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Got right in there and smacked them.  Not a giant buy-in, under $1,000.00 and walked away with almost $5,000.00 win.  Half a shoe at most.  Used a combination of several things that absolutely helped me. 

Hand 6-Fortune 7
Hand 16-Fortune 7
Hand 22-Fortune 7
Hand 39-Fortune 7

The first tie was a three card 9-9 tie.

The first F7 was players had 5 and bankers had 5 also.  Players 3rd card was a 6 and bankers was a 2. I won the F-7 plus the Dragon Bonus with a win by 6, paid 4:1.

Everyone was then heavy for the cut after the Fortune 7.  I stayed on the bankers (I always do after hitting the F7) and it was a bankers natural 9 over the players natural 8. I won the bankers wager and 1:1 on the Dragon bonus as well.

I went with the cut and made up my mind to play the true chop-chop because the way the cards were already falling.  I won the next 5 straight hands.

I lost the next two hands, 13th and 14th as I wagered the bankers.  I almost fell into the table aura as they were winning on players but held my own thoughts.  Easy to say at times and as well, hard to actually do. 

I almost stepped away from the table but the dealer change came and the lady who came in was one of my two absolute favorite dealers. She is spot on, huge energy, smiles all the time and takes no prisoners type of persona big-time!! 

She sits down and says "let's do this guys" and makes eye to eye contact with everybody. Hard to describe but just a self motivating Great Dealer.  I went with Banker. Players two card draw was a six and bankers two card draw was a seven. I stayed with Banker with a Dragon Bonus and a Fortune 7 Wager as I have been doing. Players first two cards is a nine and an ace, and the bankers first two cards are both face cards. Players third card was a 10.  Bankers third card was a 7.  Fortune 7 win again, plus 6:1 on the Dragon Bonus payout.

I made up my mind to stay with banker and play consecutively and I would be risking 1/3 of what I already won. Part of my Money Management Method that I employ the highest majority of times. My reasoning is, I would keep 2/3'rds of my win plus my buy-in, if I lost the 1/3'rd win money and I would definitely walk.

I lost the next three hands to players wins.  I thought myself to remain completely neutral, that I've been preaching and I was completely conscious of that at the table.  I will say I almost changed but I held my ground.

Same wager out on bankers with the dragon Bonus and the Fortune 7. The next was players had 2 and bankers had a 1. Players got an eight and now the whole table was on bankers, fortune seven and the dragon bonus as well. Everyone is screaming six or eight, six or eight and the dealer flops a six. Another fortune seven win with a Dragon bonus of 6 to 1 for the win by 7 points.

Stayed on the Bankers for the win after the Fortune 7 on hand 23 and won. Lost hand 24. I won hands 25 and 26 with the two bankers. 

I lost hands 27, 28 and 29. The tie was a reduction to zero for the players and a reduction to zero for the bankers.  I won the next three bankers which were hands 31, 32 and 34. I lost the single player hand 35. Now comes the highlight.

The table was full, there was great positive energy as well as contradictory negative blatant aggressive talk and looks against those winning by those that were losing. It was just the aura that was present.

Hand 36 was a three card banker eight over a players total of zero. Bankers win along with a 10 to 1 dragon bonus pay.

Everyone except me and another person went with the cut to the player. I said out loud, "I know in my heart she is going to do the same 4 Bankers with one or two Fortune 7s like she did in hands 15, 16, 17 and 18".

Hand 37 was another bankers win with a 3 card 9 over a players total of zero. Bankers win with a Dragon Bonus of 30 to 1 pay as well!  The hand was a players 3 and a bankers 4.  Players 3rd card of 7.  Bankers drew a third card of 5. 

Hand 38 was a two card bankers five over three card players total of four.

The relief dealer walks up right after everyone is already with Wagers placed, we asked her to deal one more hand and she says OK. Players have a two card blackjack and bankers have a three. Players third card was a 4, giving players a total of five.  She pulls the bankers card and myself and another couple of people are asking her for another 4, so we can get the 4th Fortune 7. I tell her, "pull another 4 for the 4th Fortune 7, another 4 to match the one you just did for the players side and another 4 to match those 4 bankers you did when you first came in. Please give us a 4".

She looks, smiles, a few of us are now standing and reciting repeatedly 4-4-4.  She flops another four. Gotta love it when it goes like clockwork!

Played the first hand with the relief dealer and lost as it was a players.  I won 15 bankers, 3 Fortune 7s, a 10:1 and a 30:1 Dragon Bonus, following my decision to stick with consecutive bankers wagers.  I lost a total of 8 wagers to the players side. 

I colored up and left.  Right at half way and it fizzled!  Some 1s and 2s, a 3 and a 4, almost no bonuses, no Fortune 7s. 

NOTE:  Best way to describe what I saw when I went back, was the highest majority of the results were producing the type of wins that were almost impossible to follow.  Whereas, you wager with the previous win and you would lose, you wager against the previous win and you would also lose.  You wager with your win and the next several hands you would lose using the same reasonings, etc.  in other words, the type of results that's inflict large amounts of frustration. 

Few shoes will allow a person to continue great wins throughout the entirety of the shoe.  Usually it is a small section, a section within a section of the shoe.  This shoe was almost a half that allowed me positive results.  I wish I was in Vegas or another higher table limit venue than where I was at. 

Thought I would share some details I remember about the decision process and thoughts I had playing.