Blackjack Rebel Too
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The Grand Tunica had their Millionaire Maker Blackjack Tournament qualifier this past weekend. I had the good fortune to finish in fourth place which qualified me for the national tournament in August. Fourth place also paid $7,000 which was nice. There was good attendance by BJT members. I met toolman, ptaylorcpa, the farmer, and renewed acquaintances with counselorlee and hubby Frank. It was a real pleasure to enjoy that group's company. There were others but things were in a whirlwind as introductions were being made and my memory fails me on a regular basis these days.
Accept my apologies guys because I definitely enjoyed meeting you.
It was a close thing for me on a couple of occasions. I was apprehensive in the first round as I was playing on a table that had such a hot dealer everyone on the table had busted out by hand 15 in the round preceding ours. She stayed pretty hot in our round also as she busted out 4 of the 7 players. She had me "all in" when I bet my last 2,400 but she let me off the hook and I eventually finished with 17,800 in that round. My second round had a dealer even hotter than my first round dealer. I was the ONLY survivor from that table. Unfortunately, one of this dealer's victims was counselorlee. This dealer had me down to my last 1,000 chip. Fortunately, I was able to take this "chip and a chair" and claw my way back to a total of 13,100. That 30,900 total was good for fourth place in the accumulation part of the tournament. I think the cutoff was 29,500. It didn't matter. Seventh was as good as first since we all started over fresh on the final table.
While everyone on the final table was guaranteed a payday of at least 2,000, only the top 5 finishers would qualify for the trip. For that reason, I started out pretty conservatively as I really wanted to go back again. Sure enough, two people busted out fairly quickly. Once it was down to five of us, I started making a greater effort to position myself for the big payoff. Probably the most noteworthy play of the day was on the final hand when
BR2 doubled down on her hard 15 with max bet out. She caught the four and the resultant 19 won when the dealer turned over her 18. That play vaulted her into first place and the 50K that came with it.
Anyway, it was a lot of fun. I can't wait until August.
Accept my apologies guys because I definitely enjoyed meeting you. It was a close thing for me on a couple of occasions. I was apprehensive in the first round as I was playing on a table that had such a hot dealer everyone on the table had busted out by hand 15 in the round preceding ours. She stayed pretty hot in our round also as she busted out 4 of the 7 players. She had me "all in" when I bet my last 2,400 but she let me off the hook and I eventually finished with 17,800 in that round. My second round had a dealer even hotter than my first round dealer. I was the ONLY survivor from that table. Unfortunately, one of this dealer's victims was counselorlee. This dealer had me down to my last 1,000 chip. Fortunately, I was able to take this "chip and a chair" and claw my way back to a total of 13,100. That 30,900 total was good for fourth place in the accumulation part of the tournament. I think the cutoff was 29,500. It didn't matter. Seventh was as good as first since we all started over fresh on the final table.
While everyone on the final table was guaranteed a payday of at least 2,000, only the top 5 finishers would qualify for the trip. For that reason, I started out pretty conservatively as I really wanted to go back again. Sure enough, two people busted out fairly quickly. Once it was down to five of us, I started making a greater effort to position myself for the big payoff. Probably the most noteworthy play of the day was on the final hand when
BR2 doubled down on her hard 15 with max bet out. She caught the four and the resultant 19 won when the dealer turned over her 18. That play vaulted her into first place and the 50K that came with it.
Anyway, it was a lot of fun. I can't wait until August.
