NewToTheGame
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After 4 years of fraternity life and partying, I felt that a vacation was needed before I start working 
... I gathered up 3 of my fraternity brothers, and packed for the Taj. What a weekend.
The weekend got off to a great start when one of my friends attempted to get a comped room under his father's name...telling the guest services employee he was 59 (he's really 22...he had a few plastic surgeries done...)
Anyways, I checked out the BJ tables at Taj, and after 15 mins of sheer laughing at the pathetic conditions, headed upstairs to get ready to do some damage elsewhere. 8-deck w/ a bare minimum 2 deck cut-off (and 2.5 in some cases), could only re-split aces once, DAS, S17. Additionally, only $25 tables were available, which was a little on the expensive side for me.
Anyways, later that night, we headed over to the Hilton. There were 2 $15 tables w/ the rest $25 and up. Penetration was decently good (1.5 decks on avg) and conditions were pretty much the same, with the exception that over 1/2 the tables do not permit mid-shoe entry. My friend and I played at the $15, and he provided me w/ excellent cover. We were the "recent college grads" and were looking to have a good time. My friend threw down about 15 gin and cokes, and I was acting like his drunken counterpart. I played only positive TC's, and had the opportunity to b*llsh*t with the dealer and pit boss when TC's dipped negative. Then unexpectedly, count skyrockets, maybe +23 w/ 3.5 decks left, and I started playing $30-50 a hand (I wasn't playing Kelly b/c of limited bankroll, but I increased my bet w/ increasing count). Won 5 out of 6 hands, and ripped out a nice profit. After that, I checked out the other guys, who were doing alright. All in all, 7 hours at the Hilton (I probably played 2-3) - and up about 30 units.
Next day, we headed back to the Hilton. Sat down at a table FULL of ploppies, and by jumping in and out, I got so many dumb comments such as "you're messing up the consistency of the cards" and even the dealer said "you shouldn't be doing it, you're screwing up the order". Sigh....my excuse was, "i'm not playing until my friends start winning, and then I'll jump in." Anyways, penetration was ok...about 1.5-1.75 decks. So I'm sitting there about 4 decks through the shoe, and suddenly change $100 because of a great TC. Throw out $30, and dealt a blackjack...count is still good...so i throw out another $30, and guess what, another blackjack...the ploppies at the end just look at me...count sux, so I'm say "that's good enough for me", and I went to chill w/ the boys...
All in all, I had a good experience, learned alot, and took notes on my pocketpc. I am looking to head down there again within a couple of weeks...Does anyone know about the Borgato opening?
... I gathered up 3 of my fraternity brothers, and packed for the Taj. What a weekend.The weekend got off to a great start when one of my friends attempted to get a comped room under his father's name...telling the guest services employee he was 59 (he's really 22...he had a few plastic surgeries done
...)Anyways, I checked out the BJ tables at Taj, and after 15 mins of sheer laughing at the pathetic conditions, headed upstairs to get ready to do some damage elsewhere. 8-deck w/ a bare minimum 2 deck cut-off (and 2.5 in some cases), could only re-split aces once, DAS, S17. Additionally, only $25 tables were available, which was a little on the expensive side for me.
Anyways, later that night, we headed over to the Hilton. There were 2 $15 tables w/ the rest $25 and up. Penetration was decently good (1.5 decks on avg) and conditions were pretty much the same, with the exception that over 1/2 the tables do not permit mid-shoe entry. My friend and I played at the $15, and he provided me w/ excellent cover. We were the "recent college grads" and were looking to have a good time. My friend threw down about 15 gin and cokes, and I was acting like his drunken counterpart. I played only positive TC's, and had the opportunity to b*llsh*t with the dealer and pit boss when TC's dipped negative. Then unexpectedly, count skyrockets, maybe +23 w/ 3.5 decks left, and I started playing $30-50 a hand (I wasn't playing Kelly b/c of limited bankroll, but I increased my bet w/ increasing count). Won 5 out of 6 hands, and ripped out a nice profit. After that, I checked out the other guys, who were doing alright. All in all, 7 hours at the Hilton (I probably played 2-3) - and up about 30 units.
Next day, we headed back to the Hilton. Sat down at a table FULL of ploppies, and by jumping in and out, I got so many dumb comments such as "you're messing up the consistency of the cards" and even the dealer said "you shouldn't be doing it, you're screwing up the order". Sigh....my excuse was, "i'm not playing until my friends start winning, and then I'll jump in." Anyways, penetration was ok...about 1.5-1.75 decks. So I'm sitting there about 4 decks through the shoe, and suddenly change $100 because of a great TC. Throw out $30, and dealt a blackjack...count is still good...so i throw out another $30, and guess what, another blackjack
...the ploppies at the end just look at me...count sux, so I'm say "that's good enough for me", and I went to chill w/ the boys...All in all, I had a good experience, learned alot, and took notes on my pocketpc. I am looking to head down there again within a couple of weeks...Does anyone know about the Borgato opening?