TALES FROM THE PIT..........TRUE BJ STORIES!

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phantom007

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99% of those who file Bankruptcy do it WRONG! Most file too early, when they could still salvage property and/or reputation. Most of the rest do it too late...when you have nothing, why bother?

I planned to be in the top 1%!

I ended up in the top 2%.

I borrowed lots of $, to place lots of Towel-heads in medial practie. When they got "their Green Card", they left, and left me holding the debt!

But they also left me holding their "Accounts Receibables". Most of same is now held by GS in Tunica, and SD in LV.

They left me with debt that I could not pay, but with the said $, for a few months, I WAS A HIGH ROLLER!

ANYHOW, with lots of CASH $ which were mine, but not mine, of course:

---I bought in for $2k, and lost it within 2 hours.

---I re-bought in for $2k, and parlayed it up to about $30K.

WHEN I was about $30K ahead, I vaguely remember making 2 bets of $5,000./each, and getting BJ on each! But by now, I was about 20 hours into this session, and SH++T-FACED!

A FRIENDLY PC came up and told me that "I was one of their best players, and it was time for me to go to bed (at 6am)"...he knew that I was "throwing it away". Thanks to him, I finished 2002 on a POSITIVE BJ Note, despite other negative conotations as noted above.

I showed you mine...

phantom007.
 
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SammyBoy

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A couple weeks ago I was playing in a Mississippi casino. Single deck good rules fair penetration. I was getting hammered pretty good, but I did not allow the losing to affect my emotional state. I stayed positive and just kept telling myself it will turn around. I also continued to remind myself that I have lots of bankroll in reserve, these losses do not affect my well being. I continued to make my big bets when appropriate, and continued to catch stiff hands, aces on my doubled eleven and other bad cards on doubled hands. This was becoming a marathon session going on six hours in the same joint. This is a place I have played often and am an overall loser there as a counter as well as a ploppy (before learning to count). I've made a good run at them in the last couple of months and would be ahead very soon, if I were not relocating. With this in mind, I started to wonder why I had never experienced any heat or have never been backed off. I play with no cover when the PC's are not watching and some when they sit there and watch the table. The cover I use when I do use it is not to make stupid plays, but to not drastically increase my bets when the count calls for it. I do it more gradually (ploppy like). After taking a short break I decided that I would attempt a "Hail Mary" comeback when the opportunity presented itself.

The spread I use is about the maximum I've heard people talk about using safely in single deck. I decided it was time to push the envelope, so I doubled the spread I normally use. It was getting very late and the place was emptying out. After a while I was playing heads up with what I would call great penetration, at times 35+ cards being dealt. I was still losing and was down to my last few chips on the table which represented 2 big bets with my normal spread. After losing 3 consecutive bets in positive counts, the count was as high as I had seen it all night. I said "screw it" like a ploppy would and put it all in the betting circle, the dealer calls "checks play", but the pit could care less. Wouldn't you know it I get a snapper. For the next 15 minutes I win 80% of the hands and have pulled myself out of the hole. Now that I am actually ahead and have a mountain of chips in front of me I notice that the pit is scrambling around like there is a national emergency. The next thing I know there are at least 4 suits watching me like I'm a known shoplifter in a department store. This is not paranoia, they are watching ME, not the table, and from all different angles. I look up and their eyes are always on me. They're on the phone, huddling up in conferences, but at all times one of them has their eye on me. I played for 2 more hours, basically backing myself off by going back to my normal spread while they were watching and not jumping my bets up too quickly. I also flat bet a few rounds and did not count the cards.

After this session I'm left with lots of questions. Why did they not confront me? Will they confront me in the future? I may go back one more time before I move just to see. Are they totally incompetent? Were they only watching me because I won so much money in a short period of time? Do they know I'm a counter but think I can't hurt them yet because of my red chip play? Will they review my play on tape later and stop me next time I go in?

I know it was probably not a good move to use the Hail Mary play, but I figured so what, I will probably never go back there again for a long time. I'm not a pro, so if I do get barred so what. The ironic thing is that many of the ploppies there consider me a bad player and actually leave the table when I show up. I'm the guy that always takes the dealers bust card or splits too much. :)

I would love to hear any and all comments about my post.
 
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SammyBoy

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Went Back

Was not 86'd or backed off. Spread big early with a different crew. Later the crew from a few weeks ago was back. They didn't watch me until I started winning. It's apparent they are clueless. I will try to hit them for the BIG Score this weekend.
 
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