Officially Done with blackjack

[Jack Daniels]

I am totally and completely done with blackjack. The blackjack life is one long grind filled with misery and despair to the point that when you finally do succeed you've been so abused and crushed and disillusioned you cant even enjoy the win. I havent won much but I can say I put a lot of effort into learning halves and all the finer points of play. I struggled very long with having an adequate bank because I was I started from scratch. Well, after 3 years I'm up about 20k. Was that really worth it? Heck no. I can hustle with my full time job and add a second job like food delivery plus day trading stocks and easily make 100k a year. In order to make significantly more than that counting I would need a 200k bankroll and put it at risk and deal with insane roller coaster swings all the while traveling across the country living in squalor and complete shit. Its simply not worth it. And even if you do succeed, which is a HUGE IF, they'll make it impossible for you to play if you are capable of winning really money. So honestly at the end of the day, save yourself the misery and depression and go to school or start ur own business but PLEASE DONT COUNT CARDS. It totally SUCKS.

Hey Dalmatian, I feel your pain. I was just curious as to how to mitigate the "roller coaster". What is your percentage winning sessions, and what is your average gain and average loss. The basic thing I have learned, which is very hard to to do , is to limit the losses. Knowing that Card counting works, makes me want to stick around to recover my losses. My average win is $300.00, I win about 75% of my session. But my average loss is $1000.00 which is my session Bankroll. I'm slowly going broke. If I can lower my average loss to $500.00, Ill be in the money. I also found out that for me it is very hard to quit. as much as i hate loosing, I love to walk out with some of the casinos' money.

[Freightman]

My average win is $300.00, I win about 75% of my session. But my average loss is $1000.00 which is my session Bankroll

Excellent commentary to dissect and analyze. On 100 sessions you win 22500 and lose 25000, losing overall 2500. Reducing your average loss (which is your primary goal) to 500, maintaining your average win of 300, you win 22500 and lose 12500, winning 10000 overall. Equal dollar wins and losses of 300, you win 22500 and lose 7500, earning 15000 overall. Equal dollar wins and losses is almost impossible.

My first question - is 75% win rate based on style of play, or simply playing while losing to regain losses or lose more. Clearly, there is some flaw in your game. By the way, an average dollar loss exceeding average dollar win is typical. The key is to achieve a percentage win rate sufficient to overcome and get you to a figure roughly in concert with your simmed rate. The next step is to consider methodology to surpass your simmed rate and achieve superior to simmed rate returns.

Let me suggest something to all for debate. Consider (contrary to counter thinking), a style of play that reduces your average win, and reduces your average loss by a percentage surpassing your average win.

I can add more if I want, but let’s see what this drums up.