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Holy nuts, did I ever see some stupid-bad playing in Vegas. I'm not
talking about sitting at a bar and having to listen to dueling pianos
butcher The Cure's "Friday I'm In Love" (well, at least I wasn't losing
more money at the tables, I guess), but rather egregiously stupid
blackjack playing.
Exhibit A: We sit down at a table where one guy
has been playing for awhile. We play a few hands and nothing seems
amiss. The guy blows through the few chips he has in front of him and
then cashes in for another $100. He proceeds to bet $50 on the next hand
(we're at a $5 table, mind you) and is promptly dealt a 13. The dealer
is showing a bust card, a 6. We go around the table and every
stays--except for him. He pushes his other 50 bucks in chips out
there and declares he'd like to double. On a 13. Against a
dealer's 6. Jeez. The dealer, of course, asks him if that's what he'd
really like to do. He says, "Yes, I do. I'm the crazy one." Yeah, no
shit, dude. Amazingly, the guy is dealt a 3 and he doesn't bust.
However, the dealer turns over a 4 and then a 10 and it's all over.
Dumbass just lost himself $100 in less than 45 seconds. Thankfully, he
leaves the table and we all shake our heads in disbelief.
Exhibit B: We're playing at a $10 table and a
guy sits down at an open seat at the end of the table. As with Exhibit
A, everything seems fine for a few hands. And then the guy is dealt a
pair of kings. The dealer has a 10. Yup, you can see what's coming.
Amidst our howls of "Nooooo!" the guy decides he'd like to split his
10's, which, as you may know, is the Cardinal Sin of Blackjack. Well,
Dumbass #2 gets a 6 on top of the first king and now has 16. Against the
dealer's 10. He stays. On his other king, he's dealt another 6.
He stays again. Well, naturally, the dealer turns over a jack for
a nice 20 and the guy loses both hands. I immediately tell the dealer
that I'd like to sit out for a bit. Fortunately, Dumbass #2 loses the
rest of his money in short order and is off to play slots or, hopefully,
play on the freeway. Good fucking riddance.
And do you know what? These morons are probably
the same people who complain about gas prices. |
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