Lady Variance, I am Thy Bitch

When I first read Scurvy’s guide to profiting from Casino bonuses, I was quite perplexed by his comments regarding the role that variance plays in Blackjack. We obviously all know how cruel that bitch can be in Poker, but in Blackjack?

Oh hell yeah...

How so? I’d say I’m approximately 75 hands away from busting out completely of William Hill Casino, if that. How did it happen? If only I knew. I’ve simply been running ice cold. I follow the stupid BS strategy chart and make 1$ bets. It just seems every single hand that I’ve been playing, the dealer is showing an Ace or a King has an upcard. If I hit 21, he ties. I get 20, he ends up with 21. 19, he has 20, etc.

400 hands to go, down to my last 50$ (Out of 180$), I can’t wait to see how this will end up. (Hint: I think it’s spelled B-U-S-T-O)

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Played the WWDN last night, again, fairly poorly. Impatience and blatant stupidity were the main culprits of my downfall this time. I couldn’t get ANYTHING going, card dead, rarely finding a spot to steal some blinds, etc. I finally met my demise when I pushed 95s from the BB on a re-steal after a button raise from Bdidde. He had been raising a lot of pots so I figured I’d look him up. While I was only a 3 to 2 dog to his AK, his flopped Ace + four nut flush put a damper on my meagre hopes quite quickly.

I’m a such a donkey...

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I miss Poker.

More specifically, I miss grinding the cash games. On the + side, I stuck to my guns and worked on the Casino Bonuses this month but man, Blackjack ain’t Poker that’s for damn sure. Ten more days and I can get back at it, not a damn moment too soon might I add. I already have my challenge picked out for October too. Probably something like 5K hands of 2/4 LHE 6-Max. Nothing better to cure Poker absentia than Poker OD.