Some of you guys that play blackjack and read or used to read Norm's forum, will remember a kind of oddball guy, that posted there for a while. I forget what he did for a living, but in his 60's when he retired, he took up card counting. He had a starting bankroll of whatever amount it was that he set aside as his blackjack bankroll, that he kept in a shoebox. And as he played and won or lost, the amount of the bankroll in the shoebox, fluctuated. That is a very primitive way of keeping track that I wouldn't recommend for any player, who is even slightly serious about his play, but at least this guy always knew exactly where he stood as far as bankroll and winning and losing.

These degenerate gambler types that scrape together one session bankroll after another, have no idea where they stand. Maybe if they could see the actual amounts they have lost, they would stop, or learn to apply some AP techniques. Although most always say that would take the fun out of gambling. So they do what they do and lie to themselves along with everyone else.