down to play head’s up at a 2D game - Things got moving pretty fast and, by the end of the first shuffle, I had won back half of the 800 I was still down
Onward and upward - I stayed pretty much even through the next shuffle, still down 400 - On the last hand of the next shuffle, I had 200 in the betting circle and was dealt a blackjack - On that note, I decided to take a break a get ready for dinner with the Trip now -100
POST-DINNER SESSION:
After a delicious dinner at Javier’s, I sat back down to the tables and proceeded to quickly (one shuffle of 2D) win 600 - the trip became +500
I got some coffee and proceeded back to the tables, where even Bernie Sanders’ socialism couldn’t have given me any money…The first hand started out promising, I had a natural 20 — of course, that was no match for the dealer’s 4 card 21 - the next hand was my favorite, 5,4 v dealer 6, which almost always results in a dealer 21, proceeded as follows: me: 5,4 Ace - dealer: 6,5 10 - The best I did the entire shuffle was press 3 hands - The +500 was now in the past – back to evenI
I switched to a 6D game where the guy next to me reversed his basic strategy, hitting 13 v 2 and 3 and not hitting 12 v 2 and 3 - He would then COMPLAIN when he was dealt a blackjack — yup, actually complained because he wanted a double down instead!!! By the end of the shoe I was down 1k
I switched tables and predicted I would lose the first 10 hands (as I became super-cynical (is that like a super-delegate?)) only to lose the first 8 rather than 10 (Miss Cleo I am not) - Midway through the shoe, after a blackjack, I let it ride (250) and was once again dealt a fan favorite, 6,3 v dealer 5: me: 6,3 10 - dealer: 5,5,5,A,5 WTF!!! By the end of this shoe I was down 3k
A dealer change occurred and I actually won the first hand of the shoe AND the next two hands were doubles: hand 1:me: 5,5 10 - dealer: 6,4 7; hand 2:me: 7,4 A - dealer: K, 6 6 - By the end of the shoe I had regained 2k
After a shuffle, I was dealt 2 blackjacks and took a break - The trip is now -800
END OF THE NIGHT:
Played through three shoes of 6d - Rode the roller coaster from being down 3k again to finally only being down 900
Supremely exhausted, going to bed - Have tomorrow and then the next day pre-flight to turn this into a positive trip -Sweet dreams