I would like to first thank all members on the site for the posts and endless information to look back on about the game of blackjack.


I am a young man who has always had a thing for gambling. Whether it be on video games, bets with friends on sports games, or basically anything somebody wanted to bet on. I have been playing blackjack for about 2 years now, visiting the casino at least once a week and trying to play online everyday if possible. My bankroll for each visit is always $800. I leave other money behind so that i can not withdraw it as i have quite a bit of living expenses unfortunately. I started as a basic strategy player and would more often than not find myself on the losing end being -$800, and when i was on the winning end i never even cracked $600 profit in one trip. After suffering to many heavy losses to my gambling bankroll which was at the time $5,000 that i had separate from my real life BR, i stopped visiting the casino. As a simple basic strat player i still knew how to count cards using hi-lo but i would find myself losing count to often and would just give up hope. After a few weeks of not hitting the tables i had the itch to go back but i did not want to go back just as an average player.. i wanted to be an advantage player. After going back and practicing for hours playing red chips I can now count through an entire shoe in a casino pretty fluently but since i have not practiced index plays in a live casino i may make a slight mistake on those every now and then but i do know them for the rules in my local stores. My deck estimation is good not yet GREAT. I feel i can now gain an advantage on the casinos, but i feel i do not have the BR suitable for even trying at a come up. Is it possible to attack the casino with a 5,000 BR, while only using max of $800 per trip? I do have a job so the gambling BR is able to be built back up.. Please let me know the best way to approach my situation. Any advice or things i should and should not do would be greatly appreciated

Thanks!