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Viva Las Atlantic City
Oct. 21st, 2007 03:24 pmWell, I am no longer a gambling virgin. This was the first time I went to a casino planning to actually spend time gambling. My choice was blackjack.
I was lucky since we managed to get a $15 table for all 5 of us, and my friends spent half the time correcting me and telling me what to do. Amazingly, dealers are very nice about this and give you a good advice on how to win. Makes sense since I'm tipping them when I win.
Huge thanks to Connie and especially Tim, who, with a patience of a Buddhist monk, didn't lose his temper with me doing all kinds wrong moves and continued to teach me.
Since I forgot to take cash in New York, I started playing with $100 I borrowed. In two and a half hours that $100 became $1100, but took me a little while to understand that the lucky streak has ran out so I ended up with a positive saldo of $800. That minus the debt brought me $700 of pure profit since I walked away from the table and didn't continue gambling. Some may say that's lame, but I felt that the unbelievably lucky streak I had (20s and blackjacks on splits and double-downs) for over two hours had ended, and it felt like continuing would be a waste. I will now have to buy Connie and Tim drinks since most of the money I won using their advice.
All in all this was a great weekend - fun, good food, good company and money to boot.
I was lucky since we managed to get a $15 table for all 5 of us, and my friends spent half the time correcting me and telling me what to do. Amazingly, dealers are very nice about this and give you a good advice on how to win. Makes sense since I'm tipping them when I win.
Huge thanks to Connie and especially Tim, who, with a patience of a Buddhist monk, didn't lose his temper with me doing all kinds wrong moves and continued to teach me.
Since I forgot to take cash in New York, I started playing with $100 I borrowed. In two and a half hours that $100 became $1100, but took me a little while to understand that the lucky streak has ran out so I ended up with a positive saldo of $800. That minus the debt brought me $700 of pure profit since I walked away from the table and didn't continue gambling. Some may say that's lame, but I felt that the unbelievably lucky streak I had (20s and blackjacks on splits and double-downs) for over two hours had ended, and it felt like continuing would be a waste. I will now have to buy Connie and Tim drinks since most of the money I won using their advice.
All in all this was a great weekend - fun, good food, good company and money to boot.