Hello all, just joined this site per recommendation from a buddy I made in a failing oceanside casino town earlier this week.

I started playing 3 years ago and got serious about our craft roughly 6 months ago while, ironically enough, training to be a dealer. Since then I've spent countless hours studying, practicing, ok.. obsessing.. over this wonderful game that we all love (most of the time).

Which brings me to my last trip..

H17 no surrender, using Hi Opt 1 no side count spreading 1-20 $10 tables 1-8ish $25 tables, playing a shoe or two and then moving on to my next stop. I'm trying to think in units but I'm new to this style of thinking/writing so bare with me. $10 units. (brought $3000 with me)

Day 1: up 60 units, down 200 units, up 130 units for a total of -$100. Day 2: up 40 units, up 75 units, down 155 units, up 63 units for a grand trip total of a whopping +$130.

While I didn't expect to make a boatload of money given the rules I had to endure, is this normal to blow my entire profit hours before leaving? I can't be too distraught as I was still playing very +EV shoes to the best of my abilities, just sucks I put in all that work for basically nothing. I guess what I'm trying to ask is am I completely retarded for not leaving when I made 1/3 of my trip BR with less than stellar conditions? I'm quickly learning that you're never truly done learning when this is your hobby of choice, I just need to hear honest advice from an experienced player/s.

p.s. I keep reading about camo and I, like most others, worry about it a lot. I've found that the best thing to do is try to make peace with any dealer that's even half not miserable-borderline-suicidal. While there's no hope for some and you can't do much but put your head down, a lot of them just need a friend and a break from the typical flea. Coming from a dealer's point of view, if you're cool with me I could honestly give a sh*t what you bet or how you act as long as it's not tooo crazy that could get me in trouble for letting it happen. Just talk about anything other than the 'sh*tty cards'! Waitresses, local teams, events, etc. are all tried and true topics. Just some food for thought/discussion, thanks in advance for any constructive input.