When things really go to shit, you think after the fact that......geez, I kept digging and I kept losing. If you’re in the middle of a bad shoe, the count goes negative - it’s a good time to call it a day and let the house book it’s nice win.
But........let’s say you’re deep in the shoe with 3 or 4 hands left, you’ve just lost another buy in, and you’re in for 3K - your biggest bet all night was probably 1x350 or 2 x200 or 250 - count is through the roof, things look good and now it’s time for the steam - out comes 1k, putting you in for 4K, and out goes 2x500 with that furtive look that goes with gamblers. You win both hands. Then, lose 1 and tie one, leaving with you with 1500 - then, you win 1 at 500, and win the other doubled - then gleefully exclaim to critter - hey, only down 1k - I’m back in business (true, amounts changed to disguise location)
Play a bit longer reducing loss and finally comment that I’m tired and need to go to sleep. House books a 200 or 300 win. That’s 1 way of using your bankroll.
Last edited by Freightman; 10-07-2019 at 11:18 PM.
Hey,
I'm brand new to this forum. I decided to reply to you because it looks like you know what you're talking about.
I recently did an exercise playing blackjack online.
I played 6,873 hands. of which 3296 were negative, 3033 positive and 544 even.
My question is...
Out of that many hands, do those numbers look proper to you?
The numbers I get (calculating the standard deviation and variance) are not near that
much of a spread from the mean. I'm not great with sd and variance, etc. That is why I'm asking this question.
I did play very close to perfect basic strategy (deviated on some hands like on 15 or 16, etc.
Thanks in advance!
Scott
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