Unbelievable WIN

I was at Harrah's casino in Joliet, IL a couple of weeks ago playing blackjack with my brother-in-law when we heard an unbelievable story from the dealer. He told us about a guy, playing BJ, in the high rollers area and that this guy was down to his last few black chips. Then he started winning and winning. He was soon playing three hands and still winning. He was there from about 5:00 pm and played till closing which is 6:00 am. When he finally cashed in he had won $396,000.00. My brother-in-law looked at me and shook his head as if to say "yea bull.." Well later we were playing at another table and my bother-in-law new the dealer, so we asked her about this story and she said "yes it was true", she said it happened a couple of months earlier. She commented that "this guy must of had a horseshoe stuck WAY up somewhere because he could not loose".
I thought to myself, this guy must have been a professional, but the dealer also said he was playing against an CSM.
I wish I could get half this lucky.
Roy.

He told us about a guy, playing BJ, in the high rollers area and that this guy was down to his last few black chips. Then he started winning and winning. He was soon playing three hands and still winning. He was there from about 5:00 pm and played till closing which is 6:00 am. When he finally cashed in he had won $396,000.00. My brother-in-law looked at me and shook his head as if to say "yea bull.." Well later we were playing at another table and my bother-in-law new the dealer, so we asked her about this story and she said "yes it was true", she said it happened a couple of months earlier. She commented that "this guy must of had a horseshoe stuck WAY up somewhere because he could not loose".
I thought to myself, this guy must have been a professional, but the dealer also said he was playing against an CSM.

It's possible. I've seen people with no skills have amazing big wins more than once. I've seen people win thousands that played nearly every hand incorrectly. A 1% edge doesn't mean shit in the short run.

...But having said that, it seems to me that the Pit was either asleep or else they "thought" that the CSM was doing its job. In either case, I'm amazed that they didn't back the guy off early on. $396,000.00 is a shitload of money for a Casino to pay out. Are you taking any bets that the Pit Boss got his ass reamed for not backing the player off before it got to that kind of win?

At any rate, if it really happened, I'm tickled pink for the player, but he sure does need to buy some AP books. Lady Luck isn't always that kind, as we all know.

Regards,
drumz1

A win like that is possible but it's also a clear sign that the lucky guy was certainly not an AP.
I've also seen ploppies win huge sums but it would be foolish by the casino to bar such players.
Winning such sums is only possible with heavy overbetting and that's the reason why they give it all back sooner or later.
In the most flagrant case I witnessed a guy won $200000 in one evening but four months later he was totally ruined.

Francis Salmon

There are a lot of AP's. It is quite possible given all the hours they play that an AP enjoyed this kind of miraculous winning session, espeically if they resized their bank mid-session.
However, AP's are mostly only marginal favourites over ploppies to have big wins like this.

A ploppy can bet maximum all the time which is quite a common behaviour pattern for a compulsive gambler.An AP has to wait for the right moment. So the variance of the ploppy will be way higher which makes him clear favourite for such an extraordinary win.

Francis Salmon

the AP would have been backed off before achieving a win this size.

Dr 21

I've been playing online for about a year, mostly at casino.net. I've had mild success, but have had to struggle for every dollar. For a while, I was making about $100 a week playing at lunch for about 20 minutes each day after lunch. What I don't get, is when I look at the "big winners" list each month, the big winners are from $20,000 to $100,000, always. I think only once have I seen the big winners do it with slots, they usually are getting it at blackjack and roulette. How the hell could these people make $40k -$80k in a month's time when the biggest table they have is a $1000 max bet? What level of betting do they have to get to? I've kept track too, these tables aren't shoving the money at you, -.06 edge, and I play basic strategy, plus, it's a six deck game that shuffles after each round, so card counting is out.