Quote Originally Posted by Boz View Post
I know there are some people who track their EV--which makes no sense to me. Why? Stats junkie?
There are lots of reasons. Here are some of the best:
1) To know how close your results are tracking to EV.
2) Tracking how good a day you had concerning wonging etc. All you can do is maximize EV and hope for the best. If you log a low EV consistently you should consider changing your approach to the game.
3) Errors in your play can be flagged by consistently coming in below EV.

That being said playing in the casino has constantly changing dynamics that the sim will never accurately represent. You have varying pen by dealer. Players jumping in and out of the shoe. You have heat considerations. You have game speed considerations. You have dealer error considerations. When wonging out these things are considered but also table availability number of cards left in the shoe. If leaving the casino is the option how far to the next game if your aren't calling it a day. Then you have varying opportunities and table betting restrictions based on time of day and casino procedures like opening new tables and changing cards. They are all dynamic situations with some benefits that can be planned for if you know the casino procedural rhythms and player tends. You can do your best but can't plan accurately knowing all this. You make your best plans to get the best of what you are looking for and make daily adjustments according to what you actually find that day. Such a changing dynamic environment can never be simmed accurately. I sim what I can accurately and if I use my ability to try to maximize adjusting to the dynamics of playing in the casino I know the sim results will be conservative.

So factoring in the dynamics of actual casino play, the plusses of tracking EV get watered down a lot.