Lady Luck January 23, 2006
Posted by Owen in : Life , add a commentRecently, I went to Las Vegas. There, for the first time, I tried my hand at blackjack. I did pretty well… I played $100 and after 30 minutes, I had $205. That’s a profit of 105%. Not bad for 30 minutes of work. Last week I went to Tahoe to go skiing (which was tremendously fun–amazing snow and no crowds). I tried my hand at Harrah’s: played $40 and won $95, a profit of 137%. Not shabby.
Of course, the numbers are small, even if the percentages are large. In the time I was playing in Tahoe, the woman next to me lost almost $2000–it was amazing watching her lose money. It never ended. I think I was actually indirectly causing the casino to lose money since a larger roller couldn’t sit down. It makes me wonder if I was just lucky, or if I’m good at blackjack–if such a thing is possible. I play very conservatively and keep an eye on the trend in the stack. In the back of my mind, I want to increase my bets and make some serious money. If I’m doing so well now, why couldn’t I do it with larger amounts of money? Of course, in the long run, the game is a net loss, but it’s been good so far… and fun too. However, I don’t want to become like the woman I sat next to, endlessly loosing money and getting nothing for it. So I think I’ll hold back and not push my luck… but then again, you never know…