I just don't see these numbers as earth-shattering extreme as you do. Losing 13k over 26 hours. That is an average of $500 an hour or ONE of your $500 Max Bet of 2 x $250, per hour. Yes that is a negative run, but not to the extreme you are making it out to be. Playing for 5-6 years since your move to Vegas at this level and several years prior, I would have thought you would have experienced a run of this magnitude half dozen to a dozen times by now. Oh wait, you have and you freak out each time.Originally Posted by ZenKinG
I know a string of name calling is coming but let me ask you this: What happens when you go on a positive run for 10, 12, 15, even 20k over a relatively short period of time? I don't see you on here going out of your mind. And that is exactly what card counting is, a series of runs in each direction. Very rarely is it just a nice steady climb.
I don't know what you have as a bankroll these days. It used to be 50k and that is about right for the max bet you are playing. So you have lost 25% of your bankroll. That happens....I am not going to say fairly regularly, but it happens. That is why a player needs that large BR, in your case 50k or more, preferably more. Because you will lose, 25%, 33%, 40% at some point.
And if a player freaks out when losing 25% of that BR necessary to play those particular stakes, then he isn't really playing to that larger BR that is necessary.
And this other shit, flat tires, and losing girlfriends or girlfriends mad at you or whatever has nothing to do with the math, variance and swings that are blackjack card counting, unless you are losing it and playing on tilt because a few things in life went bad that day, in which case, you simply are not cut out to be a professional player.
You HAVE to know these things dude! You shouldn't need me or anyone else to be telling you this at this point of your career.
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