I am at a DD game, $25 min in HL room on a slow Monday night playing with one ploppy flat betting a Black chip and am down $900+, an Asian lady sits down in the middle. She is accompanied by an entourage ( probably spouse and another two couples.
I decide its its going to be my last shoe because the game with 3 players is marginal at best. We get to the last round f the DD, count is TC+5. My normal max bet is $150 but I pluck down my entire 8 Green Chips in front of me, get up, telling the dealer not to give me a double down or split, I don't want to lose any more.
thanks to you guys and guys on the other forum who had ridiculed me for doubling for less or not splitting when max bet was out, i had learned some stuff.
Dealer has a 9 up, First guy gets a 10,3, hits, gets an Ace, hits again, gets a 5. The lady in the middle stays with a 20, I get a pair of 9's. I think of what all you pros would say if I stood on my pair of 9's, groan and start digging out a couple of $100 bills. The dealer says I should not spli a good hand, the lady and the entourage make stupid negative comments and about not splitting unless dealer has a bust card. I split, $200 on each nine. First 9, I get an 8 for 17, second 9, I get an Ace for a 20. Dealer has a 4 under his 9 and everyone is very happy I split because the dealer would have gotten an 8 and made 21. Dealer hits his 9,4 with a 10 and I win my split. Folks congratulate me and I now have made up most of my losses.
As, I gather my chips and still sitting there when dealer takes out decks from ASM, someone cuts the cards and dealer carefully cuts the decks in half (He had been cutting about 70%), then looks at me to place my bet but I smile, say I told you I was going home, and leave grinning even if I lost about $300 in the session.
Thanks to many of you for scolding me when there were times I made mistakes, stood rather than double against a 9,10 or Ace or doubled for less, refuse to split or hit because they f max bet out. Getting better.
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