Thats funny. Sounds like the patrick model whew he would have followes post that they went to a casino , drove 2 hours round trip, stood around and charted tables for 3 hours, them platyed for 30 min, and grinded out a 3o dollar profit and then drove home. And people would pat the person on the back and proclaim that small wins are the way to go blah blah blah.

If the guy was running a business....this business would be bankrupt. The time, the gasoline, the wear and tear on the car....makes that a losing proposition.

So then the question is ..how do you know when to stop? Do you stop at 10 dollars? or 12 dollars? or 25 dollars or 100 dollars? What if the right time to stop is 50 dollars and you never get there. you lose and never get profitable, or youget to 35 dollars and then slide down.

There is this expectation that a person will be ahead with enough money to stop a majority of the time..which isnt a mathematically sounds assumption.

So when you win you have to offset your expenses....plus you have to offset the losing days...in order to be profitable overall.

"knowing when to cash out" is a vague term. Do you cash out and go home? And if you go home....how long are you supposed to stay at home.? Do the cards or dice or machines have any clue when the sun goes down and then comes up again? Can you cash out and then return to a table in 5 min? Or 1 hour? or 3 hours and 47 min? Or does the clander have to change to another day. And if the calander changes to another day....is 12:01 am ok? Or does it have to be after the sun comes up?

"knowing when to cash out" first involves winning enough money to cash out with(which is not a given),,,,,,winning enough to offset expenses and past losses in order to gain a profit and not just a "cashout" for the sake of saying that you had a "cashout". What good are consistent cashouts if they dont cover your expenses and past losses on a consistent basis. And then knowing when to cashout...you have to know when the stars align so that you can return in a few minutes, hours or days.