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When I first started to travel to Las Vegas in the early 1990's my wife didn't like to gamble (she still doesn't, but she will play a little video poker) so I used to go there with my gambling buddy, who shall remain nameless.
During one of those early trips he told me a story and I never forgot it. And just to be absolutely sure that I had my facts correct, I just called him to verify the info. Here's what he told me.
My friend, who normally bets $5 to $10 per hand, was in the Tropicana walking around the casino when he saw a $100 blackjack table and thought "Gee, I wonder what it would be like to play a hand of blackjack for $100?"
So he sat down to play a hand.
The dealer had a six as his upcard. My friend seems to remember that he got a lot of 8's because he had to split alot and ended up with four separate hands. On top of that, he had doubling down opportunites and ended up doubling down on all four hands.
That meant his original $100 bet had now turned into a $800 bet and, as luck would have it, the best total he had on all of those hands was 17.
The dealer turned over his down card and it was a five, for a total of 11. The dealer's next card was another five for a new total of 16. He then drew a four for a final total of 20 and picked up all of my friend's chips from the table.
Needless to say, my friend never went back to a $100 blackjack table again.
During one of those early trips he told me a story and I never forgot it. And just to be absolutely sure that I had my facts correct, I just called him to verify the info. Here's what he told me.
My friend, who normally bets $5 to $10 per hand, was in the Tropicana walking around the casino when he saw a $100 blackjack table and thought "Gee, I wonder what it would be like to play a hand of blackjack for $100?"
So he sat down to play a hand.
The dealer had a six as his upcard. My friend seems to remember that he got a lot of 8's because he had to split alot and ended up with four separate hands. On top of that, he had doubling down opportunites and ended up doubling down on all four hands.
That meant his original $100 bet had now turned into a $800 bet and, as luck would have it, the best total he had on all of those hands was 17.
The dealer turned over his down card and it was a five, for a total of 11. The dealer's next card was another five for a new total of 16. He then drew a four for a final total of 20 and picked up all of my friend's chips from the table.
Needless to say, my friend never went back to a $100 blackjack table again.
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