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- From: mhall@netcom.com (Michael Hall)
- Subject: Re: Question about proprieties in BJ
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.234115.8993@netcom.com>
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- References: <1k3ul5INNo88@cat.cis.Brown.EDU> <30546@optima.cs.arizona.edu>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 23:41:15 GMT
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- gln@cs.arizona.edu (Gary L. Newell) writes:
-
- > When I was in Vegas last I had something happen that I was unclear about.
- >I was on a $10 BJ table at CC and had just won a double down hand and took
- >back some chips. The cocktail waitress chose that moment to bring my drink
- >and as I reached for a $1 chip to give her I grabbed what I thought was a
- >$10 chip and put it down for my bet.
-
- You must have been really sloshed, since there are no $10 chips.
-
- >The dealer dealt out the cards and it was
- >then (before looking at my cards although I have no idea if the dealer knew
- >Ihad yet to look at them) that I saw that it was only a $5 chip. I pointed
- >it out to the dealer and said "sorry I thought it was a ten" and he said
- >"just go ahead and put another five down". I did and then looked at my cards
- >and saw that I had a blackjack. I felt like a slimeball figuring that he
- >probably thought I knew what I had and I gave him a five but I was curious
- >as to what should have been done in that situation. Should he have allowed
- >me to increase my bet to the table minimum as I did or just given me
- >some shit and made me play the $5?
-
- Normally, they give you some shit and let you play the $5 for that round
- only.
-
- --
- Michael Hall \ Player: "Should I split [9's versus dealer 4]?"
- personal account\ Dealer: "The book says not too."
- mhall@netcom.com \ -Yes, I overheard this at a casino blackjack table.
-