11

I seem to come across the number 11 a bit too often. Firstly, I'm born on the 11th of November, hence.. 11/11 (no, this is no way a subtle way of broadcasting when's my birthday..heh..) Malaysian Night was on the 11th of March. Last night, I waited at table 2,11 and 16. Coincidence?

Mm.. the 1st time I went to the casino, I bet on 11 in roulette and made a small win. Odds are 36 to 1.

Last Sunday, Seng and I went down to Gala Casino. Yes, we've got to find less risky ways of spending our nights.. Lol. Don't get me wrong here.. I rarely go down to the casino. Anyway, I played a bit of roulette.. did badly. And then I headed down to the blackjack table to accompany Seng. He wasn't doing too well.. He was on his last fiver 3 times I was there. Then, the others around the table left and Seng was left alone against the dealer. The dealer required two players at the table so I decided to play. I used the system my dad's system where after losing you bet more.. ie: lose 20 cents, increase to 50, lost that 50, increase to 1ringgit..etc and once you win back you losses.. go back to your original 20 cents.. umm.. the low dominations coz he thought me this when I was a little kid back in Sibu, Sarawak gambling against relatives. Lol) I was a good roll on luck coz I never lost more than twice consecutively for like 10+ rounds.

Besides that... On two games, I had double aces and each time I split I made quite a good sum of money. I doubled up with 11s a few times too and those fell through too. We both were doing well and I remember caressing and keeping track of the stacks of chips I won.. lol. We were doing well until the point where two other guys came over to our table and I guess our feng shui shifted or something.. coz from doing great.. we dropped down to mediocre. I knew when to stop.. I set aside my base cash and the lost I last made at the casino and went on playing. I pulled out at the point where the dealer had two 21s in a row. At this point, it's tempting to get pulled in and go on. But i knew I had made enough from the table.. best, to take the money and run!

After blackjack, I took out my overall winnings and put it into roulette. The 2nd time I was here(this is only the 3rd time I've been here..), I had lost some money but I had made it all back from the game on roulette.

In roulette.. I was doing impressive. At the last round of roulette.. Once again, I bet a pound on lucky number 11. And Viola! I went back a happy man. My total winnings for the night was equalivalent to working 10+ hours. Seng did well too that night.

Well.. I have to admit it's quite tempting to head back after a good roll of luck like this but you know the saying 'easy comes, easy goes'.

Mm.. I really wonder how far this roll of luck can take me. There's this pharmacology experiment where they need volunteers. My bro was telling me they pay quite well like over 1k pounds. All you need to do is pop in a few pills daily and oh yeah.. there's that death waiver form you're probably have to sign. And I mean.. comeon, after that last incident of those drug trial people being sent into hospital (and some fatalities >.<), what's the chances of it happening again, right? RIGHT??

Heh.. nah, on 2nd thought, I'll keep to relatively risk-free experiments involving psychology and economics.

Wouldn't want to push my luck..