My worst losing streak...

zengrifter

zengrifter

Banned
... occured during the last 11 days. I lost 11 days in a row - 330 $10u and 330 $5u. Throughout much of it I ruthlessly abandoned negative counts (1-2D) giving me an effective net-equivalent spread of 1-10 in 1D and 1-20 in 2D.

Expecting it to turn around I played longer hours (perhaps 60 in all), "rolling up the sleeves and putting in the hard work."

Towards the end, I tapped out $5k, it began to look like a Greek tragedy - split aces become 4 aces, the dealer made 4,5,&6 card 21s at high plus counts repeatedly.

I made my final 100u stand at the Plaza 2D, the best game in town.

SPLAT! zg("will count for food")

"Ahh, the swings!" -K.Uston
 
Automatic Monkey

Automatic Monkey

Banned
It's enough to blur science and religion

You know, we see things like this happen, and it's easy to doubt what we are doing. We trust the science of the math, and dismiss the seemingly impossible bad luck as superstition and illusion. On the other hand, maybe the faith in the math is the religion and we are disregarding the observations of our eyes and our bankroll.

Whatever way you like it, it's rough. Even for you as one of the masters of the game. Just imagine what these streaks feel like for us journeymen.
 
zengrifter

zengrifter

Banned
The Odds + Update

I would guess the odds of the negative flux I encountered to be about 50-1. In the meantime, I have won about 120u in the 3hrs of play subsequent to my loss announcement.

Oddly, though we know the "streaks have no memory" I have found it typical that my biggest winning streaks often follow my biggest losing streaks. zg
 
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