Summer 2023 Trip

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Day 1.

DD Blackjack.

Played pretty hard up to 15K in a hand. We're not in Kansas anymore! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMhrpapLTZM)

+13000

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Day 2 play.

DD Blackjack.

Up to 4000 a hand. Had some nice streaks.

+17100

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On quite a roll here.

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Day 3 play.

DD Blackjack.

Heavy action lot of 5K hands and one 10K.

+51000

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No one can hang anything on you for carrying U.S. currency.

906

Even a free money bag is provided along with the loot.

907

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Day 4 play.

Baccarat.

Still doable!

+16000

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Day 5 play.

DD Blackjack.

Just some lightweight play to qualify for something.

+2100

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Day 6 play.

DD Blackjack.

Playing waiting for dinner and a friend.

+2300

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Day 7 play.

DD Blackjack.

Was up the entire time. Gradual climb.

+6500

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Day 8 play.

DD Blackjack.

Was in the hole a tidy sum, quit when I made it back to just above even.

+130

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Day 9 play.

DD Blackjack.

Nothing excessive, easy play session.

+3500

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Day 10 play.

DD Blackjack.

Looks easy. Isn�t.

+6900

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Day 11 play.

DD Blackjack.

Just quickie.

+1500

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I started clowning a couple pit bosses with a, "How do you stay open?" line. :black_eyed:

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Day 12 play.

DD Blackjack and Baccarat.

You can�t win �em all! Oops.

It was actually a major league oops because I was down about -20 then only -3 and then very quickly to -18 and stopped.

-18000

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Day 13 play.

Baccarat.

Very heavy action with a lot of back and forth.

+3200

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On the Day 13 play I actually was trying hard to win big (or at least bigger) but it just wasn't in the cards.

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Day 14 play.

Baccarat.

Pretty much all my larger bets were winners.

+23000

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Day 15 play.

Baccarat.

Heavy duty action. Translated into heavy duty win.

+26500

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Day 16 play.

Baccarat.

Not edifying! Quite a dump.

-41000

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Day 17 play.

Baccarat.

I actually got way up, pushing +50 then dumped it all. Once back to almost even I just stopped.

+1100

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Day 18 play.

Baccarat.

Pretty solid, pretty slow and steady.

+16500

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Day 19 play.

Baccarat.

Pretty smooth.

+21000

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Day 20 play.

Baccarat.

Went south!

-35500

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Day 21 play.

DD Blackjack.

I didn�t win all my big bets but I did win the majority. Pretty quick session.

+10200

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Day 22 play.

DD Blackjack.

Pretty consistent play.

+14500

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Day 23 play.

DD Blackjack.

Took hours and hours and was ahead and back to even at least twice. There were periods when the count was ho hum but I was winning every hand (and not betting much). And then when I jammed the bet up there to the plus count sometimes I�d make it sometimes not.

+13200

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This was an interesting session. Occurred over the past year, not necessarily during the current trip. I reported it, but not all the details. I didn't want to report it too close to when it happened because I felt like the incident was memorable enough to stick in who knows whose craw for a while.

I played at a casino where I have not played in a very long time. I have a player card there, but no credit line.

I bought in for $35,000. DD Blackjack. 3:2. Regular table. Decent rules.

My min bet was 100, max 5000. I played in that range. I jammed the bet whenever the count was high enough and my total recall of every card played and the sequence of the most recent cards out, told me to jam it up there.

I was playing alone at times, with up to three other players at times.

Eventually, I declared that I was going to take every single (500) chip from the dealer's tray, and wasn't going to stop until I had them all. I wasn't collecting any 1000s, pretty much just 100s and 500s.

It took a very long time, something like ten hours of almost straight play. And there was a lot of back and forth, but eventually, with the final hand being a 5000 one I did it. Now, at this particular casino, every single (500) in the tray wasn't a fortune. But it was a lot. This wasn't one of the majors.

But what's funny is that afterwards, I ran into one of the players who had been at my table, who was surprised that I hadn't cleared many times what I cleared, as in emptied out at least all the 1000 and many of 5000 chips too, because this player mentioned that if I had played flat out there were long periods when I was winning every single hand. But, I didn't look at it that way, I was pressing only when I saw the edge.

But still, to go into a casino, declare a lofty goal, and meet it...pretty nice.

It doesn't always work out that way, or even close. But this time, it did.

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Day 23 play.

DD Blackjack.

I kept getting low cards on my 10/11 double downs - no matter what the count is, when that keeps happening, things don't work out! Sort of like...if you keep getting 12s and 16s all night, you're not going to win no matter what.

-14000

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Day 24 play.

Baccarat.

Somewhat heavy action.

+37500

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Day 25 play.

Baccarat.

Ridiculously heavy back and forth that finally ended in a losing session.

-25000