So, as usual I had trouble sleeping and then, when I did fall asleep, I slept until noon
I bought this new energy drink powder that came with a two sided scoop (regular and mini) – so I tried one mini scoop and DAMN!!!! I am bouncing off the walls - I figured I could burn some of that energy off playing blackjack, so I sat down for a spell
Blackjack session 1: Got dealt a blackjack right off the bat followed by two double downs where i pushed 17 on both - it was then the dealer’s turn to play the “I’m going to beat your hand by 1 for a while” - halfway through the shoe I had given back half of what I had won yesterday then, almost as quickly, regained it
I thought that was a good spot to have a late breakfast, which is what I’m doing now - More blackjack to come
Blackjack session 2 :New tables were opening for the 2pm shift and I waited patiently through the washing of the cards and shuffle…Immediate dealer blackjack But then I was dealt 7,7 v dealer 2: first 7: dealt 3 doubled and dealt an Ace for 21; second 7: dealt 4 doubled and dealt a 10 for 21 - dealer had 2, turned over a 9 then drew a 6 for 17 Woohoo!
A few hands later I doubled 6,3 v dealer 6 – I drew a Queen for 19 and dealer turned over an Ace for 17 - By the end of the shoe I was up another 700
as much as variance was in my favor for shoe #1, it fell out of my favor in shoe #2 - doubled 8,3 v dealer 6 – drew a 9 for 20 – dealer flipped over a 5 – drew another 5 – then drew another 5 for 21 — I pushed 3 blackjacks with a dealer 10 showing and basically had a lot of bad beats - the 700 from the first shoe was nowhere to be found, and neither was another 800 from my chip stack
Trying to maintain a positive outlook, shoe #3 began with a Surrender (10,6 v dealer King) there was no run for either side of the table until about halfway through the shoe when I capitalized on a blackjack by letting it ride and getting another blackjack on the next hand…from there I won 2 double downs and was finally able to send some chips in - got the 800 back plus 500 - Trip is +2500
That is where the trip ended – my immediate family arrived and I spent the rest of the evening in the arcade room, where they have 4 vintage ‘pinball’-type machines (Midget Alley, Pitch and Bat baseball, Pokereno and a pinball machine) having fun with my nephew playing all the games and letting him beat me at air hockey. The arcade was crowded and definitely +EV for the casino. See you all next trip!