Have this ever happen to anyone.i very seldom play bj, but was bored a few nites ago.i lost 3 to 4 hands in a row, i put in a larger money amount to get even.my 1st 2 cards was face cards that added to 20, the dealer had very low cards and continue to draw and it look like a easy bust on the house part.but a card from the dealer got frozen, i waited for about 5 mins nothing happen, i logged out and the amount i had bet was taken out of my account and the game was never finish......ck
Maybe this will help you. I have a fairly compulsive personality. I get addicted to things easily but thankfully they aren't physically harmful (drugs, etc.). I enjoy sports betting, casinos, poker, card games, board games, etc. My family doesn't like to play any of these with me because I'm always pushing to put a side bet on it. Hell, my brother and I will bet on what sandwich my dad is going to order at a restaurant. So what does this mean? It means I understand the online casino compulsion. I understand how easy it is to go on there and after a bad loss and start firing away $50 BJ hands. Fourish years ago, I got my entire team to put $50 into bodog and we'd mess around on their online casinos. We'd have a little comp to see who could do the best and after 1 week the results were....we were all busted.
Just like going into a real casino, you have to think of this money as entertainment money that you can lose. Would you ever go into a casino planning to make your mortgage payment at the BJ tables? Probably not. Add on top of that, the online casino has the incentive to screw you. There's no repercussion for them. Think about it...
You don't think they could develop a software that recognized large bets and screwed you? Of course they can. The odds are already stacked against you in BJ but playing online is a HUGE -EV game. It would be like a bookie giving you a pleaser sort of line, Steelers -21 or Cards -14. That's my line, pick one. The game online is so stacked against you. Once you understand that, it'll help you stop playing. I don't have any of the casinos disabled on my accounts and it's never even crossed my mind to play. I'm just writing this to let you know that I'm a compulsive guy but it's so negatively EV that you might as well donate the money to a charity.
All that said, take me to a brick and mortar casino and I'm the first one jumping on a BJ or craps table.
Just like going into a real casino, you have to think of this money as entertainment money that you can lose. Would you ever go into a casino planning to make your mortgage payment at the BJ tables? Probably not. Add on top of that, the online casino has the incentive to screw you. There's no repercussion for them. Think about it...
You don't think they could develop a software that recognized large bets and screwed you? Of course they can. The odds are already stacked against you in BJ but playing online is a HUGE -EV game. It would be like a bookie giving you a pleaser sort of line, Steelers -21 or Cards -14. That's my line, pick one. The game online is so stacked against you. Once you understand that, it'll help you stop playing. I don't have any of the casinos disabled on my accounts and it's never even crossed my mind to play. I'm just writing this to let you know that I'm a compulsive guy but it's so negatively EV that you might as well donate the money to a charity.
All that said, take me to a brick and mortar casino and I'm the first one jumping on a BJ or craps table.
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I asked Sportsbook.com to disable my casino access for that VERY reason - and they told me they couldn't do it.
That one reason why I play TheGreek more. The casino link is there but I'm not going to touch it and get into trouble.
I have nightmare stories of my own in BJ. It's totally crazy to cautiously play $50 plays in sports, then be betting 2 $150 BJ hands to try to recover what was originally a $2 BJ bet.
sorry to hear man ..I have read 100's of these stories over my 9 yrs of posting .... i think gamblers bet the big amounts at crackjack for the chance to win INSTANT big money and a big INSTANT euphoria of the big hit and win without sweating out a game
Bit I would guess many do it to chase a loss on a game to still get that winners HIGH
.... its totally sad to witness but it happens alot and not to many people can stop themselves until they literally lose 10's of thousands of dollars and hit ROCK bottom
Well, my basic BJ strategy is usually to go slow...bet $1 a play, then double up if you lose, so if the law of averages go your way you (hopefully) don't lose more than 6 or 7 in a row. If things work out well, I'll be pressed up to $16 when a BJ shows.
But the key word is "hopefully" - and I'll lose so many hands in a row then I'll drop my bet back down to a $1 - and then win. Lucky me.
I'm certain casinos cheat, and I've written countless emails to them to complain about time when the dealer draws 21 5 times in a row, when I always have to hit (13, 14, or 15 against a 20), and the dealer has a natural 20.
And the Flash game that Sportsbook uses won't show you the hole card if you lose. Not that it matters but it's an incentive to me to stay on a crappy pair just so I can see what the damn hole card is.
I have managed to win $2000+ occasionally at BJ, but I can tell you I have lost many times that in the past few years. I need somebody behind me when I play to say, "Dude, are you nuts???" when I'm chasing a bad streak.
In my complaint letters, the helpful customer service are careful to tell me that the casino doesn't single me out to lose. I KNOW THAT, but I'm sure there is some switch or control in the software that allows them to push better hands to the computer dealer for all players in the system if they really want to. I'll stick to brick casinos for BJ, although in a real casino, I prefer craps.
But the key word is "hopefully" - and I'll lose so many hands in a row then I'll drop my bet back down to a $1 - and then win. Lucky me.
I'm certain casinos cheat, and I've written countless emails to them to complain about time when the dealer draws 21 5 times in a row, when I always have to hit (13, 14, or 15 against a 20), and the dealer has a natural 20.
And the Flash game that Sportsbook uses won't show you the hole card if you lose. Not that it matters but it's an incentive to me to stay on a crappy pair just so I can see what the damn hole card is.
I have managed to win $2000+ occasionally at BJ, but I can tell you I have lost many times that in the past few years. I need somebody behind me when I play to say, "Dude, are you nuts???" when I'm chasing a bad streak.
In my complaint letters, the helpful customer service are careful to tell me that the casino doesn't single me out to lose. I KNOW THAT, but I'm sure there is some switch or control in the software that allows them to push better hands to the computer dealer for all players in the system if they really want to. I'll stick to brick casinos for BJ, although in a real casino, I prefer craps.
hno:I play a modified martingale system.....
I'll start with $2 bets....if I win I stay the same.....if I lose $10+ AND have 3 losses in a row, I'll kick it up to $4....I'll stick with $4 for a bit and if that losses 3 or 4 in a row I'll kick it up to $6.....the next increment is usually $10 and then $20/$25....when I'm betting the $50/$60 hands, then after 3 or 4, I'm already down at least $500....and I shed a tear.
I'll start with $2 bets....if I win I stay the same.....if I lose $10+ AND have 3 losses in a row, I'll kick it up to $4....I'll stick with $4 for a bit and if that losses 3 or 4 in a row I'll kick it up to $6.....the next increment is usually $10 and then $20/$25....when I'm betting the $50/$60 hands, then after 3 or 4, I'm already down at least $500....and I shed a tear.
