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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.
    Last edited by SteveBourieOLD; 03-25-2011, 02:11 PM.

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    Re: My Friend's Gambling Adventure

    Steve, I know you and I have never met but the gambling story sounds like what happened to me. My cardinal rule in gambling - expect the worst and be shocked if it goes your way. Thanks for reminding me.

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      Re: My Friend's Gambling Adventure

      It sure is weird how sometimes nothing can go right for you when you are gambing. Yet, at other times, everything goes perfectly and you just can't seem to lose.

      People always look for patterns in things like that, especially slot players, but it's just what normally happens when you gamble.

      You have some good days and some bad days, but most days the outcomes are rather normal for your particular game of choice.

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        Re: My Friend's Gambling Adventure

        Originally posted by Steve Bourie View Post
        It sure is weird how sometimes nothing can go right for you when you are gambing. Yet, at other times, everything goes perfectly and you just can't seem to lose.

        People always look for patterns in things like that, especially slot players, but it's just what normally happens when you gamble.

        You have some good days and some bad days, but most days the outcomes are rather normal for your particular game of choice.


        Isn't that the truth--we were in Laughlin this week and I gambled all day Tuesday--playing nothing but vp--and hit one 4oak!! Thursday I sat down at Riverside for 90 mins and hit 7 4 oak--including 5 bonus quads (2s, 3s, 4s) and two regular. When losing at vp I always say to my self, "the math will work out," but I had my doubts on Tuesday, but on Thursday it did!!

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          Re: My Friend's Gambling Adventure

          Well as they say, Casinos aren't built on winners. If everybody won every time then there sure wouldn't be many casinos.

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