Forget the sporting analogies, I just lost another 1.27k and it was the same old story. I lost every stretch of purportedly positive EV while the ploppies gladly won, mocking my apparent (to them) poor play in the meantime. I am now in a losing streak of 12k of which 7.3k was lost in the past nine sessions.

This has finally worn me down and I have decided that this is my last session for the foreseeable future. It is a pity because I live in the only place left in Australia basically where there remains a game worth playing. I am losing at a rate far greater than what a basic strategy player would lose flat betting my average bet. If the median ploppy does better than me why I do I even bother. And let me say that my negative variation extends far beyond the blackjack table; it pervades most of my life.