Went through indices and memorised more of them. Practiced on Verite.
Took bus to casino. Sat down. Bought in for the absolute minimum. Lost the first seven hands.
Waited for the count to get good... then better.
The true count is +5 and we are still over two decks from the end. Dealer has a 5 showing, I get dealt a 10 and a 19. I double my max bet and draw a picture card. Dealer busts.
And after that I finally won a succession of max bets. Hooray for me.
After that it was a roller coaster ride, and my next round of very positive counts wasn't as good. Lost most of my earnings from that earlier sequence. But I recovered later with a lot of luck on moderately good counts.
I left $880 ahead.
I didn't think it would ever happen again. I hope that this is the end of the big losing streak for now, though I am still $4700 off my all time high.
Thank you all for your support and tolerance. We're in it for the long run.
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