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Blackjack dealers are not out to beat you.
Dealing the game is what they basically do.
There are 416 cards in an eight deck shoe.
The first two cards dealt won't always please.
This leads to so many different possibilities.
It is not possible to always get twenty-one.
Many times you go over, and the game is done.
The dealer doesn't always bust, and can get more than you.
What you see is what you get when it comes out of the shoe.
Blackjack is one of several table games you can choose.
Remember, leave the casino if you can't afford to lose.
Once in a while
Watch blackjack style
We sit around
Cash stakes now ground
A card game here
Works luck's sweet gear
A stash of cash
As high cards flash
Cash and plenty
Now comes to me
This new vintage
Piles new mintage
The banker wins
As cash comes in
Blackjack and more
Now floods my stores
Leon Enriquez
18 February 2018
Singapore
There’s a wanna-be boxer named Whitney,
Who deals blackjack in Atlantic City.
I said with a straight face,
“That you’ll never win, ace.”
And then foolishly told him to hit me.
Here are cards
Fifty-two in all.
Want to win?
You beat me?
You need more points than I have.
Twenty-one is tops.
I have an ace.
I now need a ten.
Please give it to me
so I can win.
Let me have it.
Please don’t get one.
Let me win this hand.
You gave me two picture cards.
Together, they’re twenty points.
Don’t you get twenty-one!
Robert Pettit for Twenty/Twenty contest by David Williams
Casinos are the land of milk and honey.
This absolute fool thinks he has found a knack.
The dummy bets all of his hard-earned money.
He says he cannot lose when he plays blackjack.
There is a bad truth that he will realize.
Sooner or later he is in for a surprise.
He will come home with pockets that are empty.
Just another loser is what he will be.
Inside this casino, I think I will linger,
because I see no wedding band on her finger.
How can I talk to her while she deals blackjack?
I am trying to formulate a plan of attack.
She is one of the prettiest dealers I ever saw.
Will there be any lucky cards for me in the draw?
I would like to become acquainted with this honey.
How can I do it without losing any money?
If she can be my ten, I will be her ace.
I am just getter hotter while standing in this place.
With this single doll, I know I can win.
Here are my chips. I want to cash in.
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