Questions and thoughts (as usual):
Zenking have you moved back east or just traveling? Do you still reside in Vegas? Your parents moved? That seems harsh.
After they got you out of the house did they downsize to a retirement community or something?
I was in Pa a couple weeks ago for a blackjack trip with my brother. We did pretty well. The games are still good by rule, but too crowded and too spread out for my liking. I am not into that 45 minute to an hour drive to play one location. My approach would never work there, I would have to come up with something different.
I was hoping you would answer AccountinQuestion's question of "how much"? since you brought it up. And do you measure any winning period vs expectation?
Now, what I think is going on based on these periodic posts/threads by ZK and an occasional conversation with other AP's that know him:
I think Zenking is doing fine. 5-6 years since his move to Vegas? If you look at that time in its totality, and compare his winnings to expectation, I would bet he is pretty close. If I had a criticism, it would be that he doesn't put in enough play. But hey I am a grinder type and it is all about enough play to overcome any kind of negative variance for me. Maybe his approach and goals are different.
I really don't care much for his pure wonging approach. That just guarantees a smaller number of rounds played. I would also think it screams attention, plus would think in crowded locations like Pa it is hard to pull off. But to each his own.
So ZK pops up here every 3-4 months venting about variance. We hear nothing from him for 3-4 months in between, when he is winning. When he is winning $8800, 10k, 12k over a relatively short time (small number of trials) we don't hear a peep from him. But when some negative variance comes along, he vents like no player I have ever seen.
After all this time, he
HAS to understand variance and how card counting works with large swings. I don't know why he hasn't gotten a handle on that yet. Maybe he has, but just has this weird need to publicly vent, and keep us amused.
Anyway congrats on your overall success Zenking. Stay healthy and happy.