I guess if I had been doing this long enough, the results from last night's session wouldn't surprise me....

I'm sitting at the high-limit DD game at my local store and all of a sudden that magical window opens up. Its me heads up against the dealer (a fast one) and she sets the cut card at less than a quarter of deck! I'm thinking get ready to break out some cash and buckle up - it's gonna be a wild ride.

Over the course of the next 90 minutes she goes through maybe 10 shoes (150 hands or so) all at the same penetration (85 - 90%). The count never goes over +2 and I never played more than 2 units. I played through a lot of negative counts - no point in Wonging out since I'm the only player and it's stupidly deep pen anyway. I ended up taking a beating for the session - about a 20 unit loss from just grinding minimum bets.

I'm still shaking my head - What are the chances of no max bet opportunities given this dream setup?