Almost incredible BJ session

[Janek12]

I thought I would share this experience:

I claimed the 32Red monthly reload bonus and started to play Vegas SD BJ.

I meticulously play according to the ideal strategy table (I even check the table for every different version of BJ at MG casinos because as you all know there are some differences.)

Guess what: I LOST THE FIRST 13 HANDS IN A ROW! IT WAS LIKE A CURSE!

And by checking the Playcheck statement, I found out that in the first 49 hands, I encountered 13 wins and 36 losses.

I guess the odds of this happening must be quite astronomical...

Proudly I must say I managed to stay on top; based on previous experience, I already expect that the dealer will win much more often in on-line BJ than the player so I adapt my strategy accordingly .

It might be that psychological effect of remembering the bad streaks and taking the good streaks for granted but I can't help having the feeling that the dealer quite often has 3-5 wins in a row, while this happens very rarely on the player's side... I know I am rambling again but I like playing BJ online very much so I guess I will just have to put up with this and just adapt the MM strategy... as I wrote above.

If any expert would want to calculate the odds of such 49 hands happening, I would be very grateful, just out of curiosity.

[Janek12]

OK, to be fair, I have to say I have just had 17 wins out of 21 hands, i.e. 4 losses and 17 wins, including 6 consecutive wins; the variance in BJ is probably far greater than I would want to admit to myself, even after playing it on-line for more than a year now.

[Jufo]

Well, I had won on MG slots and had a starting balance of 500$. I thought I will play Single Deck BJ a little bit because of its low house edge. I played only 1-5$ bets but still I busted that 500$ very quickly. Similar thing has happened numerous times before. If I start with a balance of 25$, 9 times out of 10 I will bust before reaching 50$ even though both outcomes should be almost as likely. My experiences on MG blackjacks are so bad, I think I will have better odds playing slots.

For Janek12, try Boss Media single deck blackjack. It feels like a totally different game with the odds.

[Janek12]

Thank you very much Jufo for your answer and for your tip - I have already discovered the Boss Media SD BJ, too, and I agree with you that it is a very fine version of BJ.

[aka23]

odds of such 49 hands happening, I would be very grateful, just out of curiosity.

The odds of losing 13 hands in a row is about (0.479)^13 = 1 in ~14,000.
The odds of losing 36 out of 49 hands is about 1 in 1000.
The odds of having no pushes in any of those 49 hands is about (1-0.0878)^49 = 1 in ~100

[Janek12]

Thank you very much aka23. So the odds of this are not so astronomical after all... ... and one must expect it to occur sooner or later after playing several thousands of hands...

[kakata]

I dont usually play BJ cuz I find it boring.
I have to say thou,the results I have had at club world are by far the best Ive experienced in years.

[babs7262]

Jane?

Are you by any chance JaneKnee(or something to that effect) from a game called Word Riot...like GAC or HC1 rooms?

If so, this is the Babsinator (username from riot)

Im asking because we had a gal in our group and she left us for BJ, and her name was JaneKnee and your name is JaneK. This would be cool if it's the same person, you were nice and your gonna like this site if you are the same person

[Janek12]

Dear Babs, I am not that Jane; I am not even a woman; my posts were not macho enough to make that obvious?

Janek in Czech is approximately the equivalent of Johnny but it is also used as a designation of a person who acts somewhat erratically and chaotically and impulsively - and that's what I am inclined to do in on-line casinos (lose my nerve ) - hence my nickname.

As for this forum, I am a regular reader and I find it really informative here and appreciate the time and energy you frequent posters invest in your posts to share useful information with others.

And, of course, I generally like the company of people here, decent and nice and helpful, IMO.

[tennis_balls]

life ain't easy for a boy named Jane