I Have Learned A Lot Here and Ready To Play

Tomorrow night if everything goes well at my casino property and an ungodly amount of people do not call in sick, I plan on going to play after my shift.

I am going to do one baccarat session and one blackjack session. My first thoughts right now are, I’m gonna bring $8,000.00, $4,000.00 for each buy in.

Check back my friends, thanks.

Have you decided what you will do after making your first million? It’s custom to get yourself an expensive treat after that, whether it’s a car, a watch or an exotic vacation.

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Have you decided what you will do after making your first million? It’s custom to get yourself an expensive treat after that, whether it’s a car, a watch or an exotic vacation.
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First I want huge 529 accounts for the kids, then it’s my wife’s turn then mine. Idk, have to think..

Now I am even more so excited and energized to do better and perfect the hit and run’ism! Hard, real real hard!

On the way to the casino.

Ammunition is $8,000.00.

Enemy is: The baccarat and blackjack tables.

Unlike others, I tell it the way it unfolds.

Check back for the results, hugs to all!

Marcus Clark.

Id bet my life savings you win!

Well here it is, the Good, Bad & The Ugly. Maybe I should just say the Bad & The Ugly.

Sit back and enjoy you guys praying and wishing for me to lose some or all of my win money.

What happened? Here it is.

Bought in for $4,000.00 at the blackjack table I chose to play at. $1,500.00 for my first bet, I get a 9/2 and the dealer had a 6 showing. I doubled down and got a 7. The others did what they desired. Dealer flips her hole card and it was a 2, pulls a face card. Push.

Switched to 2 hands. $1,000.00 on each hand. Hand one I got a face card/5, hand two I got an Ace/4. Dealer had a 4 showing. I doubled down on hand two, as all I could see was a $3,000.00 win and on to a fantastic evening, you know guys, defying all odds and doing back flips up on the high wire and never falling, right? Okay, so I stayed on hand one and got my third card for hand two, which was a 9. Dealer flips her hole card which was a 10. The guy down at third BASE jumps up and screams for, “8-9-10-face” as loud as he could, of course he has table max of $5,000.00 and he doubled down also. Dealer flips a 5. We both lost. Now I am down $3,000.00.

I throw up another $1,000.00 wager and I get a face card/7 and the dealer has a 10 showing. Everyone does what the desired. Dealer flips a 4 and pulls a 6. Lost again. Now I am down $4,000.00.

One push and 3 hands lost, enough for me at blackjack. Venture down to the baccarat area.

At the baccarat table I chose it was near the end of the shoe so I waited for the shuffle. Most of the people that were playing seemed to be winning. I bought in for the other $4,000.00 I had with me and it was the beginning of the new shoe. I waited well over 10 hands. Again most of the people playing were winning with relative ease. I joined and I seemed to be following what the majority of the people were doing.

1st hand. Bet banker $750.00. Players 10/Face and Banker 10/Ace. Players third card was an 8. Bankers third card was a 5. -$750.00.

2nd hand. Bet players $1,500.00. Players 10/7 and the Bankers 9/7. Won, now I was up a total of $750.00.

3rd hand. $1,000.00 bet Players. 8/4 players and Bankers 5/2. Players third card was a face card. Now I was down $250.00.

4th hand. $2,000.00 bet on Bankers. Players 10/6 and Bankers 10/10 and third card was a 6. Tie. Push.

5th hand. $2,000.00 bet on Bankers again. Players 10/8 and bankers 3/3. Now I was down $2,250.00.

6th hand. All in. $1,600.00 on Players and $50 on tie, $50 on panda 8 and $50 on fortune 7. Players had 9/8 and Bankers had 10/9. Lost my entire buy in at the baccarat table of $4,000.00.

I know I said I was only going to buy in with $8,000.00 and I was ready to leave with the loss, but I just felt confident I could get the money back so I went and got an additional $2,000.00 with visions of becoming whole and possibly winning a little bit. I figured I could win with a $2,000.00 bet and parlay a win with a second wager of $4,000.00. I would parlay the second win with a third wager of $8,000.00. If I won I would walk with my lost buy in being returned as well as an $6,000.00 profit.

I went and got my $2,000.00 and returned, it was near the end of the shoe. I bought in with the $2,000.00 and I put $1,700.00 on the bankers, $100 on the tie, $100 on panda 8 and $100 on Fortune 7. Players got 10/3 and Bankers got a Face card/4. Players third card was a 7. At this point everyone is screaming for a monkey or a 3 and the third card is finally revealed and it’s a six! Tie. Lose the Panda 8 and Fortune 7 wagers so I get $600.00 from the tie.

I put all in for $2,600.00 on the bankers hand for my next wager. Players got a 10/2 and Bankers got a 9/4. Players third card was a lovely 8, AKA the Snowman. +$2,600.00.

I wanted to keep playing but I realized it wasn’t going to go anywhere and I would most likely lose. I pulled myself together and I thought things through for a couple of minutes.

I got up and I cashed out my $5,200.00 in chips and I took the $4,800.00 loss.

On the bright side I have my bank rolls and here that is for the record.

Bankroll Update & Status Report

Baccarat Bankroll. Currently it is $38,000.00. It was $40,000.00 and I deducted $2,000.00 today from my loss last night. By the way it is 100% pure win money which is still my ultra comfy zone when I am at the table gambling, PURE WIN MONEY.

Blackjack Bankroll. Currently it is $10,200.00. It was $13,000.00 and I deducted the sum of $2,800.00 From the loss last night as well. By the way, my blackjack bankroll is also, 100% PURE WIN MONEY.

I chilled at the restaurant near the baccarat area while I wrote most of this saving it to edit and finish today. Here is a picture of what I had before the trip home.

Nice trip report. Great self control stopping when you did.

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Nice trip report. Great self control stopping when you did.
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Thanks I appreciate that. I told it exactly the way it happened. Might have left out a few details but that’s exactly the way the play happened.

Sad, but true.

Next session.

Baccarat only.

Buy in for $20,000.00

4 hands at $5,000.00. If and only if I win the hand I will parlay the win and wager a table max bet once on that particular hand.

If won, pull down winnings and wager again for $5,000.00. If lost, attempt again.

That’s all I am going to attempt for the session.

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Next session.

Baccarat only.

Buy in for $20,000.00

4 hands at $5,000.00. If and only if I win the hand I will parlay the win and wager a table max bet once on that particular hand.

If won, pull down winnings and wager again for $5,000.00. If lost, attempt again.

That’s all I am going to attempt for the session.
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Good luck.
A little ambiguous. What is your win goal? $10k? $20k?
If so, you have very close to 66% or 50% probability of success, regardless of what wagering pattern you apply, so long as you don't place any wagers that might exceed win goal.

I estimate you have 99% probability of reporting success.

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Next session.

Baccarat only.

Buy in for $20,000.00

4 hands at $5,000.00. If and only if I win the hand I will parlay the win and wager a table max bet once on that particular hand.

If won, pull down winnings and wager again for $5,000.00. If lost, attempt again.

That’s all I am going to attempt for the session.
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I estimate you have 99% probability of reporting success.
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Is that serious or a snide remark? Curious. The truth please.

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Next session.

Baccarat only.

Buy in for $20,000.00

4 hands at $5,000.00. If and only if I win the hand I will parlay the win and wager a table max bet once on that particular hand.

If won, pull down winnings and wager again for $5,000.00. If lost, attempt again.

That’s all I am going to attempt for the session.
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I estimate you have 99% probability of reporting success.
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Is that serious or a snide remark? Curious. The truth please.
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Serious. My OnceDear Rule of Thumb estimate of 66% does not take account of trends, outside influences or divine intervention.
My 99% is a rough estimate paying homage to those factors, being somewhere between 66 and 100. If I can win 30 consecutive Blackjack sessions, maybe I have some luck to share with you.
https://wizardofvegas.com/member/oncedear/blog/#post2369

I wish you luck, and look forward to hearing about your win. Good luck.

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Next session.

Baccarat only.

Buy in for $20,000.00

4 hands at $5,000.00. If and only if I win the hand I will parlay the win and wager a table max bet once on that particular hand.

If won, pull down winnings and wager again for $5,000.00. If lost, attempt again.

That’s all I am going to attempt for the session.
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A little ambiguous. What is your win goal? $10k? $20k?

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My goal is a $31k win.

$20k for the kids 529 accounts.
$5k back to increase bankroll.
$5k pocket money.
$1k expenses to cover all my previous out of pocket expenses I never deducted or reimbursed myself for gas, snacks and those miscellaneous costs I incurred gambling.

Far fetched? IDK but that is what my goal is.

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Next session.

Buy in for $20,000.00

4 hands at $5,000.00. If and only if I win the hand I will parlay the win and wager a table max bet once on that particular hand.

If won, pull down winnings and wager again for $5,000.00. If lost, attempt again.

That’s all I am going to attempt for the session.
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A little ambiguous. What is your win goal? $10k? $20k?

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My goal is a $31k win.
Far fetched? IDK but that is what my goal is.
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Uh?
You went from the modest hit and run of parlaying 5000 a couple of times ,,, "That's all I am going to attempt for the session."
To suddenly planning to take them for 31k? multiplying your buy-in by 2.55

I'm going to up my probability estimate to 99.9% that you report a successful session. No way you are coming back to report failure.

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Next session.

Buy in for $20,000.00

4 hands at $5,000.00. If and only if I win the hand I will parlay the win and wager a table max bet once on that particular hand.

If won, pull down winnings and wager again for $5,000.00. If lost, attempt again.

That’s all I am going to attempt for the session.
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A little ambiguous. What is your win goal? $10k? $20k?

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My goal is a $31k win.
Far fetched? IDK but that is what my goal is.
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Uh?
You went from the modest hit and run of parlaying 5000 a couple of times ,,, "That's all I am going to attempt for the session."
To suddenly planning to take them for 31k? multiplying your buy-in by 2.55

I'm going to up my probability estimate to 99.9% that you report a successful session. No way you are coming back to report failure.
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Hoping to multiply my buy in by 1.55, not 2.55.

Yes, 4 rounds of $5k to start each one. Max 3 wagers each round, with 2 of them being possible parlays. Planning on the wagers being parlays if each are successful.

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Hoping to multiply my buy in by 1.55, not 2.55.

Yes, 4 rounds of $5k to start each one. Max 3 wagers each round, with 2 of them being possible parlays. Planning on the wagers being parlays if each are successful.
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Semantics and I disagree.
f your objective is 31,000 PROFIT that INCREASE is 1.55 x your buy-in or session bankroll. When you color up, and have 51,000 you have multiplied your session bankroll by 2.55

Simplify. If I say I want to double my money: I say I want to increase my bankroll by 1x my bankroll: I want to end up with my starting bankroll x 2.

Anyhow, by OnceDear's rule of thumb.
Probability of increasing from 20,000 to 51,000, where the alternative is to lose the 20,000 is

drumroll...


<20/51
<39.3%

Have fun and good fortune.

Your math very well might be correct, all I know is I’m going to buy in with $20,000.00 and I need to cash out $51,000.00+. Very worst case scenario is,I’m going to do what I outlined, 4 BASE wagers of $5,000.00 (not counting wins and further parlays from each base wager) depending on how the cards are falling and how early in the session I win, will determine if I deviate at all, plus or minus from what I am planning.

I am bringing $20,000.00 and $60.00 for incidentals, to cover the worst case scenario, no credit or debit cards etc. I am going tonight depending on what happens today on my day shift, because I wasn’t present at my casino yesterday and there’s a lot of documents and a lot of tapes to look at.

Will report after my session later.

The day before Thanksgiving at work I watched in the baccarat room where the first 58 hands were 47 players and 9 were bankers with 2 ties. Bankers made a single one and sometimes a double and players just ran away with it couple people won a lot of money and the rest of them lost a lot more than the other ones won and I mean tens of thousands of dollars because they were all reciting the bankers would appear and the bankers were going to be strong.

But the sidenote and the reason I am writing this, is those that won a lot of money on the players and I mean they won in excess of $50,000 each person and there was three of them I believe, they gave it all back and they chased it all night long and lost lots of additional money. In fact later that night we had to send security to the baccarat room with empty chip boxes to take away chips from the overflowing rack of two tables.

That is why, IMO I’m starting to do good with the way I play, I believe. And I want to add and stress,it’s not easy to get up and walk away the majority of the times when you win.

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But the sidenote and the reason I am writing this, is those that won a lot of money on the players and I mean they won in excess of $50,000 each person and there was three of them I believe, they gave it all back and they chased it all night long and lost lots of additional money.
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That is why, IMO I’m starting to do good with the way I play, I believe. And I want to add and stress,it’s not easy to get up and walk away the majority of the times when you win.
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So. That's your secret sauce? You know that at the start of the session you will win, but if you stick around you will lose. So bet fast and bet big and just avoid the give it back part of the session?
Cool plan.
Lucky the early big bets cannot lose or you might get in a pickle.

I NEVER said the word “cannot”.

NEVER. At least, to the best of my knowledge.

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Cool plan.
Lucky the early big bets cannot lose or you might get in a pickle.
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I NEVER said the word “cannot”.

NEVER. At least, to the best of my knowledge.
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OK
Cool plan.
Lucky the early big bets probably will not lose or you might get in a pickle.

And don't worry if you did not say that either. I was not quoting you, so obviously I was not mis-quoting either.

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Cool plan.
Lucky the early big bets cannot lose or you might get in a pickle.
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I NEVER said the word “cannot”.

NEVER. At least, to the best of my knowledge.
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OK
Cool plan.
Lucky the early big bets probably will not lose or you might get in a pickle.

And don't worry if you did not say that either. I was not quoting you, so obviously I was not mis-quoting either.
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Hey, with your play on words, you have one of the largest qualifications to be a….. to be a….. drumroll…….to be a LAWYER!

My leftover. One of everything. Turkey, potatoes, Mac and cheese, yams, spicy greens with pasts shells mixed in, corn, stuffed spicy sausage eggs rolls, green beans.

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Hey, with your play on words, you have one of the largest qualifications to be a….. to be a….. drumroll…….to be a LAWYER!
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Personal insult: 3 days

I kinda thought that would be a compliment!,

But I guess I will be suspended.

Okay, check back in a few weeks I guess.

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I kinda thought that would be a compliment!,

But I guess I will be suspended.

Okay, check back in a few weeks I guess.
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You don't get the limey sense of humour, do you?
I'm not insulted and you are not suspended.

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Hey, with your play on words, you have one of the largest qualifications to be a….. to be a….. drumroll…….to be a LAWYER!
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Personal insult: 3 days

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Only kidding.

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I meant 7 days

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On a power trip there?

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Hey, with your play on words, you have one of the largest qualifications to be a….. to be a….. drumroll…….to be a LAWYER!
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Only kidding.

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I meant 7 days

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On a power trip there?
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You don't get the limey sense of humour, do you?
I'm not insulted and he is are not suspended. Never was. Never was going to be. And he knows he's not suspended.

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I kinda thought that would be a compliment!,

But I guess I will be suspended.

Okay, check back in a few weeks I guess.
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Best of luck on the tables.
The duck says it'll be tricky to get over $43k from a $20k starting point.

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I kinda thought that would be a compliment!,

But I guess I will be suspended.

Okay, check back in a few weeks I guess.
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Best of luck on the tables.
The duck says it'll be tricky to get over $43k from a $20k starting point.
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I've every confidence in MC. If anyone can do it, he can.
But 51K, not 43k. By hitting fast and hard, he won't get stuck in the 40s.... And I can't see him wanting to grind slowly. Noooooo. I reckon a cheeky side bet should see him smash his win goal.

He still isn't suspended, and he knows it, so I wonder if he will now tease us by holding back on his session report.

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I've every confidence in MC. If anyone can do it, he can.
But 51K, not 43k. By hitting fast and hard, he won't get stuck in the 40s.... And I can't see him wanting to grind slowly. Noooooo. I reckon a cheeky side bet should see him smash his win goal.
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The duck said tricky, not impossible.

‘He still isn't suspended, and he knows it, so I wonder if he will now tease us by holding back on his session report”.


Thought I was seriously going to be suspended last night.

Yes I did get a late night PM and such advised me I was not.

I was at the casino and didn’t want to get involved on the internet.

Update around the corner. Need coffee and multiple doughnuts.

Standby.

Let’s see if I can explain what happened, the way it did in a simple explanation.

Sat down at a table with one open spot. Got to the casino late, so it was extremely crowded. $50.00 to $10,000.00 max with $125.00 allowed on side bets.

Waited for the new shoe, bought in for $20k.

First line. $5k bet on Players. Players 7/Ace and bankers had a 10/7. First hand, got hyped. High fived those next to me. +$5k.

$10k bet on Bankers. Players 6/10 and bankers had a 7/4. Bankers pulled a 10. Lost my parlay. -$5k.

I thought about stopping, seriously. I realized the grind might come. I looked at my remaining $15k and repeated that it was all win money from my total win bankroll I removed it from earlier in the day. Every single penny was win money from my other previous casino gambling sessions. I got back about 90% or so of my reassurance and continued.

Second line. $5k bet on Bankers. Players 10/Face and bankers got a 10/9. +$5k

$10k bet on Bankers. Players 8/2 and bankers got a 10/Ace. Players third card was a Face card and everyone on the bankers screamed with happiness, as there were quite a few large wagering people playing. Bankers third card was a 5. +$10k. Now sitting at a total of $10k up.

Third line. $5k bet on Players. Players 10/2 and bankers got a Face/4. Player’s third card was an 8. -$5k. Still up a winning hand of $5k so emotions didn’t get too bad.

Fourth line. $5k bet on Players. Players 9/8 and bankers got a 10/6. As the say at the tables, “BBQ’ed”. +$5k.

$10k bet on Bankers. Players 8/5 and Bankers got an 8/Ace. +$10k. Up a total of $20k now at this point. Once again I seriously gave a quick thought to leaving as I clearly and simply doubled my buy in. Where else could one make a clean $20k in less than 1 hour without being an owner of Amazon or Microsoft or something similar?

But I thought back for a minute to my postings here and my desires for the $31k profit and so on. The dealer was having to pay out numerous people and it was taking her a few minutes to do so.

I went ahead and shoved up another $10k bet on the Players side once she paid everyone out. So I recited to myself, it was either going to be leave with $30k or with $10k of win money. Either way I committed myself to the one last wager. Most everyone was noticeably on the bankers side with their reasoning being doubles with one being missed and so on. I put my hand on my wager ready to pull it down, but I said, no I see a chop coming. Most all the players repositioned their wagers on the players side and we all high fived each other. Dealer said, no more bets, waved her hand and dealt the cards. Players 3/7 and bigot Face/Face. Players third card was an Ace. Seriously. Only a 10/Ace or a Face card would save us, everything else, we lose. Several people stood up and said loudly, (screw me, you know the exact word used). Bankers third card was a third Face card and screams were let go. Several table Max’s were out there on the players side.

Colored up and cashed out my $30k of win money. Never even thinking twice about continuing for additional play or attempting to get the $1,000.00 I said I wanted for incidentals.

Done deal. That’s the way it went down last night.

Oh yeah, I walked with a total of $29,988.65. Because I stopped by the Starbucks in the casino prior to leaving for a coffee and a couple sweets for the road. I am sure I could have went back to the baccarat area and got a $20.00 or greater comp but I didn’t feel like it. So when I got rung up, the register clerk asked, players card? Gave mine, only $1.20 in comp points on it, so she took $1.00 off my total due of $12.35. Okay, there. Smiled as I walked out!

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Colored up and cashed out my $30k of win money. Never even thinking twice about continuing fir additional play or attempting to get the $1,000.00 I said I wanted for incidentals.

Done deal. That’s the way it went down last night.
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Hmmmm

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You went from the modest hit and run of parlaying 5000 a couple of times ,,, "That's all I am going to attempt for the session."
To suddenly planning to take them for 31k? multiplying your buy-in by 2.55

I'm going to up my probability estimate to 99.9% that you report a successful session. No way you are coming back to report failure.
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Now, if I'd had a side bet that you would report a successful session, would you call it that I had won or lost?
You did not achieve your 31kWin Goal. So was the session a success, failure, or non-runner? Surely you just denied me the win. $;o)

Still, as failures go, that failure to get the missing $1k is not something we should beat ourselves up over.

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Colored up and cashed out my $30k of win money. Never even thinking twice about continuing fir additional play or attempting to get the $1,000.00 I said I wanted for incidentals.

Done deal. That’s the way it went down last night.
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Hmmmm

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You went from the modest hit and run of parlaying 5000 a couple of times ,,, "That's all I am going to attempt for the session."
To suddenly planning to take them for 31k? multiplying your buy-in by 2.55

I'm going to up my probability estimate to 99.9% that you report a successful session. No way you are coming back to report failure.
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Now, if I'd had a side bet that you would report a successful session, would you call it that I had won or lost?
You did not achieve your 31kWin Goal. So was the session a success, failure, or non-runner? Surely you just denied me the win. $;o)

Still, as failures go, that failure to get the missing $1k is not something we should beat ourselves up over.
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I won.

I did not win my goal if $31k true, but let’s take an analogy here.

You meet a gorgeous woman, have a candlelight dinner and whisper into her ear how you want to make love to her for a straight 2 hours and then she will see the July 4th fireworks.

She agrees but you bring the fireworks after exactly 1 hour and 55 mins and the fireworks concluded just prior to 1 hour and 58 mins.

Was that session a failure as well?

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Colored up and cashed out my $30k of win money. Never even thinking twice about continuing fir additional play or attempting to get the $1,000.00 I said I wanted for incidentals.

Done deal. That’s the way it went down last night.
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Hmmmm

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You went from the modest hit and run of parlaying 5000 a couple of times ,,, "That's all I am going to attempt for the session."
To suddenly planning to take them for 31k? multiplying your buy-in by 2.55

I'm going to up my probability estimate to 99.9% that you report a successful session. No way you are coming back to report failure.
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Now, if I'd had a side bet that you would report a successful session, would you call it that I had won or lost?
You did not achieve your 31kWin Goal. So was the session a success, failure, or non-runner? Surely you just denied me the win. $;o)

Still, as failures go, that failure to get the missing $1k is not something we should beat ourselves up over.
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I won.

I did not win my goal if $31k true, but let’s take an analogy here.

You meet a gorgeous woman, have a candlelight dinner and whisper into her ear how you want to make love to her for a straight 2 hours and then she will see the July 4th fireworks.

She agrees but you bring the fireworks after exactly 1 hour and 55 mins and the fireworks concluded just prior to 1 hour and 58 mins.

Was that session a failure as well?
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It depends on if I'd paid for the full 2 hours $;o)

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Let’s see if I can explain what happened...
Second line. $5k bet on Bankers. Players 10/Face and bankers got a 10/9. +$5k

*Forgive my ignorance, but isn't there a commission charge when Banker pays out?

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$10k bet on Bankers. Players 8/2 and bankers got a 10/Ace. Players third card was a Face card and everyone on the bankers screamed with happiness, as there were quite a few large wagering people playing. Bankers third card was a 5. +$10k. Now sitting at a total of $10k up.

*Forgive my ignorance, but isn't there a commission charge when Banker pays out?

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$10k bet on Bankers. Players 8/5 and Bankers got an 8/Ace. +$10k. Up a total of $20k now at this point.

*Forgive my ignorance, but isn't there a commission charge when Banker pays out?

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* I don't play Baccarat, but I understand there are no-commission variants. (EZ Baccarat?) Was this that game?

ps. How about updating your sig so we can keep track of your insane profits.

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Let’s see if I can explain what happened...
Second line. $5k bet on Bankers. Players 10/Face and bankers got a 10/9. +$5k

*Forgive my ignorance, but isn't there a commission charge when Banker pays out?

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$10k bet on Bankers. Players 8/2 and bankers got a 10/Ace. Players third card was a Face card and everyone on the bankers screamed with happiness, as there were quite a few large wagering people playing. Bankers third card was a 5. +$10k. Now sitting at a total of $10k up.

*Forgive my ignorance, but isn't there a commission charge when Banker pays out?

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$10k bet on Bankers. Players 8/5 and Bankers got an 8/Ace. +$10k. Up a total of $20k now at this point.

*Forgive my ignorance, but isn't there a commission charge when Banker pays out?

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* I don't play Baccarat, but I understand there are no-commission variants. (EZ Baccarat?) Was this that game?

ps. How about updating your sig so we can keep track of your insane profits.
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Yes sir, there are several variations of classic commission baccarat.

One is EZ Bac and it has the Fortune 7, three card banker win for 40:1. Most have no commission. Banker pushes.

I play the non commissioned 5 Treasures game or the EZ Bac that is also non commission version. Ez Bac can have Fortune 7 and the Dragon bonus up to 30:1 or it can also include the Panda 8 wager, depending on the casino.

Now there is also a commission version where there is a banker commission and that one also on what they call 5 Treasures Bac. Pays the banker on a Fortune 7 also. But deducts banker hand for five percent commission as well. That game also has the Panda 8, the 7’s and the 9”s with pay outs from 25:1 up to 200:1. And the 5th coverall wager of 6 to 1, which covers all four side wagers. Five treasures is as well, in the non commission version, where the Fortune 7 is a push for the main banker wager.

All variants also have the 8:1 tie wager.

Some other sections of the USA have the Fortune/Dragon 6 instead of the 7. I do believe the 3 card six pays 50% main bet, I heard.

Bankroll Update & Status Report

Returned the $20,000.00 to the Baccarat bankroll I took it from.

Baccarat Bankroll. Currently it is $40,000.00. It was $38,,000.00 before removing the $20k last night and I added $2,000.00 today from my win last night. By the way it is 100% pure win money, every single last cent of it, which is still my ultra comfy zone when I am at the table gambling, PURE WIN MONEY, allows myself to know, nothing is at risk.

Blackjack Bankroll. Currently it is $13,200.00. It was $10,200.00 and I added the sum of $3,000.00 from the win last night as well. By the way, my blackjack bankroll is also, 100% PURE WIN MONEY, all of it, down to the very last penny I am extremely proud to report.

The remaining win money is going into my 529 accounts and my pocket.

Again, done deal folks.

Thanks to those that honestly wanted me to win! Hugs.

Sincerely, Marcus Clark, AKA MarcusClark66

Thanks for the update. Well done!

Now you are more than freerolling.

Next session I am contemplating one of the following.

$30,000.00 buy in with 6 base wagers of $5,000.00 each, max 2 wagers each betting line, with a win that would be parlayed.

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$15,000.00 buy in with 6 base wagers of $2,500.00 each, max 3 wagers each betting line, with a win that would be parlayed up to 2 times.

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That's a lot of dosh Marcus.
I congratulate you on the wins

If it were my money, and my move - I'd probably be going the $30k. I add the chance of winning is identical regardless of size, the bankroll impact is where the decision should lie. But, I'd also look at my stack after losing the first 2 hands and be nervous too.

Of course, it's not mine, and I'm not sitting on a fat pile of pure win money (wish I were).. Perhaps it's better to go the lower value of the two.. so you don't end up excessively up, and likewise minimize the overall impact in percentage terms to your pure win stack.

In addition to one of the above buy in amounts, I am contemplating $8,000.00 extra buy in for side wagers. $100.00 each on the 4 side wagers playing the Five Treasures Baccarat Game. Players 3 card 8, Bankers 3 card 7, 2 or 3 card tie Sevens, and also the single side 3 card 9 or the 3 card 9 both sides tie wagers.

20 wagers on those at $100.00 each, 4 at a clip.

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In addition to one of the above buy in amounts, I am contemplating $8,000.00 extra buy in for side wagers. $100.00 each on the 4 side wagers playing the Five Treasures Baccarat Game. Players 3 card 8, Bankers 3 card 7, 2 or 3 card tie Sevens, and also the single side 3 card 9 or the 3 card 9 both sides tie wagers.

20 wagers on those at $100.00 each, 4 at a clip.
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May I ask why? Serious question.
Those side bets all have significant house edge and neither you nor your mentor have suggested that they are a good bet, as far as i can tell.
Is it perhaps because of those few massive lucky wins that you had on earlier sessions? Or is it just for a bit of low cost fun? I see nothing wrong with wagering for fun, by the way. It's not an implied criticism.

I had a session where I was putting a chip on the tie bet and it fell on the three card 9/7 so I declared that "maybe it's meant to be," left it there, and it hit! for 200 to 1. (Paid $20,000. for a 100 dollars.) I won the bet, on Bank, too, with the three card 9. This was at a certain casino that has all those special side bets - I have special limits at that and other casinos, so I was able to place more on that bet than most, but still, I did it that one time and pretty much never again.

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In addition to one of the above buy in amounts, I am contemplating $8,000.00 extra buy in for side wagers. $100.00 each on the 4 side wagers playing the Five Treasures Baccarat Game. Players 3 card 8, Bankers 3 card 7, 2 or 3 card tie Sevens, and also the single side 3 card 9 or the 3 card 9 both sides tie wagers.

20 wagers on those at $100.00 each, 4 at a clip.
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May I ask why? Serious question.
Those side bets all have significant house edge and neither you nor your mentor have suggested that they are a good bet, as far as i can tell.
Is it perhaps because of those few massive lucky wins that you had on earlier sessions? Or is it just for a bit of low cost fun? I see nothing wrong with wagering for fun, by the way. It's not an implied criticism.
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Because of what I have observed and experienced.

I have a certain agenda that if it is present, I feel most comfortable to employ it.

$8,000.00 will be earmarked for the side wagers. I have decided, tonight I will play the session.

UPDATE. TRIP REPORT. UPDATE. TRIP REPORT.

Decided on the $15,000 buy in with six base wagers of $2,500 each, three wagers on each line with two parlay bets maximum. I also decided to go with the $8,000 of side wagers, yes a bit risky however I was extremely confident I could produce a profit with $100 each, playing the 5 treasures game of baccarat.

Bought in for the $23,000 and received all purple and black chips. Got right down to business. About 10 hands were already out and they were mostly doubles and triples of each side. It went to a single banker and a single player and then a single banker. That’s when I jumped in the game.

I pushed $2,500 up on the players side. Most all were verbally citing a double banker was coming out. Players had a 9/7 and bankers had a 10/4 and the bankers pulled a face card. Yes spot on $2,500 win the very first hand. No side wagers placed.

Second hand I switched up to the bankers with my $5,000 wager. Players had a 10/7 and the bankers had a natural 8, 7/Ace. I did wager four out of the five side bets on his hand as I said I would be doing. I did not do the 6 for 1 coverall side wager. I placed on the panda 8, the fortune 7, the two card and three card 7’s and the three card build out 9 or the three card 9’s on both sides. Lost my $400 of side wagers.

Third hand wagered back on the players side pushing my $10,000 right up on that bet. Placed $400 on the side bets once again. Players had returned face/face and bankers had a 6/4. Players third card was an Ace. Three people were betting large including myself. The others jumped up and yelled “monkey monkey”. And yes a 10 card did come out. I now had $17,500 in profits while being $800 down on my side bet stack.

I felt strong. I felt pretty darn good. I locked up my $17,500 in purple chips and it went right into my pocket. As long as I held my composure, I felt I couldn’t strike out on my $15,000 buy in. I am sitting with $15,000 buy in and $7,200 in my side bet stack at this point.

I placed $2500 on players side. Players had an Ace/3 and bankers had a 10/7. Players third card was an 8. Lost the hand -$2,500. Lost $400 on the four side wagers.

I placed another $2,500 on players side. Players had a 6/2 natural 8. Bankers had a frustrating face/9 for a natural 9. Lost another $2,500. Lost $400 on another four side wagers.

At this point I am sitting with $10,000 buy in stack and $6,400 side wagering stack. And of course my $17,500 that I locked up in my pocket. I waited out at least 7 hands which turned out to be a couple more bankers and four straight players with a tie as well. I missed two side wagers that did pay off, one was a three card nine which paid 10 to 1 and the other was a two card seven both sides which paid 50 to 1. I took a break.

Back at the table I looked and I looked. Everyone was pretty quiet. The scoreboard was all over the place with singles, doubles and triples scattered. I had no feeling and I didn’t know what to wager on as well.

I put $2500 on bankers for a second banker and $400 on side wagers to happen. Players had a face/Ace and bankers had a 9/8. Players third card was a 4. Won the hand +$2,500.00 lost $400 on the side wagers.

I waited out several more hands. I would have got a few right and a few wrong according to my style that I figured out sitting there. I missed another bankers fortune 7 side wager that appeared while I was not wagering.

I placed another $5,000 on the players side and $400 on side wagers. Players had a 10/2 and bankers had a 10/face. Players third card was a seven and everybody was high-fiving each other when the card was thrown in by the highest wagering player. The bankers third card was eventually revealed and that was a 9. We had a three card blazing nine as they call it and it paid off at 75 to 1. +$7,200.00.

Went back down to a $2,500 wager on the players side. Players had a 3/3 and bankers had a 6/Ace. Lost the hand -$2,500.

Sitting with $15,000 buy in stack. I had the other win of $17,500 in my pocket from earlier. My side wagering stack was totaling $18,500 showing a not too shabby $10,500 profit, which I was pretty darn happy with. I was up $28,000 which I felt wasn’t too bad for a couple hours of ‘work’, whatcha think??

I decided to color up and head to the cashier‘s cage $28,000 richer. My session was over. I know I didn’t adhere to what I planned exactly, but I had to go with what I felt at the table to shave some of the frustration that I started to feel.

Now the holiday season will be right on the money. I decided to earmark $10,000 of my win for increasing my baccarat bankroll and $10,000 added to savings with the remaining $8,000 for a set aside amount, to be determined.

Thanks for reading, I remain, Marcus Clark.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Bankroll Update & Status Report Regarding Win Profits

Returned the $28,000.00 to the Baccarat bankroll I took it from.

Baccarat Bankroll. Currently it is $50,000.00. It was $40,000.00 before removing the $28k the other night and I added $10,000.00 today from my win. By the way it is 100% pure win money, every single last PENNY! PURE WIN MONEY, allows myself to know, nothing is at risk, which to me is as soothing as a beautiful girl massaging me. :)

Blackjack Bankroll. Currently it is $13,200.00, untouched. As well my blackjack bankroll is also, 100% PURE WIN MONEY, the exact same as my baccarat bankroll.

Another $10,000.00 went into my savings accounts, $5,000.00 set aside for an upcoming mini session and the remaining $3,000.00 went into my pocket.

Once again I extend thanks and sincere Holiday wishes to The Great MDawg. Appreciate all the writings and public announcements he has made as well as the information he has extended to me.

Thumbs up to those that truly wanted me to win. Giant pat on the backs and high fives.

Sincerely, Marcus Clark, AKA MarcusClark66