Post about Amazing Blackjack runs you've seen, heard about, or experienced
05-09-2017
, 10:55 PM
I'll contribute two; I'm a VP degen (see my other thread in LVL), but I've degened some blackjack in my time as well...
Run 1-
I'm playing at a local Indian casino with so-so rules. I get into a 1k hole early betting 25-50 a hand but am up several K for the week from earlier sessions so I decide to increase my bet to "get it back". I switch to 100$ min bet and go on a decent run. As I start to get more and more black, I just let the chips pile messily in front of me. It "works", and the chips keep coming-
Blurry pic due to trying to subtly take a pic from my phone. There's about 6k there, I think a 500$ chip was buried in there somewhere. Messy piles can contain a surprising number of chips LOL.
I ended up cashing out about 7k, so a 5k winner. Don't remember any specific hands except one- 200$ bet and I get two 9s against a dealer 4. Split, get another 9, resplit. 2 + 9 on the first hand, double and get trash. 9 on the second hand- resplit for the last allowed time. 2 on the second hand- double and get trash. Stiff on the third hand- stand. Stiff on the 4th hand- stand.
I have 1200$ out now from an initial 200$ bet and am sweating bullets with 4 stiffs. Dealer turns a FIVE for 9. OH FUDSFUSDFDSF. 4 = 13. A =14, I'm sweating every card like my life depends on it. A = 15 WTF palpitations. 7 for the 22 BUST HOOOOO!!!!! That was fun.
Run 2-
Not the biggest run either but still the most memorable. I'm at the Bellagio, this is in my poker playing days and I'm a total nit when it comes to -EV games. I've carefully built my roll playing 20/40 and 40/80 limit, and I can lose several k pots without issue, but losing 5$ at -EV makes me mad haha. Anyways, we have non-gambling friends in town so I don't get to play much poker- the one session I can squeeze in I head to the Bellagio. Best game they had was 10/20 NL, not my best game but hey this was early 2000's and the games were soft!
I brought 5k with me and buy in for 2k. I lose the whole buy in with aces/getting coolered. Reload for 2k. Only play one other pot, aces, AGAIN get coolered. FASDFIJSDIF. I am on super monkey tilt but at least have the good sense to get up from the table.
My friends and wife are shopping or whatever, I still have time to kill and I know it's unlikely I'll make a recovery at poker. I decide to "kill time" playing green chip BJ, buy in for 500$ and basically just bet 25$ a hand. I lose that first 500$ super fast and now am COMPLETELY on tilt. Pull out the last 500$, lose the first 300$ and decide to just bet black for the last two hands. Lose the first, down to my last 100$. Push it into the center...
Win. Double to 200$. Win. Go to 300$- BJ. Go to 400$- win. 500$- win. 600$- BJ. 700$- win. 800$- win. 900$- win. 1000$- win! 1100$... lose.
The most LOL part was my friends and wife got to witness it! They came up to the table right as I bet the first (losing) 100$ bet- my friends told me later they were amazed at me betting 100/hand, and thought I was UP. Luckily, my wife knew better and basically told them to keep their mouths shut when they came up, bc she knew if I was betting black it was bc I was A) on monkey tilt and B) if I only had a few chips in front of me, I was stuck big time.
So they got to witness that amazing run, and after I lost the 1100 I decide to color up. Tip the dealer, walk with them to the cage. They're amazed and ask, "how much did you win????". Quick mental math, and my answer, "Oh, a few hundred bucks". Their jaws dropped and my wife said, "you see? I TOLD you he was getting buried!". Ahh, life of a degen.
Run 1-
I'm playing at a local Indian casino with so-so rules. I get into a 1k hole early betting 25-50 a hand but am up several K for the week from earlier sessions so I decide to increase my bet to "get it back". I switch to 100$ min bet and go on a decent run. As I start to get more and more black, I just let the chips pile messily in front of me. It "works", and the chips keep coming-
Blurry pic due to trying to subtly take a pic from my phone. There's about 6k there, I think a 500$ chip was buried in there somewhere. Messy piles can contain a surprising number of chips LOL.
I ended up cashing out about 7k, so a 5k winner. Don't remember any specific hands except one- 200$ bet and I get two 9s against a dealer 4. Split, get another 9, resplit. 2 + 9 on the first hand, double and get trash. 9 on the second hand- resplit for the last allowed time. 2 on the second hand- double and get trash. Stiff on the third hand- stand. Stiff on the 4th hand- stand.
I have 1200$ out now from an initial 200$ bet and am sweating bullets with 4 stiffs. Dealer turns a FIVE for 9. OH FUDSFUSDFDSF. 4 = 13. A =14, I'm sweating every card like my life depends on it. A = 15 WTF palpitations. 7 for the 22 BUST HOOOOO!!!!! That was fun.
Run 2-
Not the biggest run either but still the most memorable. I'm at the Bellagio, this is in my poker playing days and I'm a total nit when it comes to -EV games. I've carefully built my roll playing 20/40 and 40/80 limit, and I can lose several k pots without issue, but losing 5$ at -EV makes me mad haha. Anyways, we have non-gambling friends in town so I don't get to play much poker- the one session I can squeeze in I head to the Bellagio. Best game they had was 10/20 NL, not my best game but hey this was early 2000's and the games were soft!
I brought 5k with me and buy in for 2k. I lose the whole buy in with aces/getting coolered. Reload for 2k. Only play one other pot, aces, AGAIN get coolered. FASDFIJSDIF. I am on super monkey tilt but at least have the good sense to get up from the table.
My friends and wife are shopping or whatever, I still have time to kill and I know it's unlikely I'll make a recovery at poker. I decide to "kill time" playing green chip BJ, buy in for 500$ and basically just bet 25$ a hand. I lose that first 500$ super fast and now am COMPLETELY on tilt. Pull out the last 500$, lose the first 300$ and decide to just bet black for the last two hands. Lose the first, down to my last 100$. Push it into the center...
Win. Double to 200$. Win. Go to 300$- BJ. Go to 400$- win. 500$- win. 600$- BJ. 700$- win. 800$- win. 900$- win. 1000$- win! 1100$... lose.
The most LOL part was my friends and wife got to witness it! They came up to the table right as I bet the first (losing) 100$ bet- my friends told me later they were amazed at me betting 100/hand, and thought I was UP. Luckily, my wife knew better and basically told them to keep their mouths shut when they came up, bc she knew if I was betting black it was bc I was A) on monkey tilt and B) if I only had a few chips in front of me, I was stuck big time.
So they got to witness that amazing run, and after I lost the 1100 I decide to color up. Tip the dealer, walk with them to the cage. They're amazed and ask, "how much did you win????". Quick mental math, and my answer, "Oh, a few hundred bucks". Their jaws dropped and my wife said, "you see? I TOLD you he was getting buried!". Ahh, life of a degen.
05-10-2017
, 02:04 PM
Quote:
I'll contribute two; I'm a VP degen (see my other thread in LVL), but I've degened some blackjack in my time as well...
Run 1-
I'm playing at a local Indian casino with so-so rules. I get into a 1k hole early betting 25-50 a hand but am up several K for the week from earlier sessions so I decide to increase my bet to "get it back". I switch to 100$ min bet and go on a decent run. As I start to get more and more black, I just let the chips pile messily in front of me. It "works", and the chips keep coming-
Blurry pic due to trying to subtly take a pic from my phone. There's about 6k there, I think a 500$ chip was buried in there somewhere. Messy piles can contain a surprising number of chips LOL.
I ended up cashing out about 7k, so a 5k winner. Don't remember any specific hands except one- 200$ bet and I get two 9s against a dealer 4. Split, get another 9, resplit. 2 + 9 on the first hand, double and get trash. 9 on the second hand- resplit for the last allowed time. 2 on the second hand- double and get trash. Stiff on the third hand- stand. Stiff on the 4th hand- stand.
I have 1200$ out now from an initial 200$ bet and am sweating bullets with 4 stiffs. Dealer turns a FIVE for 9. OH FUDSFUSDFDSF. 4 = 13. A =14, I'm sweating every card like my life depends on it. A = 15 WTF palpitations. 7 for the 22 BUST HOOOOO!!!!! That was fun.
Run 2-
Not the biggest run either but still the most memorable. I'm at the Bellagio, this is in my poker playing days and I'm a total nit when it comes to -EV games. I've carefully built my roll playing 20/40 and 40/80 limit, and I can lose several k pots without issue, but losing 5$ at -EV makes me mad haha. Anyways, we have non-gambling friends in town so I don't get to play much poker- the one session I can squeeze in I head to the Bellagio. Best game they had was 10/20 NL, not my best game but hey this was early 2000's and the games were soft!
I brought 5k with me and buy in for 2k. I lose the whole buy in with aces/getting coolered. Reload for 2k. Only play one other pot, aces, AGAIN get coolered. FASDFIJSDIF. I am on super monkey tilt but at least have the good sense to get up from the table.
My friends and wife are shopping or whatever, I still have time to kill and I know it's unlikely I'll make a recovery at poker. I decide to "kill time" playing green chip BJ, buy in for 500$ and basically just bet 25$ a hand. I lose that first 500$ super fast and now am COMPLETELY on tilt. Pull out the last 500$, lose the first 300$ and decide to just bet black for the last two hands. Lose the first, down to my last 100$. Push it into the center...
Win. Double to 200$. Win. Go to 300$- BJ. Go to 400$- win. 500$- win. 600$- BJ. 700$- win. 800$- win. 900$- win. 1000$- win! 1100$... lose.
The most LOL part was my friends and wife got to witness it! They came up to the table right as I bet the first (losing) 100$ bet- my friends told me later they were amazed at me betting 100/hand, and thought I was UP. Luckily, my wife knew better and basically told them to keep their mouths shut when they came up, bc she knew if I was betting black it was bc I was A) on monkey tilt and B) if I only had a few chips in front of me, I was stuck big time.
So they got to witness that amazing run, and after I lost the 1100 I decide to color up. Tip the dealer, walk with them to the cage. They're amazed and ask, "how much did you win????". Quick mental math, and my answer, "Oh, a few hundred bucks". Their jaws dropped and my wife said, "you see? I TOLD you he was getting buried!". Ahh, life of a degen.
Run 1-
I'm playing at a local Indian casino with so-so rules. I get into a 1k hole early betting 25-50 a hand but am up several K for the week from earlier sessions so I decide to increase my bet to "get it back". I switch to 100$ min bet and go on a decent run. As I start to get more and more black, I just let the chips pile messily in front of me. It "works", and the chips keep coming-
Blurry pic due to trying to subtly take a pic from my phone. There's about 6k there, I think a 500$ chip was buried in there somewhere. Messy piles can contain a surprising number of chips LOL.
I ended up cashing out about 7k, so a 5k winner. Don't remember any specific hands except one- 200$ bet and I get two 9s against a dealer 4. Split, get another 9, resplit. 2 + 9 on the first hand, double and get trash. 9 on the second hand- resplit for the last allowed time. 2 on the second hand- double and get trash. Stiff on the third hand- stand. Stiff on the 4th hand- stand.
I have 1200$ out now from an initial 200$ bet and am sweating bullets with 4 stiffs. Dealer turns a FIVE for 9. OH FUDSFUSDFDSF. 4 = 13. A =14, I'm sweating every card like my life depends on it. A = 15 WTF palpitations. 7 for the 22 BUST HOOOOO!!!!! That was fun.
Run 2-
Not the biggest run either but still the most memorable. I'm at the Bellagio, this is in my poker playing days and I'm a total nit when it comes to -EV games. I've carefully built my roll playing 20/40 and 40/80 limit, and I can lose several k pots without issue, but losing 5$ at -EV makes me mad haha. Anyways, we have non-gambling friends in town so I don't get to play much poker- the one session I can squeeze in I head to the Bellagio. Best game they had was 10/20 NL, not my best game but hey this was early 2000's and the games were soft!
I brought 5k with me and buy in for 2k. I lose the whole buy in with aces/getting coolered. Reload for 2k. Only play one other pot, aces, AGAIN get coolered. FASDFIJSDIF. I am on super monkey tilt but at least have the good sense to get up from the table.
My friends and wife are shopping or whatever, I still have time to kill and I know it's unlikely I'll make a recovery at poker. I decide to "kill time" playing green chip BJ, buy in for 500$ and basically just bet 25$ a hand. I lose that first 500$ super fast and now am COMPLETELY on tilt. Pull out the last 500$, lose the first 300$ and decide to just bet black for the last two hands. Lose the first, down to my last 100$. Push it into the center...
Win. Double to 200$. Win. Go to 300$- BJ. Go to 400$- win. 500$- win. 600$- BJ. 700$- win. 800$- win. 900$- win. 1000$- win! 1100$... lose.
The most LOL part was my friends and wife got to witness it! They came up to the table right as I bet the first (losing) 100$ bet- my friends told me later they were amazed at me betting 100/hand, and thought I was UP. Luckily, my wife knew better and basically told them to keep their mouths shut when they came up, bc she knew if I was betting black it was bc I was A) on monkey tilt and B) if I only had a few chips in front of me, I was stuck big time.
So they got to witness that amazing run, and after I lost the 1100 I decide to color up. Tip the dealer, walk with them to the cage. They're amazed and ask, "how much did you win????". Quick mental math, and my answer, "Oh, a few hundred bucks". Their jaws dropped and my wife said, "you see? I TOLD you he was getting buried!". Ahh, life of a degen.
05-10-2018
, 01:33 PM
