Wow! I've played poker for years, did decent, but never broke through to the big time. Had the skills, the knowledge and experience to make it happen. Here I open this thread and smack dab right in my face I read this post. This is the answer to a problem of mine I've been trying to figure out for a long time. Reading this phrase was actually earth shattering for me.
Don, you are absolutely right about me. However, you also clarified the answer I was seeking. That is, that a losing streak does not mean losing session after session with no winning sessions in between, it only means that after a 100 hours total (or 200), you have less money than you started with. In that case, I am down about $4k since I started the year, that is about 100 hours ago and thus, I can say that I am still on a losing streak even if I won some money back over the last 12 hours.
As far as me being afraid to win or lose, it’s true. Technically, I have about $75k set aside for BJ but I usually keep my max bet under $200 and quit playing a session if I lose $2k or leave a session when up $1k (usually because I don’t want to be noticed). It’s my frugal personality that I am trying to overcome but it’s difficult after having lived frugally for 65 years.
I was losing at around 300 hours played twice . Once I lost half of my bankroll , the second time 1/3 of my bankroll. IT 's not that rare . You always say this is scary and that is scary . You are not equipped to play BJ by counting except for a small stake . p.s i didn't read don's response and posted .
Last edited by stopgambling; 08-17-2019 at 09:00 AM.
Wish I could say the same. I have some mental changes to make. I'm new to BJ but been around other gambling areas as a semi-pro for a while. I've been buying the same damn books looking for some magical equation or something. I've analyzed hand databases until I'm blue in the face looking for leaks and exploitative population tendencies. After reading a comment yesterday that wasn't even directed to me, I felt like I got slapped in the face. What holds me back from full potential isn't a technical issue it's a mental issue. I can tell already I'm on the path to letting this problem bleed over to BJ as well.
The Doc’s reasoning for using Hilo was the same that I used to choose it. There are more powerful counts and there are easier counts to execute (KO is arguably both), but there’s a lot of value in speaking the native language of the industry, and that’s Hilo.
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