A whole new bad beat

[SNutizzle]

Alright, in my new job, I can't really get bad beats bestowed upon me, but man, can I sure deal them out. Check out this one from yesterday. Perhaps the worst blackjack result I have EVER seen.

Guy bets $50 in the circle. He is dealt:



My exposed hole card is a 5. I'd show you an image, but my post is limited to 20 images and we can leave this out for now for the sake of posting, since you are all aware of what a 5 looks like!


The recommended play when I show a bust is either to stay, or split them up for another $50. He decides to split. His next card, strangely enough is:



He splits again. So we go back to the first card. His hand becomes:

for 18.

Next hand becomes:

so he doubles down for another $50. He adds for a 20.

Next hand becomes:

I can't believe it, another freaking red 7. This is his last option to split, so he puts up the next $50 and now he has a 4 way split of 7s. That is the limit on all cards but aces (4 ways). He gets a on the first one for 17.

On the last hand, it becomes:



He doubles down for his last $50 and is dealt a for 19.

So let's recap. He has 7s split 4 ways ($200) and 2 double downs ($100) with hands totaling 17, 17, 19 and 20

It becomes MY turn to draw. Here is my sequence of cards. Remember that I have to hit soft 17 (which I had after the 3rd card) and the 5 after that takes the hand back to 12, at which point I'm due to bust, since there have been NO face cards. Here we go:



For those who don't get the math......the 6 on the end made me 21.

This guy loses $300 on one hand at a $5 blackjack table. He jumps up, yells "are you f**king kidding me?!?!?" It was my first moment at this job where my blood ran ice cold and all I wanted to do was disappear under the table.

In sum, I am the ultimate cooler.

[ohpokergal]

OMG....

Blackjack is an EVIL game! That sucks.....

You missed out on a potential HUGE tip there too, so NOBODY wins when the gambling gods say "NO WAY, Suckah"!

[Kojangie]

Rigged. You rigger.

[Chipless Wonder]

Full Tilt Blackjack is so rigged.

Seriously, I don't know Blackjack odds, but that one HAS to be pretty remote!

[SNutizzle]

You missed out on a potential HUGE tip there too, so NOBODY wins when the gambling gods say "NO WAY, Suckah"!

Yea, no shit. That tip would have been nice. Instead I get an eff bomb dropped on me.

[MJ21]

Ok Stacey, come clean! They must show you dealers something in Blackjack School to make those kinds of things happen! I love Blackjack and have logged many hours - I have seen it all! I had that same sort of thing happen to me once with 8s. I had 20s and nineteens with doubles and the dealer hit 21 with what seemed liked 15 cards ( ok maybe 5 or 6 cards) but it sucked! I have also had good experiences where it all works and the dealer bust (like their supposed to) and then you make out really well on hands like that! It's kind of like poker you get bad beats but you also get lucky too so hopefully it all even outs. The key is money management! I bet about 90% of the people you deal to go bust! I will be in Vegas in September - I will play against you but don't pull any stunts like that!

[dicemanj]

I must say that I saw nothing like that last week when I was in Vegas

Keep up the good work :-)

[SNutizzle]

I will be in Vegas in September - I will play against you but don't pull any stunts like that!

Great, let me know when so I can get it out of my system before you play with me!!

[SNutizzle]

I must say that I saw nothing like that last week when I was in Vegas

Keep up the good work :-)

You were one of the rare lucky ones. For the most part, I have been killing people left and right. Yet they still tip me. I guess it pays to be nice and have fun (even if you're taking people's money)

[Xwisit]

I don't know much about Black Jack, but isn't there one version of it where 777 is a jackpot or bonus type thing?