Quote Originally Posted by RollingStoned View Post
Just about choked when you said your max bet is 10% of your trip roll. Have at least 20 max bets on you. You definitely don't want to be in a situation where a few losing splits & double downs taps you out of the game when you still have an advantage. Or putting the last if your trip BR on the line, just to get a split or double and not be able to put up the funds for it.
I agree... I will start bringing more $$$ with me. The occasion when I won $775 the thing I was most upset about was not being able to double that one hand for the full amount. My sister thought I was a nut.

But I've been rolling with my max bet being about 10% of my trip roll for a year now 81 trips... 104 hours of play... and I haven't busted out once... But I have quit after losing a few hundred a few times. But I've never left in the middle of a good count. The casino is close to me so if I lose 75% of my trip roll in 15min and have to go home... it's not the end of the world. I didn't drive hours or fly to vegas. I've also won hundreds in 20-30min and left.

My biggest fear about bringing more of a bankroll is losing my wallet or getting robbed. I guess I need to start keeping all the bankroll at home and only digging it out when going to the casino. And even if I bring $10,000 it doesn't mean I have to play $50-300 spreads... I can still play $10-50 or $10-75. And I can still set limits at how much I want to lose in a session. More BR just insures I won't have to stop playing when the count is +5 and I lose 10 max bets in a row.

I need to read up more on ROR too... I think I've been fairly lucky over my 100+ hours of play... but that doesn't mean I can't lose it all very quickly. I can replace the BR, but my GF hates me playing BJ and if I were to lose my entire current BR (about $3k) she would be very unhappy. Heck I would't be thrilled - but I understand if I am playing correctly it will eventually come back.

Anyone know what my expected EV should be?? 0.69 house edge... spreading $10-60 ($60 is probably my average top bet over the 100hrs) and playing 18 indexes?

I tried to figure it out once years ago and I thought it was VERY low... like $5-10/hr. I'm around $30/hr right now. There is NO WAY I should have won this much. And those numbers don't include comps like free table play coupons (which I don't get anymore!) and dealer mistakes. I am up another $500 on coupons and dealer mistakes. It seems like 100 hours would be a good data set... but obviously anything can happen. Long run is relative.

Another reason I wanted the full set of indexes for my rules is the classic 18 is for S17... BS for H17 says you are supposed double 11 v A. But the I18 index for 11vA is +1... I just wonder if any other indexes are incorrect for the rules I am playing.

Also thanks for all the replies. Even the snarky ones.