Originally Posted by kewlJ View Post
The point is a blackjack card counter must be properly bankrolled and able to handle these elongated swings....because they will occur.
This post almost seems directed at me. I`m sure just by coincidence though, because you`ve always been really helpful and nice to me so I can`t see you doing that. Anyway, I emailed you at blackjackinfo the same day you made this post that`s why I said that. You probably just haven`t seen it yet. The title of the email is about how I`ve been on a sick downswing, but really the point of the email was asking you your opinion on my idea of tweaking a specific element of my game because of that.

One thing I`ve learned since starting to count cards is, you can look at the sims/numbers/stats/whatever and see how bad your scenario can get. However, when you`re in that situation, there`s nothing that can prepare you for being in that situation and getting absolutely decimated in short order. To quote Mike Tyson (not something I do often, but it`s appropriate): "everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face". I think this sums up a horrific downswing nicely. You can have a plan that looks really good on paper, but when things go really south, it makes you analyze what you`re doing and start thinking if there`s anyway you can do to improve your approach. As for my situation, I don`t have to resize or anything thankfully, but I`m looking to make other improvements. This isn`t my first downswing or anything like that, but this one really shook me. That could be an interesting topic of discussion for KJ, Moses, BoSox, or any of the other counters on this site: have you ever had a downswing so terrible that it made you take a break to analyze your strategies? Keep in mind I`ve been tweaking my strategies constantly ever since I started playing, however in this instance it made me literally stop playing before moving forward.