Gambler 8 is a joke

I know Gambler 9 is the most hated and I'm probably gonna sing this song soon if God l lets me ever reach it, but goddamn it, completing Gambler 9 is nearly impossible for me. I've been playing it in a very automated way, leaving the game when I got high cards at the very beginning etc. Applied all tips I could find online. And still. 80% of time I either immediately got high cards and ended up with 20 points at the very start. I can't even count how many times I hit blackjack. 3 times in total I managed to either get more than 3 cards in my hand or start low enough to hope for a win: 1st time the croupier got blackjack, 2nd time I got a 10 points card as the last one and obviously lost, and the third time was the only time I managed to win with 5 cards in my hand. After a fucking hour. Meanwhile NPCs managed to win about 10 such rounds. I can't even count how many times my 4th card was 10 and I lost. It was like 90% of time. It almost felt as if my cards were rigged.

I want to 100% the game, but Jesus Christ, what the fuck is this shit?

I'm definitely gonna kill the croupier once I'm done.