Interesting story from Australia…

[davethebuilder]

Some time ago after a long working week I found myself sitting in a quiet corner on the main floor of my local casino playing 6 deck NHC(BB+1), 3:2, S17, CSM Blackjack. There is nothing remarkable about this game as it has a house edge of around 0.54 but I was up around $400, the dealer was friendly and the waitress attentive so I was happy.

Along comes a well dressed middle aged woman who I had never seen before and requests a private table. Since she had a sizable bankroll the casino readily agreed and an area was roped off for her and a fresh dealer appeared. The table limits were $50 - $2,000 per box and as far as I could tell she was sitting down to play the same game as me. My curiosity was aroused because she did not want to go upstairs to a shoe game, she was quite happy with the CSM. So play starts as normal, betting the table minimum and from what I could see playing Basic Strategy. Then after a while she spreads to all seven boxes but still at low limits. This continues for a while then all of a sudden she is betting table max. on all seven boxes. That’s $14,000 per round! This gets the attention of the supervisor and shortly afterwards a few suits appear. On she goes, varying her bet sizes and soon after she is up $50,000! Now the suits are clearly concerned. I’m sure the EITS is working overtime and the table is getting a lot of attention. Then just as quickly she thanks the dealer and decides to leave, coloured up, cashed in her chips and the game is over. It all happened in around an hour and I have never seen this woman again.

So did she just get lucky or was there more to it? Your thoughts…