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Fall 2022 Vegas trip
Let's get right to it!
Day 1 play.
Baccarat.
Wasn�t playing too hard but a hand came up where I knew the first card coming out to Player. However it wasn�t a card that would necessarily give Player an advantage. It was a card that would help Player only if the other card dealt to it was a high card and a lot of those had been eaten up recently.
I put a massive bet on Bank but the dealer talked me out of it. Lol. �Come on ____ this shoe isn�t that great. It�s all over the place.�
Of course the dealer didn�t know what I knew but anyway I reduced the bet to $10,000. Dealer asked, �Are you sure?� No you�re never sure!
So I pulled the bet and free handed it. Sure enough Bank won with a natural 8 via two relatively smaller cards and Player got the card I already knew it would get plus a crappy little card. Can�t be letting dealers talk me out of what I already know.
Still - in Baccarat knowing just one card isn�t the be all or end all. Any two cards may add up to a Natural. But - give any Bacc player the opportunity to know the first card out the gate and if they�ve been tracking every single card dealt (assuming they are capable of doing that in the first place) - that piece of info might add up to something.
Anyway that was pretty much the only time I knew exactly what was coming during a short session. Still won. Just won a lot less than I might�ve.
+7600
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Day 2 play.
Baccarat.
Got more than a little ahead of myself, lost some keys hands, practically to the felt with what I had pulled, rallied, still ended behind and called it a day.
-18000
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Day 3 play.
Baccarat.
A Lot. Of. Action.
Three separate sessions. Won all three, on the second one I really could have cleaned up but I was started to get tired.
Tired or not I still played a third session, and added a bit more to the coffers.
+41000
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Day 4 play.
Baccarat.
Three separate sessions in different casinos. First two I won about what I should have based on how things were going third shoe I really should have cleaned up but I wasn�t taking advantage as much as I should have been. Still, it amounted to using all three casinos as my personal ATM on yet another day.
+14200
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Here are the net winnings from a couple of those sessions, does fit in the cash bag I brought with me this trip.
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Move to the side a little bit so you can get a CLEAR picture - Can you see it?
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One of the casinos let me cash out without temp closing my line, one of them never closes my line no matter how much I cash out and at the others the cashouts were relatively small (just under 5K per) each time so no effect on my line.
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Day 5 play.
Baccarat.
Was up a little at a couple points but mostly down, never got back to even, hate to admit it - but was Chasing some. Finally just ended the session, as no advantage was forthcoming.
-21000
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Day 6 play.
Baccarat.
Back on track. Some big bets mostly winners.
+11200
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Day 7 play.
Baccarat.
Two sessions. Won pretty well at one came back from well behind to win a little at the other.
Two cute girls wandered into the back area and sat at my table, not realizing it was reserved. The pit boss was about to chase them off when I said, No, I believe I can hang out with you fellas for a little while, so I let them stay and they didn't win anything, but they didn't lose either. After I won, I left and told the pit boss they could keep playing at my table if they wanted.
I got their names but left it at that. It was just fun to watch them in action, was all, because they got so into the game.
+7700
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Day 8 play.
Baccarat.
Two sessions. First one, betting like a madman, won very little. The bit bets mostly cancelled out. Second session, barely betting, won a decent sum.
Just the way it goes sometimes.
+6300
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Day 9 play.
Baccarat.
Three monster sessions, two at the same casino. First one was a big loser, second session fairly big winner, third one got me close to even for the day but not quite.
I was betting pretty heavily throughout.
-11000
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Day 10 play.
Baccarat.
Small winner but back on track.
+6200
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Day 10 play.
Baccarat.
Two separate sessions. First easy win. Second back and forth to end up winning a little.
+7100
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Day 11 play.
Baccarat.
One advantage hand came up. Knew the first card out would be an 8. Bet Player, somewhat high bet, $6000., did receive the 8, with a face card, so that was good. However, Bank received a 9, luckily matched with a 5, so that was that, Player win with a Natural 8.
Rest of the shoes, no advantage hands but I won anyway.
+13200
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As far as trying to win big or small per day - when I go out to "work" I think to myself, Maan should I really just keep it at just a few K or five K or whatever? What if today is the day they "get me" and a week of three Ks are eaten up at once? shouldn't I build a better cushion against that possibility?
And it does take discipline to win a relatively small amount quickly and then just walk away. But all those smaller sums do add up.
Coincidentally, I ran into one of the local "3K a day" players I know, who said was still going strong. I mentioned that I have a hard time accepting a 3K win, and for me, minimum 5K is more like it, and said, Well, you definitely have the bankroll, so for you, 5K or more might be it.
Let's hope anyway!
It is definitely easier to win less than to win more.
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Day 12 play.
Baccarat.
I actually LOST the expected win hand, but I still won anyway. I was never behind on the session, but never ahead massively either. Slow and steady is the name of the game I'm playing lately.
+6500
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Day 13 play.
Baccarat.
MULTIPLE heavy duty sessions, never quite got ahead.
-16200
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Day 14 play.
Baccarat.
Ground it out, won.
+7400
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Break from the action is sometimes good as the ups and downs may get ta ya'!
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Day 15 play.
Baccarat.
Was playing pretty hard and was up as much as 16000 but I made it out with a clean 11K or so.
+11400
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Day 16 play.
Baccarat.
Maybe ten minute session. These are the ones where you wish you hadn�t just been fooling around on the way to dinner.
+4200
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Day 17 play.
Baccarat.
No heavy duty play, largest bet was 2500. Played a few shoes.
+9300
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Day 18 play.
Baccarat.
Heavy duty action! to the limit at times. More than a few advantage hands almost all of them winners.
+110000
Any questions?
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No one can hang anything on you for carrying U.S. currency.
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Day 19 play.
Baccarat.
Pretty mellow couple of sessions. Before and after dinner.
+23000
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Day 20 play.
Some pretty heavy action. At least a few advantage hands.
Goood consistency.
+37000
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Day 21 play.
Baccarat.
Very heavy duty action similar to Day 18 play where I came back from almost total loss of large winner. But this time once back I just stopped.
+2000
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Day 22 play.
Baccarat.
Another heavy duty action day with some advantage hands.
+23000
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Day 23 play.
Baccarat.
Plodding along, with some back and forth.
+11000
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Day 24 play.
Baccarat.
Two separate sessions, both good although was down more than a bit at one point in the first.
+20000
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Day 25 play.
Baccarat.
There was a period when I was winning every hand, about a dozen in a row. I was down a decent chunk at one point but that winning streak plus some other nice winning advantage hands, took the win home.
+27500
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Day 26 play.
Really bad wipeout day. I was actually ahead something like +11K and then just got in a major downward spiral. Really bad sessions.
-61000
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Day 27 play.
Baccarat.
Took it easy won some.
+6500
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I�m still upset about the Day 26 play not just because I lost but because I was ahead a good sum then - wiped out. That�s no way to be.
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Day 28 play.
Baccarat.
Over a dozen shoes ground it out. Goal was to overcome the Day 26 loss and eventually, I made it.
+61000
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Major Vegas windstorm incoming.
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Although I prefer to play alone, there is something to be said for playing at public Baccarat tables. At a recent session I placed a very high bet on Bank. Every other player at the table put a much smaller bet, also on Bank. The dealer pointed out that "Everyone here supports you."
At Baccarat, especially among Asians, the concept of "support" for the high wager has a revered status, which signifies not just that everyone agrees with your post, but even that unseen forces are being directed your way to give you luck. Personally, I think the "luck" or skill of Baccarat concerns picking the right hand, and does not go beyond that, but most Baccarat players, and Asians in particular believe that the cards will actually change in your favor in your hands if your are lucky, and against you if you are unlucky.
That day, with that beyond table limit bet, I drew a 7 on Bank, Player had a 1 and the dealer drew an ace to finish the hand with a Bank win. The entire table roared with approval, and granted, each person was happy that his or her bet also had won, but that sort of raucous cheering resulted from the dollar amount of my bet, from their support of my large bet. That sort of camaraderie is something that you experience at a Baccarat table when everyone is betting and winning together, and there is nothing like it when the cards are falling in your favor.
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Day 29 play.
Baccarat.
Got up a solid 25K or so, then had a series of bad hands, lost it all and then some.
-35000
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Day 30 play.
Baccarat.
I was actually playing pretty hard but didn't manage to win a whole lot considering the average bets.
+15000
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Day 31 play.
Baccarat.
Lonng session punctuated by a sumptuous lunch and dinner.
Booyah!
+77000
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Day 32 play.
Baccarat.
Some heavy action. Very heavy. Was up about +15 then down -30 or so then rallied from there after I hit a 1000 tie bet and 20K Bank winner back to back to move back on up.
+23000