I want to start off by saying I'm new to this forum and want to say hello to everyone. Hello everyone ????. My name is Ben and I saw a clip in a blackjack video that was pretty insane that I actually just have a question about. Without further a do...
An owner of a casino in Florida allowed a player to bet $11,300 on one hand when the table limit was $1000. Both the dealer and pit manager tried to prusuade this man to not make such a high bet before getting the owner involved. The owner said he would take the bet but that the player had to take back $100 for cab fair in case he lost. After the cards flipped the player showed 2 face cards putting him at 20. The dealer (who was now the owner who approved the large bet) showed a 2 and a 3 putting dealer at 5. At this point the owner looks at the player and offers to pay him out for $5500 to stop the hand. The player refuses and obviously isn't hitting. The dealer then starts turning over cards to try to get a 20 or a 21. Now this is where the odd part happens. First card he turns over is a 2, second card 2, third card 2, forth card 3, fifth card ace, 6th card dealer hits a 6! So now the dealer has a total of 8 cards in front of him (2 from the start and 6 additional hit cards) equaling 21! Obviously everyone who was witness to this was blown away. None more then the guy who just lost $11,300 and jumped out of his seat yelling "no way" and cussing up a storm. This was something I've never ever seen in my experience with blackjack (even though the last time I played the game I was a kid and wasn't even old enough to gamble) and it got me thinking. What are the odds of this happening?!?
I tried to find some way to figure out these odds on Google searching blackjack odds blah blah blah etc. but no sites we're really gonna help me here. Unfortunately, in this case, I'm not a math major and I couldn't possibly start to work out the odds of this happening myself. since everytime you pull a card from a deck it changes the odds of every card you could potentially pull after that, I wouldn't even know where to start with this mathematical deliema. Does anyone know the odds of this happening? Are there any mathematical geniuses out there that could help me solve this problem? I have to admit that this situation definitely made me a little skeptical and the thought directly following "what are the odds" was, did the dealer/owner cheat somehow? The man in the video, although very upset, didn't seem to think there was any foul play given his post recorded reaction and the fact he didn't mention it at all. He did have first person view of what was happening and was a little drunk at the time of the hand but from watching a lot of theater magic I know there are ways and tricks such as sleight of hand, card tucking/palming etc. of making cards do what you want them to do. I'm probably being paranoid but it's my mind's way of trying to figure out this mathematical oddity. Also, the fact that the owner moved in and replaced the dealer for this one hand on such a high bet makes it seem even more odd since ultimately it was his money on the line.
Cheers and thanks in advance to anyone who posts trying to help solve this riddle. And I guess the most apt thing to say on a forum such as this is good luck! Happy gambling!
Bookmarks