And so, prior to my 5th foray to the BJ pits, I had to make a decision. I absolutely wanted a hi limit table, and needed to make a decision between Casino C (2 prior visits) and Casino D, which I had not yet ventured to.

The factors were as follows. On 2 prior visits to Casino C, I recognized 1 only critter who didn’t recognize me. Regarding Casino D, it was not yet the busy weekend where I could blend in, and had to be concerned about
1. Ugly, as ugly on the outside as she is on the inside. 2. The Turk, critter on duty 7 or 8 years ago when the georgeous lady suit came down to tell me any other game but. 3. A senior Games Manager, canned from Casino C 2 or 3 years ago, now at Casino D. Certainly nice enough and present when security performed the most professional of all of my back offs, and who emphasized to me - nothing personal. Accordingly, I decided on Casino C for today, and a scouting of Casino D over the weekend.

I did not go through the main entrance (remove mask), instead opting for a side entrance (no mask removal) and proceeded to the hi limit room. My inability to secure a heads up table continued. I had a nice first shoe making about $800 with no real high bets. The second shoe was about to start when a fellow, unknown to me, sat to my left. He feigned trying to find his wallet, back counting to about 1 deck in, when he sat down with 2x100. As soon as the deck went negative, he dropped to 1x25. I reduced to 1x$50, allowing the bet to stand into negative territory, scoring a blackjack and a double before losing. Second shoe wasn’t bad making about $500. The 3rd shoe began, going immediately negative and we were both at 1x25, while the ploppy to my right was 2x50 and 100. At about RC -8, another critter walked in, whom I recalled quite well. As Tommy Smothers said - He always liked other players best. He was on the other side of the pit. I decided to bequeath the balance of the shoe to the “Unknown Player” while colouring up with the lady critter on my side of the pit.

The timing of the Wong Wasn’t the best, only about a 1.5 decks in. I’ve gone through many a similar show, ending with multiple max bets.

Regardless, after about 30 minutes of play or less, I left with a decent $1200 profit. I’m really not sure if the unknown counter pegged me or not, especially with the opposition type bets made (really not proper at that stage with my normal modus operandi)