World Series of Black Jack - Conclusion

StrangerCoug · Post Post #15 (isolation #1) » Thu Feb 02, 2017 3:28 pm

$25,000

StrangerCoug · Post Post #23 (isolation #2) » Sat Feb 04, 2017 11:04 am

In post 20, KuroiXHF wrote:
StrangerCoug
21 $25,000 $200,000 + Power Chip

YAY!

In post 21, yawetag wrote:As an aside, if I were dealt a Blackjack, could I elect to double down rather than take the Blackjack payment?

...You want to make certain money uncertain?

StrangerCoug · Post Post #25 (isolation #3) » Sat Feb 04, 2017 12:10 pm

You might want to look around to see if there's any way you can play the British version of Pontoon. I don't have enough familiarity with it to know if you can double down in that game, but two-card 21 pays 2:1

StrangerCoug · Post Post #26 (isolation #4) » Sat Feb 04, 2017 12:19 pm

In post 25, StrangerCoug wrote:I don't have enough familiarity with it to know if you can double down in that game, but two-card 21 pays 2:1

It looks to me that doubling down goes by a different name (buying), but it can certainly be done.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #35 (isolation #5) » Sun Feb 05, 2017 2:37 pm

...OK, who shuffled this deck? xD

StrangerCoug · Post Post #42 (isolation #6) » Mon Feb 06, 2017 5:21 am

In post 37, KuroiXHF wrote:I've noticed three of the same cards

That's what prompted the question xD

$25,000 again

StrangerCoug · Post Post #46 (isolation #7) » Mon Feb 06, 2017 2:53 pm

When it comes my turn, I will

hit

, please.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #55 (isolation #8) » Mon Feb 06, 2017 5:47 pm

Curse my luck today

StrangerCoug · Post Post #58 (isolation #9) » Tue Feb 07, 2017 2:56 am

In post 57, mv_gimmick wrote:
In post 55, StrangerCoug wrote:Curse my luck today
Didn't your luck get you a 21?

Yeah, on Friday

StrangerCoug · Post Post #62 (isolation #10) » Tue Feb 07, 2017 6:43 am

$10,000

StrangerCoug · Post Post #65 (isolation #11) » Tue Feb 07, 2017 3:02 pm

Oh, and

Mod: It's about to be Hand 3. You might want to update that in the title.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #73 (isolation #12) » Thu Feb 09, 2017 3:10 pm

Hit to 17 (if hard) or 18 (if soft), then stand

StrangerCoug · Post Post #89 (isolation #13) » Sun Feb 12, 2017 5:58 am

In post 88, Realeo wrote:Double down

*gasps loudly*

StrangerCoug · Post Post #97 (isolation #14) » Mon Feb 13, 2017 3:20 pm

Oh dear. Third place. And I was doing well in Tatsuya's game, too...

$50,000

StrangerCoug · Post Post #108 (isolation #15) » Tue Feb 14, 2017 1:39 pm

Stand

Also, the dealer doesn't necessarily have 17 right this second

StrangerCoug · Post Post #114 (isolation #16) » Wed Feb 15, 2017 10:33 am

$25,000

StrangerCoug · Post Post #118 (isolation #17) » Wed Feb 15, 2017 5:55 pm

On my turn,

use the power chip to change the 4

, please.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #126 (isolation #18) » Fri Feb 17, 2017 4:16 pm

Stand

StrangerCoug · Post Post #132 (isolation #19) » Sat Feb 18, 2017 1:08 pm

$1,000

StrangerCoug · Post Post #136 (isolation #20) » Sun Feb 19, 2017 3:41 pm

Then bet $2,000. It was supposed to be whatever the minimum bet was

StrangerCoug · Post Post #155 (isolation #21) » Wed Feb 22, 2017 3:21 pm

$50,000

Damn you all for not making me want to bet conservatively

StrangerCoug · Post Post #157 (isolation #22) » Wed Feb 22, 2017 4:57 pm

Eww... At least it's a soft 16, so I can't bust on the first hit.

Hit to hard 12 or soft 17, then stand

StrangerCoug · Post Post #168 (isolation #23) » Tue Feb 28, 2017 4:15 pm

$150,000

StrangerCoug · Post Post #170 (isolation #24) » Tue Feb 28, 2017 4:21 pm

We're pretty cutthroat bidders, apparently

StrangerCoug · Post Post #174 (isolation #25) » Wed Mar 01, 2017 11:26 am

In post 172, mv_gimmick wrote:btw, my bid is actually strangercoug's money

You better not have been robbing me

StrangerCoug · Post Post #175 (isolation #26) » Wed Mar 01, 2017 11:32 am

Since I have to win this hand anyway to stay alive, I might as well risk

doubling down

.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #186 (isolation #27) » Fri Mar 03, 2017 4:49 pm

Oh, I thought there was an elimination every time the MS card came up xD Well, it got me the lead, anyway...

Bet $22,500

StrangerCoug · Post Post #192 (isolation #28) » Mon Mar 06, 2017 2:25 pm

*sigh*

Stand...

StrangerCoug · Post Post #198 (isolation #29) » Tue Mar 07, 2017 11:02 am

Hmm...

$100,000

.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #206 (isolation #30) » Wed Mar 08, 2017 8:50 am

Hmm... Let's

split

those.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #210 (isolation #31) » Wed Mar 08, 2017 4:45 pm

In post 206, StrangerCoug wrote:Hmm... Let's
split
those.

Can I retract that and

hit

instead?

StrangerCoug · Post Post #217 (isolation #32) » Sat Mar 11, 2017 10:06 am

Hit again

StrangerCoug · Post Post #219 (isolation #33) » Sat Mar 11, 2017 4:08 pm

Damn it ><

StrangerCoug · Post Post #221 (isolation #34) » Sat Mar 11, 2017 6:01 pm

You're welcome :V

StrangerCoug · Post Post #227 (isolation #35) » Sun Mar 12, 2017 6:19 pm

How about a Martingale bet?

$200,000

.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #238 (isolation #36) » Mon Mar 13, 2017 2:03 pm

Stand

StrangerCoug · Post Post #260 (isolation #37) » Tue Mar 14, 2017 9:01 am

$5,000

StrangerCoug · Post Post #261 (isolation #38) » Tue Mar 14, 2017 9:01 am

Oh, and

where the heck are the cards in #257?

StrangerCoug · Post Post #264 (isolation #39) » Tue Mar 14, 2017 1:21 pm

But still, we didn't get to see what the header had

StrangerCoug · Post Post #269 (isolation #40) » Tue Mar 14, 2017 2:02 pm

Double

StrangerCoug · Post Post #278 (isolation #41) » Wed Mar 15, 2017 9:59 am

$10,000

StrangerCoug · Post Post #288 (isolation #42) » Wed Mar 15, 2017 2:12 pm

I'm fine right where I am

StrangerCoug · Post Post #293 (isolation #43) » Wed Mar 15, 2017 5:20 pm

Let's go a little higher.

$25,000.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #305 (isolation #44) » Thu Mar 16, 2017 3:50 pm

Stand

StrangerCoug · Post Post #309 (isolation #45) » Fri Mar 17, 2017 1:33 pm

I'm not exactly sure slow and steady is going to win this race at this rate, but at least it's kept me from digging too deep a hole.

$50,000.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #319 (isolation #46) » Mon Mar 20, 2017 1:51 pm

Oh, good Lord...

Stand

... Dealer had better go over...

StrangerCoug · Post Post #323 (isolation #47) » Wed Mar 22, 2017 9:41 am

...To hell with this; I'm sick of being in last place while the other players trounce me.

Go for broke.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #326 (isolation #48) » Wed Mar 22, 2017 12:21 pm

StrangerCoug · Post Post #334 (isolation #49) » Thu Mar 23, 2017 6:30 am

Mod: The hand value column says I have a 13 but the cards say I have only a 12.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #336 (isolation #50) » Thu Mar 23, 2017 6:32 am

Could you fix it, please?

StrangerCoug · Post Post #341 (isolation #51) » Thu Mar 23, 2017 2:54 pm

Hit to 14, then stand

StrangerCoug · Post Post #348 (isolation #52) » Fri Mar 24, 2017 3:18 pm

That's more like it

$100,000

StrangerCoug · Post Post #353 (isolation #53) » Sun Mar 26, 2017 1:31 pm

Hoo boy. Getting serious now.

That said, I'll

hit

.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #364 (isolation #54) » Tue Mar 28, 2017 1:32 pm

Well, I have the lead now, if that's any consolation for me...

$100,000

StrangerCoug · Post Post #370 (isolation #55) » Wed Mar 29, 2017 3:04 pm

Hit to 12, then stand

StrangerCoug · Post Post #375 (isolation #56) » Thu Mar 30, 2017 3:32 pm

$75,000

StrangerCoug · Post Post #379 (isolation #57) » Fri Mar 31, 2017 2:24 pm

Stand

StrangerCoug · Post Post #384 (isolation #58) » Sat Apr 01, 2017 12:17 pm

Bet $250,000

StrangerCoug · Post Post #391 (isolation #59) » Sun Apr 02, 2017 4:35 pm

Hit to soft 18/hard 17, then stand

StrangerCoug · Post Post #400 (isolation #60) » Mon Apr 03, 2017 10:47 am

Let's see if I can be the first player to reach $1,000,000.

Bet $125,000.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #405 (isolation #61) » Mon Apr 03, 2017 2:44 pm

Stand

StrangerCoug · Post Post #413 (isolation #62) » Tue Apr 04, 2017 11:15 am

I'll let it ride.

$250,000.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #418 (isolation #63) » Thu Apr 06, 2017 3:28 pm

*resists the

VERY

strong temptation to make pee jokes*

StrangerCoug · Post Post #423 (isolation #64) » Wed Apr 12, 2017 1:41 pm

Double

StrangerCoug · Post Post #426 (isolation #65) » Thu Apr 13, 2017 11:49 am

The minimum, which I think is $64,000

If it's lower and you have to take the $64,000 bet... well, sucks to be me

StrangerCoug · Post Post #430 (isolation #66) » Thu Apr 13, 2017 3:08 pm

Stand

StrangerCoug · Post Post #433 (isolation #67) » Thu Apr 13, 2017 4:02 pm

$782,000

StrangerCoug · Post Post #437 (isolation #68) » Fri Apr 14, 2017 1:04 pm

Hit to 17, then stand

StrangerCoug · Post Post #446 (isolation #69) » Sat Apr 15, 2017 5:38 am

Bet everything

StrangerCoug · Post Post #452 (isolation #70) » Sun Apr 16, 2017 1:48 pm

Hit to 17, then stand

StrangerCoug · Post Post #461 (isolation #71) » Sun Apr 16, 2017 4:03 pm

Getting rid of the joker elimination is fine by me