| I've been hitting the BlackJack tables for
about 10 years now and with each new trip down to the c-no I always
seem to come home amazed at some of the plays people make.
With so many bad players on the floors, its no wonder why the
casinos continue to prosper. As a good friend of
mine likes to say, "if you're planning on playing that way all
night, let's head out to the parking lot and I'll deal the cards
to you because there is absolutely no way you're going to win."
The list continues to grow, but any
reasonable blackjack player has to get a kick out of these:
10. We'll start with a few basics. Who has played
with this player? "Can I split 10's here?" C'mon, why
are you breaking up a winner. Take a winning hand and savor
it!
9. For all the players that won't
hit a 12-16 vs a dealer's ten and the hundreds of times I've seen
it, this spot is for you. Its especially painful when I get
your 5 on my double down.
8. The eight spot obviously has to go
to the people with the itchy trigger finger ready to hit the
14-15-16 against the dealer's 4-5-6 card.
7. One dealer story had to make the
list. I once had a dealer push the shoe of cards off the
blackjack table, spraying cards all over the place and
stopping play for a good 25 minutes. I was playing 2 spots,
the dealer had a 6 showing, I had an eleven and a 20. It was
another battle with the pit boss but eventually he paid the whole
table.
6. I just have to laugh at any
player that pulls out the card that tells them what to do in each
situation. What do they do when its a 2 vs a 3 and the card
doesn't tell you what to do?
5. This doesn't even relate to a bad
play, just figured it had to make the list. I once had a pit
boss come over while I was winning BIG and told me to "quiet down".
What, are you kidding? I can't be happy when I'm winning?
Why don't you just take my money and kick me in the ass on the way
out.
4. The Skeeters. This is what
my friends and I call the people who gather when they hear a table
starting to get hot. You can almost feel them breathing down
your back. They feel no remorse trying to buy in when the
dealer has just broke 6 times in a row. The problem skeeters
are the ones who give YOU attitude when you ask them to wait until
the end of the shoe.
3. Now if it was just a person
hitting 17 it wouldn't come in at #3, but this is a good one. Two guys sit down at
my table, one on each side of me. The very first hand the guy in
front of me has a hard 17 vs. the dealer's 10. He's sitting
there thinking about the play and then takes a hit (wouldn't you
know it a 3 falls for 20). I'm sitting on 18 the deal comes
around and the dealer pulls 19. Of course had Mr. 17 not
taken a hit the dealer would of busted and the whole table would
have won. THE KICKER: I turn to the guy and say, "why
the hell are you hitting 17?" His other buddy sitting on my
left yells, "YOU GOTTA HIT 17 EVERY TIME".............
C'mon!!!!
2. It must have been about 4am in
the morning, looking for one run to bail me out, it was just
myself in seat#2 and another player in seat#3. I had just started
to break out, winning 5 hands in a row, however the player to my
left had lost 5 in a row. At this point he starts to get up, I
say "good luck" as I think he's leaving. No! He sits
down in seat #1. This guy has no shame and thinks he's going
to take my cards. WOW! I quickly stopped the dealer
and had 2 pit bosses on the scene to correct the situation.
It might have gotten ugly had the pit bosses not told him he
couldn't play there.
and the worst play I've ever seen......
1. I actually had the privilege of
seeing a person stay on 6 because the dealer had a 6 showing and
he didn't want to take the dealer's break card. He lost.
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