Originally Posted by
marriedputter
Yes. This is called a replenishable bankroll.
Let's say that you decide to play as if you had a $10,000 bankroll. Let's say that you won't actually have that total bankroll for a year but you have paychecks that will provide $833 a month. You can play with that $833 each month and pretend that your total bankroll is $10,000. This means however that there is a good chance that you will lose that $833 because you consider your total bankroll to be $10,000 (not $833).
Playing at 1/4 Kelly, you could make $25 dollar bets with a 1% advantage (around a TC of +3 assuming Hi-Lo), $50 with a 2% advantage (TC+5), $75 with a 3% advantage, and $100 with a 4% advantage. If you sit down to a table and immediately get a high count, you could lose that $833 in 5 minutes! You then would have to have the discipline to wait until the next paycheck next month, which is not easy to most to do. On the flip side, if you win, you will have more than $833 and take a bigger hit, but ultimately may lose it all due to variance.
Many use a replenishable bankroll, but not many have the discipline to stop playing right then and there if they lose it all.
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