Originally Posted by
ZeeBabar
I have great admiration for you guys. Also, I am reminded about how far I have to go before I can mentally handle such loses. I have a hard time handling a 5 day trip when, at the first casino, I have sat through a couple of hours of ups and downs and neutral counts too and then the first monster shoe comes, TC goes high, you put your max bet out, dealer gets a BJ, TC still high or higher, another max bet out, the ploppy gets a BJ, you get a 13 against an 8, hit and get a 9, bust. You lose two more max bets, get a push on one and lose that one too. Now, you have lost 4 max bets, another round left and you have only half a max bet left. The psychological effect is devastating. Do you take even more money out, just bet what is left in front of you (you lose it, you are glad you did not cash for a bigger bet, you win, you curse yourself for not having bet more). Even if I had won the bet, I still would not have recovered much of the earlier losses in that shoe.
for me, these decisions have to be made by a great understanding of yourself. I don't want to have booked rooms and airline flight across country for a 5 day trip and find myself devastated within hours of landing. I play with greater freedom at the end of the trip and more circumspect at the beginning. Yes, I have walked away from positive counts because I did not have a large session bankroll (who can predict I would have one that shoe?) but the bigger picture, the joy of the whole trip, cannot be recklessly risked.
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