I know it there really is no such thing as a winning streak but nothing gets me pumped up to play more than booking multiple winning sessions in a row. Mentally for me after multiple wining sessions regardless of amount it makes the booked losses of any amount much easier to write off. Obviously though booking loss after loss is hard to swallow at times and can make it hard to remain motivated to put in the hours.
Longest winning streak is 13. During a 27 of 30 stretch of winning sessions. Currently mired in 2 years of break even play making it hard to remain motivated to put in the hours as you said. That's what it's all about though, making the multiple winning sessions hold up since you never know whether a big win streak or big loss is next.
Reign Man, how many hours do you play in a year? My longest winning streak (10 sessions of an hour each) came shortly after going 125 hours between all time highs. As a part time player, this 125 hours equated to a whole year. It tested my resolve, to say the least. Hang in there and keep at it - it will turn eventually.Originally Posted by Reign Man
If you examine it in streaks, it is really not a fair one. Some people play sessions by time and longevity concerns and thus walk off after a certain time and they may have a 50% winning sessions record. There are others who will, if losing, play a marathon session of 4-6 hours or until they have recovered their losses and their record would show them have long record of winning sessions, more like 80% plus.
you have to define sessions better.
A winning streak is where you win lots of times in a row. I acknowledge they exist, however, for the most part they are unimportant and un-useful things to look at. Also, when it comes to looking at session or any other period of play, there is some easy statistical voodoo that can be applied to give different results. If every hand you played was recorded, it's not hard to cut up your total play in a way such that you never have a losing session, have a 80%, 50%, 10% session winning percentage.
My personal record is 10 sessions, 9 of which were over 3 hours. The swing doubled my bankroll (I was already very under rolled, probably more than full kelly, and got lucky on a high variance side bet a few times).
I have had some impressive winning stretches on the calendar. But looking at my records my longest winning streak is only about 10 sessions. I do get worried I never post losing sessions when things go well so I may choose after falling way behind in a session to post a small loss rather than turn a big loss into a win. Can't say for sure if any of these occurred in retrospect from my records.
Time ago, when I didn't know nothing about this "Advantage World", 23 sessions in a row using KO. The weirdest thing was that happened immediately after reading KO Blackjack
Then I lost my bankroll...
Last edited by Rudy; 04-19-2015 at 09:02 PM.
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