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One shoe? One playing session? 2nd bankroll?
Wiped out in one shoe, one playing session... Lost a second bankroll. It's fairly obvious what the primary problem is. What of additional issues that could pan out to disaster? It was asked about the count or method being used, the game being played against and conditions, etc. but he was possibly doomed right from the start overbetting his bankroll. The increased ROR means there's an increased chance you can lose!
The next post down the road will consist of "What do you MEAN I shouldn't be playing a H17 8 deck game and there are better rules and conditions? I thought all blackjack games were the same!" This game is about fractions of a percentage point. Sometimes it seems as if people don't quite understand this concept and it's implications. You are walking a tightwire at all times and you can never lose your balance! In other words, you must always stay focused. If you fail at basic money management concepts then you are in trouble regardless of how you fare at other aspects of attempting to be an AP.
I've lost trip bankrolls. It happens! That is not my concern though... overall profitability is. This is a game where you take three steps forward and then get knocked two steps back along the way! There IS no just walking in the casinos and easily taking their money, contrary to the hype and urban legend of such things, yet such things lure the unwary into the belly of the beast unprepared. Casinos eat up novice APs for breakfast, chew them up and spit them out all day long. The game has gotten more difficult and being an AP in today's modern blackjack game requires considerably more "fine tuning", making many publications from say the 80's to have lots of good basic information but still be obsolete in today's games. I wrote words sometime back to the effect of, "Most novice AP's fail and only a few end up being truly successful. This means that in the overall, casinos turn a profit out of card counters in the overall and therefore should welcome the card-counting community with open arms!"
I would venture to say that the original poster is a little short of the mark on money management factors. I suggest he stop and evaluate each and every aspect of his play before putting any further money at risk. I suggest he read, practice and study because going into a casino half-cocked and unprepared is a great way to fall off that tightwire!
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