While a trip to AC would normally only take 3 hours driving, today, due to construction (which, apparently was being performed by a team of invisible men), it took about 5.
Upon arriving in AC I checked in and went up to my room. In the hallway on the way thereto, I noticed a door to a room propped open. As I passed by, I could tell that whoever had been in that room had neither respect for themselves nor the housekeeping staff – the woman attempting to clean it told me the bathroom in the room was far worse - Ridiculous.
Blackjack session 1: Sat down and variance smiled upon me immediately, won two doubles with 21 versus dealer 20s – amazing! I was dealt 2 blackjacks and was able to press it up - By the time my phone rang with a call I was waiting for, I was halfway through the shoe and colored up 1500 to the good!!!
Time for some caffeine
Blackjack session 2: After recharging my batteries with an Iced skinny vanilla latte from Starbucks, I set about to play some more blackjack…From the get go, variance was on the casino’s side–the dealer began the shoe with a blackjack–then, on the second hand, I was dealt a blackjack but, the dealer quickly turned over an Ace of her own to escort the Queen of Hearts she had showing - I proceeded to lose the next 5 hands before I was dealt the following: 3,7 v dealer 2 - I doubled and was dealt an Ace for 21 - dealer had 2, turned over another 2, drew a 3, then another 3, then a 4, then an Ace, then another Ace and then, finally, a 5 PUSH! by the end of the shoe, I had lost back the 1500 I was up
ok, deep breaths and a new shoe - This shoe was back and forth until the last 5 hands, which were all double downs, as follows: 8,3 v dealer 10 – I draw a 7 for 18 – dealer turns over a 9 for 19; 7,2 v dealer 6 – I drew a 3 for 12 – dealer flipped over an Ace for 17; 5,4 v dealer 3 – I drew a 7 for 16 – dealer flipped over a Jack then drew an 8 for 21; 6,5 v dealer Queen – I drew an 8 for 19 – dealer flipped over a 10 for 20; Ace,6 v dealer 4 – I drew a King for 17 – dealer flipped over a 7 then drew a 10 for 21
At this point I felt TILT kicking in as I had not only lost back the 1500 I was up, but another 2k on top of that
Digging in, I remained positive and kept on keepin’ on…In the new shoe, my first 3 of 4 hands were blackjacks, and I was actually pressing - midway through the shoe, I had regained the 2k back and was once again even for the trip - The doubles and splits finally started going my way, getting dealt a King and Jack on split Aces with 300 up - My stack reappeared almost as quickly as it disappeared and as I went on a quest for sustenance, the trip was +1400
Blackjack session 3 post-dinner mini-session: I Played about 15 hands and stumbled into +700 trip is +2100