Even the session wins are not memorable. My main BP recently reminded me of two back-to-back $50k wins we had against the same dealer. I had no recollection of either session, and only vaguely remember that the two sessions did occur. You know why I don’t even remember those wins? It’s not because we’re so wealthy that $100k in a two-day period is a trivial amount of money\u2014I wish that were so! To the contrary, I think that was a significant win by almost anyone’s standards, but the sessions were completely forgettable, because there was no heat.<\/p>\n
If you have a high edge from skill, preparation, and hard work, then beating the card game is always a trivial task. The wins, even the occasional sizeable wins, are routine and numerous. Remembering wins is like remembering what you had for breakfast every day for the last decade\u2014irrelevant and quickly forgotten, or never remembered in the first place.<\/p>\n
The memorable part, for me, is the heat. Because we execute smoothly, most sessions come and go with no heat at all, or perhaps a bit of sweat (which is different from heat). Major heat is rare, serious, and stressful\u2014hence memorable. I can remember the words that were said to me from every backoff I’ve ever had (the first real one: “This is a gambling hall, but we don’t want to gamble with you, so from now on, you’re on a flat-bet.”)<\/p>\n
Most of the hands I remember are the hands where there was a heat risk, or actual heat (such as when I had Santi stand on a 12 vs. dealer Ten up, 5 in the hole at the Westward Ho). I remember how angry I was when one of my teammates hit a hard 17 in Biloxi, after he had already tucked the hand (he untucked and hit). I remember when Wheelchair split Tens at the Silver Legacy fifteen years ago. I remember seeing Wheelchair do a $500 money-plays double down on A9 v. T4 at the El Cortez back then, too. I remember having to fold something like KKA and AK3 suited against a dealer’s 876 with “cardfan” at the Hollywood in Tunica. On all of those hands, there was heat, or the potential for heat.<\/p>\n
The dealers, the sessions, the amounts–as irrelevant as past weather. Am I the only one suffering from blackjacknesia? If it weren’t for the heat, I might not remember anything at all.<\/p>\n My old BP “Santi” made a comment about one of our fabulous comeback wins, a quality game where we were down to the felt\u2014no chips, no cash, no time. Well, almost. We had a little cash, a little time, and a big edge. It really was a phenomenal comeback, a fun time, and a happy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n![\"Facebook\"](\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/96x96\/facebook.png\" "\\"Follow")
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