Please tell me you married the girl or still dating.

+1

Please tell me you didn't, that she's still single and PM me her digits.

awesome thread - posting to subscribe.

the browns are 5k, fyi!

Had my biggest run at Trump Marina shortly after it opened (renovated from Trump Castle) back in the late 90's in AC. Sadly no big blackjack runs in Veags.

Visited Trump Marina about a month prior and had a pretty decent run, winning a few thousand playing black chip BJ. After booking this win the comp/match play offers started coming in. Decided to go back with a friend a few weeks later and got annihilated in record time. 3 horrific shoes in a row knocked me down to my last $100 chip. My buddy was sweating me and reminded me "Hey, you forgot to use your match play ticket." So I put my last $100 out with the match play and score a blackjack. From there I ran that $250 up to a shade over $6,000. Not some crazy 5 or 6 figure score, but was my biggest win at the time (early 20's) and I felt like a champ making that run from my last chip.

I'm sure everyone has stories about wild stuff they've seen in casinos, celebrity sightings, etc, but this is my favorite. Was playing BJ in the pit at Beau Rivage shortly after it opened back in early 2000. Table beside mine was marked "Reserved". About an hour into my session an elderly lady with 2 security guards in tow walks up and sits at the reserved table. The 2 security guards remain posted at the table so I figure this isn't a run of the mill high roller. Turns out it was Ray Kroc's widow, Joan. She was playing 4 squares at 50k a pop. This was the highest I've ever seen anyone play in person. Couldn't believe she was playing for this amount of money in the pit and not in a private salon. God bless Big Mac's.

I just got back from Biloxi Mississippi, I was doing pro bono legal work over spring break. I was getting crushed at the Beau Rivage all week, was down 2,200 in the first 4 days of the trip. I was playing 20 a hand and raising every hand I won by 50%. So late thursday night, I decide to pull out 100 more for one last shot at going on a heater.

an hour and 10 minutes later I have about 7k and change on the table, went on an an insane heater. I started at 20 a hand, and every win a raise the bet by 50%. So I won 20,30,45,70,100,150,225.... then I pussied out and only raised it to 300 instead of like 350, but anyway I get 8-8 vs a 6 obviously split end up with 14 and 18. The guy on 3rd base ****ing hits with a 2 vs the 6 and pulls a 3, then he stays, dealer has 16 and busts with 26, that moron playing 10$ a hand made me 600.

Next hand i bet 500, black jack boooooom. So in my life time, the most ive ever bet on a hand of black jack is 500. My friends watching are starting to freak out everyone is like bro your killing it drop back to like 50. Im like nahhh let it ride, next bet 750 pull a 19 vs the 8, he has 18... gg. So im like high as a kite on adrenal at this point, hands shaking and **** (which is weird because I used to play pretty high stakes mtts) but its been awhile since I gamboooled. Next hand i think it was 1150, bink a 20 vs a bust. So im starting to get nervous now, but im like **** it I gotta ride the wave man up.... throw out 1500 stay on 13 vs a 4, dealer pulls a 22, pretty big sweat there. saw it was going to be the last hand of the shoe, left 2k out, got a 17 vs the ten, im like ****ting a brick, dealer flips over a 12 and pulls a 4 and an 8, I panic for a second since I could not add with the adrenalin overload, realize he busted and am ecstatic.

colored up about 6500, played with the remaining 700 and change or w.e it was, at this point, im tipping the dealer 25-50 a hand and not paying attention. New shoe so I dropped down to 50 a hand, promptly lost the 700 and bounced. By far the sickest run Ive ever been on in blackjack in my life, Ive had random heaters where Id run like 200 into 2k or 2500 probably 10 times in my life but never like that. I also run absurdly good in blackjack and am up around 12-13k life time in about 100 hours of play with an opening bet of about 20.

crazy night

Leaving MGM last night saw a crowd around casino war...guy was playing 2 spots 5k each with about 300-350ish behind lol said he was in for 100

Clark Griswold?

playing at star city in Sydney saw a guy backbet 5000 behind this kid who was playing 25. kid drew a 20 against dealer 5 and told the guy to him a grand or he was going to hit it again.

Result?

No way that's true.

the guy gave him a grand, kid stayed, dealer got an 18....the funny thing is the next card out was an ace.....

if true - kid should get his knees broken

Yeah that is about the douchiest thing I have heard of happening at a black jack table.

Did the dude get slaughtered in the parking lot afterward?

Wtf, why would the guy give him a grand?

Story is bs for sure

As 20 is more +EV to stick on than hit

You sure?

i don't know what's confusing about it....

the kid is willing the risk his inconsequential $25 bet in order to leverage/blackmail $1K out of the guy that has a lot more to lose with his $5K bet.

I suspect some people don't know what a back bet is. I assume it is someone not playing the hand wagering on the hand (why ever do that?!?!).

So in the example given the guy betting a small amount has the power to bust and cost the guy doing backbet $5000 and he extorts him for $1000 not to.

oh, poor reading comprehension by me - my bad

yeah, that is pretty ****ing scummy

I was just messing with ya.

Just happened tonight

2k pot, MGM 2-5

I run so good

Wrong thread

20 vs 14 and lost?