WINDAR
02-06-2008, 07:36 PM
What are your experiences with blackjack? How did you begin? What did you win?
I found a blackjack DVD for four dollars in a final-sale junk box in a department store. I learned how to play blackjack and taught myself basic blackjack and I practiced for six months. Then I went to my first casino with $100. I sat at a table that had a minimum $10 bet to maximum bet of $100. I put $60 on the table and in about two hours I turned it into $300. Then I lost it all along with the $40 that I still had in my pocket. My mistake was that I waited too long which is what the casino wanted. They kept putting my name into a drawing for an unknown something and the drawing was to take place at eleven o'clock. Somehow I missed the drawing. I should have left when I became bored and started making mistakes, but still had a profit. I do not care for drawings anymore because they are for cheap jerseys and baseball caps.
My second visit to a casino was a bad one because I was dead tired. I worked three shifts at two jobs with a three hour sleep after the first two shifts. The three hours sleep did nothing for me. At the 37.5 hour mark my friend dragged me to the casino. Before we went to the casino, I proved to my friend how good I was at blackjack. On a computer I played several hands of blackjack and won 35 out of 50 hands of blackjack (not including ties between me and the dealer). Also, on my kitchen table we played blackjack with six decks of cards with my friend as the dealer and me playing two hands of blackjack at the same time. We played as though we were at a $5/$50 table. I made a $400 profit in about 30 minutes. At the casino $5/$50 table, I started with $700 and went home with $240. I was too tired to play properly and I know that I made at least five mistakes and most of the time I could not remember how much my previous bet was. I fell asleep several times at the blackjack table as well. At closing time, a lady came to our table and told us that after three hands of blackjack that our table would be closed. I decided to wake up. In those last three hands of blackjack I turned my last $50 into $240 and then me and my friend went home to sleep. I learned that you never play blackjack when you are tired.
For my third visit to a casino I took $400 with me and came home with $70. At a $5/$50 table I made a $95 profit and then I made a mistake. My mistake was letting my friend drag me to a table called Extreme 21. Basic blackjack strategy does not work on Extreme 21. I made about $200 profit and then started losing it during long losing streaks because I was bored and I was accidently using basic blackjack strategy too often. I won't be playing extreme 21 anymore.
When I go to a casino now, I try my best to make a $200 profit without getting bored or falling asleep and I stick to a regular blackjack table ($5/$50 or $10/$100). And I do not care for drawings for jerseys and baseball caps. I am still practicing blackjack at home and I am trying to figure out a way around losing streaks which can last through seven to eleven hands of blackjack. Normally with basic strategy losing streaks are only two to four hands long and if you manage your money good you can make a profit even if the losing streak is five hands long. As for card counting, I do not do that yet . I am still having fun and good luck with basic strategy and good guessing, and doubling down.
So, What are your first experiences with blackjack? How did you begin? What did you win?
At the casino in my neighbourhood I am now a good player and I make a profit almost every time. At my last visit I sat at a $5/$50 table ($5 minimum, $50 maximum bet). Starting with $500, I made a $215 profit then decided to leave the casino. However, my favorite chair at the $10/$100 table was open so I decided to try for another $100 profit. Because of a losing streak I lost $300, but later won $225 and therefore went home with $640 for a $140 profit. What is exciting is that if I had not lost the $300 then my profit would have been $440. The future looks good.
Just one more thing: when I play at a $5 table I always try to keep my bets around $5 and never more than $25. Gota go.
I found a blackjack DVD for four dollars in a final-sale junk box in a department store. I learned how to play blackjack and taught myself basic blackjack and I practiced for six months. Then I went to my first casino with $100. I sat at a table that had a minimum $10 bet to maximum bet of $100. I put $60 on the table and in about two hours I turned it into $300. Then I lost it all along with the $40 that I still had in my pocket. My mistake was that I waited too long which is what the casino wanted. They kept putting my name into a drawing for an unknown something and the drawing was to take place at eleven o'clock. Somehow I missed the drawing. I should have left when I became bored and started making mistakes, but still had a profit. I do not care for drawings anymore because they are for cheap jerseys and baseball caps.
My second visit to a casino was a bad one because I was dead tired. I worked three shifts at two jobs with a three hour sleep after the first two shifts. The three hours sleep did nothing for me. At the 37.5 hour mark my friend dragged me to the casino. Before we went to the casino, I proved to my friend how good I was at blackjack. On a computer I played several hands of blackjack and won 35 out of 50 hands of blackjack (not including ties between me and the dealer). Also, on my kitchen table we played blackjack with six decks of cards with my friend as the dealer and me playing two hands of blackjack at the same time. We played as though we were at a $5/$50 table. I made a $400 profit in about 30 minutes. At the casino $5/$50 table, I started with $700 and went home with $240. I was too tired to play properly and I know that I made at least five mistakes and most of the time I could not remember how much my previous bet was. I fell asleep several times at the blackjack table as well. At closing time, a lady came to our table and told us that after three hands of blackjack that our table would be closed. I decided to wake up. In those last three hands of blackjack I turned my last $50 into $240 and then me and my friend went home to sleep. I learned that you never play blackjack when you are tired.
For my third visit to a casino I took $400 with me and came home with $70. At a $5/$50 table I made a $95 profit and then I made a mistake. My mistake was letting my friend drag me to a table called Extreme 21. Basic blackjack strategy does not work on Extreme 21. I made about $200 profit and then started losing it during long losing streaks because I was bored and I was accidently using basic blackjack strategy too often. I won't be playing extreme 21 anymore.
When I go to a casino now, I try my best to make a $200 profit without getting bored or falling asleep and I stick to a regular blackjack table ($5/$50 or $10/$100). And I do not care for drawings for jerseys and baseball caps. I am still practicing blackjack at home and I am trying to figure out a way around losing streaks which can last through seven to eleven hands of blackjack. Normally with basic strategy losing streaks are only two to four hands long and if you manage your money good you can make a profit even if the losing streak is five hands long. As for card counting, I do not do that yet . I am still having fun and good luck with basic strategy and good guessing, and doubling down.
So, What are your first experiences with blackjack? How did you begin? What did you win?
At the casino in my neighbourhood I am now a good player and I make a profit almost every time. At my last visit I sat at a $5/$50 table ($5 minimum, $50 maximum bet). Starting with $500, I made a $215 profit then decided to leave the casino. However, my favorite chair at the $10/$100 table was open so I decided to try for another $100 profit. Because of a losing streak I lost $300, but later won $225 and therefore went home with $640 for a $140 profit. What is exciting is that if I had not lost the $300 then my profit would have been $440. The future looks good.
Just one more thing: when I play at a $5 table I always try to keep my bets around $5 and never more than $25. Gota go.