phantom007
Well-Known Member
Yes, I got flat bet during recent Tunica trip, playing PROGRESSIVE BJ. I had not planned it; my plan was to play SD and DD, count, play, bet, and insure appropriately.
The trip began as do most all of my monthly "trips down south". Check-in, go to room, inventory stuff to take (soap, shampoo, shower cap, TP), then go to work. It was a weekend night, and busy. All of the $10 SD and DD tables were Standing Room Only, and even though my B/R is now at 1200 Units (@$10/unit), I did not have a comfort level hitting the less crowded $25 tables...upcoming 10 day LV trip, you know, got to have ALL them Units!
However, several $5-10 6D tables to choose from, with zero to 2 other players at each. I rarely play 6D in Tunica, but a certain party (from the Boards) had asked me to obtain some info. for him, and what better way to obtain it than to play the game. I settled in to an open game...starting out with one hand of $10, then dropping down to one hand of $5 in Neg. Cts, and up to two hands of $30-40 as appropriate.
The Cts. went up, the Cts. went down, and my B/R just went down...about 2 hours into this, I was buying in for my 2nd $600. And about this time, Dealer (while shuffling) nodded with his head to the FP to come over. When he did, the Dealer nodded in my direction, and I think said "survelience".
Surely not...boy am I getting paranoid!
I played on for about another 2 hours, same system, no problem...kept losing! Had about $92.50 of my original $1200 buy-in left, and time for bed. The smart play (yes I realize that I have already violated numerous smart plays above) at this point was to pocket the remainder, and return to play another day.
So MY play? Of course, Barber Pole bet the $92.50 on one spot. The Ct. was Pos., and I drew a 6,5 against the Dealer's 6-up. Normally GREAT! But now I was digging into my billfold of "Non-BJ $" to make the DD (my "play $" were in the room safe, and I did not think they would want to wait for me to go get it).
WON! I drew a 10, AND the Dealer busted.
Oh what the Hell...let's play Progressive BJ, and try to get back to even. Stopped CC'ing, went to two hands of $50, and pressed $25 after each win. Both hands seemed to come to life...multiple consecutive wins on both. Within 1/2 hour, I had exceeded "even", and was now $2k ahead!
AND I WAS NOT COUNTING! Well, not really. I was making one adjustment...if I had seen a flurry of 10's and A's on the last hand (this was now a full table), I would drop my bet to $10, even though my Progressive bet at times exceeded $200. I would play the $10 a time or two, until the deck "neutralized", then replace my "big progressed" bet just like nothing had happened.
I did not get "THE TAP"...I got "THE HANDSHAKE": "Hi Mr. Phantom. My name is Mr. X. I am the casino manager. You are a very good BJ player. I am afraid that we must ask you to Flat Bet from this point on."
I decided not to play stupid (of course, most of my actions all night had been stupid), and simply asked "Well...Okay....Uhhh.....How much can I bet?"
"Any amount within the table limits," he responded, "you just can't raise and lower your bets anymore. Whatever amount you bet this very next hand, must be your bet from now on."
I chose a nice round # (above my B/R limits statistically), flat bet for another hour, and won another $1k!
Up $3k, without CC'ing!
And a little bottle of shampoo, a roll of TP, two bars of soap, a shower cap...
phantom007.
The trip began as do most all of my monthly "trips down south". Check-in, go to room, inventory stuff to take (soap, shampoo, shower cap, TP), then go to work. It was a weekend night, and busy. All of the $10 SD and DD tables were Standing Room Only, and even though my B/R is now at 1200 Units (@$10/unit), I did not have a comfort level hitting the less crowded $25 tables...upcoming 10 day LV trip, you know, got to have ALL them Units!
However, several $5-10 6D tables to choose from, with zero to 2 other players at each. I rarely play 6D in Tunica, but a certain party (from the Boards) had asked me to obtain some info. for him, and what better way to obtain it than to play the game. I settled in to an open game...starting out with one hand of $10, then dropping down to one hand of $5 in Neg. Cts, and up to two hands of $30-40 as appropriate.
The Cts. went up, the Cts. went down, and my B/R just went down...about 2 hours into this, I was buying in for my 2nd $600. And about this time, Dealer (while shuffling) nodded with his head to the FP to come over. When he did, the Dealer nodded in my direction, and I think said "survelience".
Surely not...boy am I getting paranoid!
I played on for about another 2 hours, same system, no problem...kept losing! Had about $92.50 of my original $1200 buy-in left, and time for bed. The smart play (yes I realize that I have already violated numerous smart plays above) at this point was to pocket the remainder, and return to play another day.
So MY play? Of course, Barber Pole bet the $92.50 on one spot. The Ct. was Pos., and I drew a 6,5 against the Dealer's 6-up. Normally GREAT! But now I was digging into my billfold of "Non-BJ $" to make the DD (my "play $" were in the room safe, and I did not think they would want to wait for me to go get it).
WON! I drew a 10, AND the Dealer busted.
Oh what the Hell...let's play Progressive BJ, and try to get back to even. Stopped CC'ing, went to two hands of $50, and pressed $25 after each win. Both hands seemed to come to life...multiple consecutive wins on both. Within 1/2 hour, I had exceeded "even", and was now $2k ahead!
AND I WAS NOT COUNTING! Well, not really. I was making one adjustment...if I had seen a flurry of 10's and A's on the last hand (this was now a full table), I would drop my bet to $10, even though my Progressive bet at times exceeded $200. I would play the $10 a time or two, until the deck "neutralized", then replace my "big progressed" bet just like nothing had happened.
I did not get "THE TAP"...I got "THE HANDSHAKE": "Hi Mr. Phantom. My name is Mr. X. I am the casino manager. You are a very good BJ player. I am afraid that we must ask you to Flat Bet from this point on."
I decided not to play stupid (of course, most of my actions all night had been stupid), and simply asked "Well...Okay....Uhhh.....How much can I bet?"
"Any amount within the table limits," he responded, "you just can't raise and lower your bets anymore. Whatever amount you bet this very next hand, must be your bet from now on."
I chose a nice round # (above my B/R limits statistically), flat bet for another hour, and won another $1k!
Up $3k, without CC'ing!
And a little bottle of shampoo, a roll of TP, two bars of soap, a shower cap...
phantom007.