My 2002 results
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zengrifter
Banned
Re: My 2002 results LOOK LIKE...
... about a $25/hr guy straight down the list. zg
... about a $25/hr guy straight down the list. zg
learning to count
Well-Known Member
First of all Happy New Year to all and especially to El Alcade(the Mayor). Second my new years resolution is to learn the math behind stuff like ROR, Standard Deviation/Expected Value, Indices probabilities, and how to use my new BJRM2000 program!!!!!
This year has been great. I was divorced two years ago and I decided that since I got rid of the baggage I needed to do some things for me. I always wanted to play BJ like a pro. I wanted to be able to count/true count,Bet,make play decisions and have great time doing so. Most of all I wanted to make money!!!!
This year has been great. I came to this website and evolved into a better person and a better player. Everyday I get to learn here and improve myself. I also get to actually give advice and share experience. I sometimes am shocked that I sometimes get it right. I am thankful for the mayor leading me to the right path and for ZG for his blackjack wisdom and insight to other intellectual venues. Thanks Rob Mcgarvey for your insight and views. To the rest of you we have a great thing here, lets protect it, and incourage each other and welcome newcomers to progress in our Blackjack skills and talents. We will beat the house!
Second this year has been profitable I over doubled my BR and have tripled my knowledge. I joined Greenchip and I subscribe to trackjack and cbjn. I have had five trips:
March: Nowegian Sky Cruise win 82 units (wong six deckers avg bet $25)
April: Las Vegas (Single double and six deckers; wong out at -1, wong, avg bet 50)
Lowest point 55 units red
High point 240 units
Win overall 195 units
June: Carnival cruise 6 five days win $1000 BJ, $1200 five dollar slots(oops) avg bet $50 wong wong wong)
August: Las Vegas Eight days WOW
Lowest point -120 units red and sweating
High point: 200 units and final win 180 units red!!!!!
October: Las Vegas: Five days YES!
Low point $1480 down(maybmore maybe less) I was too upset to keep an accurate count.
High point over two grand when I got even. Too happy to care at his point I breezed through my wallet.
Total win at end of the trip $245 units taken Home!!!!!!!!!
December: Carnival Cruise ship LEGEND Eight deckers whew! I played all day all night! Wonged like a madman.
Lowest point: 30 units red
Highest win on one shoe 150 units
Loss 30 units.
I'm ahead but last trip may be a cautionary forecast of a coming negative deviation ride. I was up to 95k on casino verite and I am down to 51k. This corresponded with this last trip loss. VOODOO watch out. We will see. Ce la vie ce la guerre, ce l'amor!
This year has been great. I was divorced two years ago and I decided that since I got rid of the baggage I needed to do some things for me. I always wanted to play BJ like a pro. I wanted to be able to count/true count,Bet,make play decisions and have great time doing so. Most of all I wanted to make money!!!!
This year has been great. I came to this website and evolved into a better person and a better player. Everyday I get to learn here and improve myself. I also get to actually give advice and share experience. I sometimes am shocked that I sometimes get it right. I am thankful for the mayor leading me to the right path and for ZG for his blackjack wisdom and insight to other intellectual venues. Thanks Rob Mcgarvey for your insight and views. To the rest of you we have a great thing here, lets protect it, and incourage each other and welcome newcomers to progress in our Blackjack skills and talents. We will beat the house!
Second this year has been profitable I over doubled my BR and have tripled my knowledge. I joined Greenchip and I subscribe to trackjack and cbjn. I have had five trips:
March: Nowegian Sky Cruise win 82 units (wong six deckers avg bet $25)
April: Las Vegas (Single double and six deckers; wong out at -1, wong, avg bet 50)
Lowest point 55 units red
High point 240 units
Win overall 195 units
June: Carnival cruise 6 five days win $1000 BJ, $1200 five dollar slots(oops) avg bet $50 wong wong wong)
August: Las Vegas Eight days WOW
Lowest point -120 units red and sweating
High point: 200 units and final win 180 units red!!!!!
October: Las Vegas: Five days YES!
Low point $1480 down(maybmore maybe less) I was too upset to keep an accurate count.
High point over two grand when I got even. Too happy to care at his point I breezed through my wallet.
Total win at end of the trip $245 units taken Home!!!!!!!!!
December: Carnival Cruise ship LEGEND Eight deckers whew! I played all day all night! Wonged like a madman.
Lowest point: 30 units red
Highest win on one shoe 150 units
Loss 30 units.
I'm ahead but last trip may be a cautionary forecast of a coming negative deviation ride. I was up to 95k on casino verite and I am down to 51k. This corresponded with this last trip loss. VOODOO watch out. We will see. Ce la vie ce la guerre, ce l'amor!
I started playing seroius BJ for the past six months all in Reno and Lake tahoe.
Before my last trip I was up by 200 units in four trips.
I was down by 140 unit in my last trip which I think negative variance started
catching up.
Overall I am up by 60 units for 2002 playing around 100 hours total.
Before my last trip I was up by 200 units in four trips.
I was down by 140 unit in my last trip which I think negative variance started
catching up.
Overall I am up by 60 units for 2002 playing around 100 hours total.
This was my first year. I started learning in early January and started playing in mid February. My results were unbelievebly good the first half of the year (up 500 units by the end of July), which meant that my BR increased 500%. Since then I have added 30 units a month to my bankroll and have seen my bankroll decrease by 100 units, so that is a BJ loss of 280 units.
Note that I resized my BR several times along the way, and have used my ending unit size throughout this summary to keep it less confusing. In other words, no I did not start with just 100 units of BR.
All in all still a net positive result of 220 units. Plus, I have learned a ton.
Note that I resized my BR several times along the way, and have used my ending unit size throughout this summary to keep it less confusing. In other words, no I did not start with just 100 units of BR.
All in all still a net positive result of 220 units. Plus, I have learned a ton.
Rob McGarvey
Well-Known Member
Re: My 2002 results *LINK*
I didn't put a lot of hours in at the table this last year simply because the expectation doesn't meet what it does online. I did enjoy the times that I spent at these casinos tracking, wonging, playing other peoples hands with them when I could, and the awesome single pass shuffle that was easily tracked. Overall advantage estimated at around 3%-5%.
Number of hours spend playing online? I should start keeping track of that. I would have to say it was less than last year, but more productive $$ wise as I took bigger chances with their money, not mine. Overall advantage estimated at around 15% with a return on investment of well over 100%.
Like Wong said to the Mayor, he sees him just passing through the bj world onto bigger and better things. Thinking like an advantage player makes you into one in all business decisions, and I am venturing into other areas. Again I am starting off in a small way, typical and similar to playing red chip first, then moving your game up a notch as you get into the groove. Knowledge can be rewarded by more than 1-2%, or 15%, or ? Bottom line is that you have to apply your time against the highest advantage you can find, SO....
I will not be doing much posting here, there, or anywhere this year. Jan and Feb I will be packing to move into our new house, which is beyond the second floor, roof on, ready for interior finishing. It doesn't look like a bomb shelter anymore! ;> My Yahoo messenger is usually on, or you can contact me at [email protected] I will always be available to support your bj questions.
Any time I have to be onLine will be for advantage playing, or working on my site at
http://webhome.idirect.com/~blakjack/index.html
Everyone have a GREAT year!
I didn't put a lot of hours in at the table this last year simply because the expectation doesn't meet what it does online. I did enjoy the times that I spent at these casinos tracking, wonging, playing other peoples hands with them when I could, and the awesome single pass shuffle that was easily tracked. Overall advantage estimated at around 3%-5%.
Number of hours spend playing online? I should start keeping track of that. I would have to say it was less than last year, but more productive $$ wise as I took bigger chances with their money, not mine. Overall advantage estimated at around 15% with a return on investment of well over 100%.
Like Wong said to the Mayor, he sees him just passing through the bj world onto bigger and better things. Thinking like an advantage player makes you into one in all business decisions, and I am venturing into other areas. Again I am starting off in a small way, typical and similar to playing red chip first, then moving your game up a notch as you get into the groove. Knowledge can be rewarded by more than 1-2%, or 15%, or ? Bottom line is that you have to apply your time against the highest advantage you can find, SO....
I will not be doing much posting here, there, or anywhere this year. Jan and Feb I will be packing to move into our new house, which is beyond the second floor, roof on, ready for interior finishing. It doesn't look like a bomb shelter anymore! ;> My Yahoo messenger is usually on, or you can contact me at [email protected] I will always be available to support your bj questions.
Any time I have to be onLine will be for advantage playing, or working on my site at
http://webhome.idirect.com/~blakjack/index.html
Everyone have a GREAT year!
approx. 50 hours, approx. +70 units.
My records exist on smudged crib notes and someday I will actually type them up. I know my all-time net to the nearest $100, but my hours only to the nearest 10.
I also know that my legitimate small-stakes winnings this year were dwarfed by the positive deviation I enjoyed while playing coupons. I got 13 snappers in the Golden Gate 2-1 hour, for instance. My 3-1 coupon sessions went something like 5-and-1.
My records exist on smudged crib notes and someday I will actually type them up. I know my all-time net to the nearest $100, but my hours only to the nearest 10.
I also know that my legitimate small-stakes winnings this year were dwarfed by the positive deviation I enjoyed while playing coupons. I got 13 snappers in the Golden Gate 2-1 hour, for instance. My 3-1 coupon sessions went something like 5-and-1.
Abraham de Moivre
Well-Known Member
Due to changes in my employment and other factors, I was unable to put in as much time at the tables as I would have liked. Hopefully, this year I will get back on track to putting in the normal amount of hours.
2002: 288 hours @$65 per hour win. Mostly double deck, a little 6 deck shoes thrown in.
2002: 288 hours @$65 per hour win. Mostly double deck, a little 6 deck shoes thrown in.
As a recreational newbie, the results have been quite encouraging. Starting the year with my first game using Basic Strategy, I have increased my skills to adequately use an unbalanced counting system written about by Fred Rensy (Black Ace). I do not really keep track of units so to speak, just dollars. I guess I am trying to find an appropriate level to play where my risk is acceptable. By the way, being somewhat anal, I keep pretty detailed records of all the gambling, BJ included. With a total of 49 sessions over the course of 76 hours of playing time, I am up $805 with an average bet of about $21, all at 6 deck games. Mayor, contrary to your experience, my last trip gave me a $1100 set back in just 4 hours of play. Good counts - bad cards.
>Mayor, contrary to your experience, my last trip gave me a $1100 set back in just 4 hours of play. Good counts - bad cards.
I wish I knew what you were talking about when you said "my experience". My experience has me winning and losing in all counts, in all ways. There is certainly no rule that I win in good counts, although I wish there was!
--Mayor
I wish I knew what you were talking about when you said "my experience". My experience has me winning and losing in all counts, in all ways. There is certainly no rule that I win in good counts, although I wish there was!
--Mayor
Blackjack: 177hrs 307units 1.74 units/hr
Would have been better without my Vegas trip. Ended up losing 80 units in the great 6 deck game at the Bellagio.
I'm a red chip player using Red 7 count and for the most part spreading 1-12 or 1-16 in 6 deck shoes. Played limited single and double deck during my one 6 day trip to Vegas. Most of my play is in the Michigan area.
Pill
Would have been better without my Vegas trip. Ended up losing 80 units in the great 6 deck game at the Bellagio.
I'm a red chip player using Red 7 count and for the most part spreading 1-12 or 1-16 in 6 deck shoes. Played limited single and double deck during my one 6 day trip to Vegas. Most of my play is in the Michigan area.
Pill
Rob McGarvey
Well-Known Member
Motor City Madness
Hey Pillster! Great to see you here. How's the Motor City Madness these days? ;>
Hey Pillster! Great to see you here. How's the Motor City Madness these days? ;>
Re: Motor City Madness
Rob,
Yeah, I'm still around. Keeping pretty busy with a new computer system at work at present and have not had much time to play lately. Actually I have not played since November. Started re-reading some of the books from "my library" this past week and gave yours another read. Thanks for taking the time to write it.
Motor City Madness, I should have stuck with Detroit. Took a 6 day trip to Vegas this past October. When it was all said and done I had dropped 80 units over the six days (40hrs of play). It's a crazy game, but I like it! Had a great time even though I was there on business
. Actually only 3 days was job related.
I'm hoping to get a chance to hit the felt again in a couple of weeks. May be too late though, sounds like all the Detroit games are going to 8D. I might just have to put Windsor back on play list.
Take care,
Pill
Rob,
Yeah, I'm still around. Keeping pretty busy with a new computer system at work at present and have not had much time to play lately. Actually I have not played since November. Started re-reading some of the books from "my library" this past week and gave yours another read. Thanks for taking the time to write it.
Motor City Madness, I should have stuck with Detroit. Took a 6 day trip to Vegas this past October. When it was all said and done I had dropped 80 units over the six days (40hrs of play). It's a crazy game, but I like it! Had a great time even though I was there on business
. Actually only 3 days was job related.I'm hoping to get a chance to hit the felt again in a couple of weeks. May be too late though, sounds like all the Detroit games are going to 8D. I might just have to put Windsor back on play list.
Take care,
Pill