My Betting Experience Play Blackjack

Mark, my nephew's buddy, age 21, gets a complimentary guest pass to stay in Vegas for 3 nights at the Monte Carlo. He arrives with $200 in his pocket and high hopes to "take the house down" in any way, shape or form. The odyssey begins with all night Poker which immediately goes his way. $200 turns into $3,000 and later $10k. By day 3, after countless hours dedicated to the cause, that $10k soon dwindles down to $3k. How could this happen he wonders? Being the maverick he is, he can't go home knowing he just lost $7k even though he really won over $2k. He decides to pocket $2k, and work his butt off with the remaining $1,000 and try to recoup the previous night's losses. With 3 hours left before his flight departs, he decides to go for the gusto. He moves himself to High Stakes Black Jack where it's just the dealer and him facing off. The bets begin at $200 and quickly escalate to $700 per hand. In 3 hours and a whole lot of luck, the $1,000 gets lifted to $10,000 and the casino just can't do enough for him. Hotel penthouse vouchers are given to him, meals, show tickets, limo to the airport. With great effort he pulls himself away from the table and bounces into the limo on route to John Wayne Airport. As he boards the plane the events of the past 3 days settle in his head. In 3 days and a whole lot of blood, sweat and tears, he turned $200 into $10,000. Luck, skill, the stars up above, whatever it was, he believes he earned it fair and square but most importantly, he intends to do again!