Playing blackjack via card counting for a living is a very unique thing. It is even different than other forms of advantage play because of the extreme variance involved. It is just small number of hands played with the largest bets out that will determine if a player wins or loses. And it is quite easy to go days, weeks, even months where you lose more of these hands that determine everything. A player HAS to be able to deal with losing for periods of time. This is a big part of why I set out to share my journey, and everything involved, all the ups and downs involved.

It isn't always easy. The first few times you go through somewhat long periods of losing, you might not understand what is going on. You start to question the math you know and understand. My younger brother is experiencing that right now for the first time in his 7 year career. It isn't really my place to discuss his journey, so I won't say much more than he is very frustrated right now. But he will get through it, as all long-term blackjack card counters do and life will go on and at some point maybe next year, or the year after he will have a year way above expectation, a year he just seems to win most of those bigger bets.

A player HAS to learn to deal with this, without freaking out and destroying their car or punching holes in the wall or threatening to shoot up casinos. If you can't then this isn't for you. That is all there is to say.

It seems like Zenking has moved away from card counting/blackjack to other forms of AP. Maybe that will suit him better, but so far, doesn't seem to be.