Tarzan
Banned
I have often mentioned about having enough money to play, having a sufficient bankroll and not overbetting your bankroll. I just don't think people quite understand just how important that really is. I've seen some examples of poor judgement and thought to myself how that poor guy and his pal must have read in here on that post which stated how a lousy $1000 is PLENTY to go to town with at some blackjack (which is just way offbase unless you are playing a $1 minimum table and then the overall is that you will make a whopping $1.75 an hour if you play it about perfectly in my opinion).
While wandering about and looking over tables to find someplace to jump in at, I noticed two very young guys about college age that were obviously playing well and using not just perfect strategy but obviously ramping up and down perfectly with the count. They were trading some chips back and forth at a $25 NMSE table. Although I ruled out sitting at the same table as these two, I watched them play for a while... they lost, they lost... they lost some more. They lost so badly it was amazing, one of those "dealer from hell" scenarios to say the least! They were losing regardless of the count or anything else, despite playing it perfectly. It all happened rather quickly and they got cleaned out and were scraping and checking meager finances with each other as they were down to the wire. They were walking away from the table muttering aloud on their loss of over two thousand and of "losing it all"; They were obviously overbetting their bankroll if they only had $2000 and were at a $25 minimum table, particularly in a NMSE game.
Guess what kiddies! Don't go to a gun fight with a pee-shooter! It can go really really bad for a really really long time and you need the resources to ride that out and if you play it perfectly you will score roughly 1.5-2 units an hour average over the next couple of years or so of play with lots of whacky swings in either direction along the way. Overbetting your bankroll is a sure way to knock yourself right off the map all in one playing session... examine ROR and understand it's ramifications because counting alone without money management skills can make you broke in a hurry. These two hotshots should have read more books and watched less movies (to bust on the "21" movie which depicts for the sake of movie hype that there is no such thing as losing in a good count)!!! Experience and KNOWING just how bad it can go (and for how long) on that fluctuation roller coaster makes one a bit more humble and makes you insure you are situated financially for the long haul. Experience keeps you from thinking that you are invincible or "God's gift to the game of blackjack" or anything like that also.
I saw something said someplace that I must quote here:
"What's the best way to win a million dollars in a casino?---Easy! Walk in with TWO million!" Those two guys never saw that quote before, I guess...
While wandering about and looking over tables to find someplace to jump in at, I noticed two very young guys about college age that were obviously playing well and using not just perfect strategy but obviously ramping up and down perfectly with the count. They were trading some chips back and forth at a $25 NMSE table. Although I ruled out sitting at the same table as these two, I watched them play for a while... they lost, they lost... they lost some more. They lost so badly it was amazing, one of those "dealer from hell" scenarios to say the least! They were losing regardless of the count or anything else, despite playing it perfectly. It all happened rather quickly and they got cleaned out and were scraping and checking meager finances with each other as they were down to the wire. They were walking away from the table muttering aloud on their loss of over two thousand and of "losing it all"; They were obviously overbetting their bankroll if they only had $2000 and were at a $25 minimum table, particularly in a NMSE game.
Guess what kiddies! Don't go to a gun fight with a pee-shooter! It can go really really bad for a really really long time and you need the resources to ride that out and if you play it perfectly you will score roughly 1.5-2 units an hour average over the next couple of years or so of play with lots of whacky swings in either direction along the way. Overbetting your bankroll is a sure way to knock yourself right off the map all in one playing session... examine ROR and understand it's ramifications because counting alone without money management skills can make you broke in a hurry. These two hotshots should have read more books and watched less movies (to bust on the "21" movie which depicts for the sake of movie hype that there is no such thing as losing in a good count)!!! Experience and KNOWING just how bad it can go (and for how long) on that fluctuation roller coaster makes one a bit more humble and makes you insure you are situated financially for the long haul. Experience keeps you from thinking that you are invincible or "God's gift to the game of blackjack" or anything like that also.
I saw something said someplace that I must quote here:
"What's the best way to win a million dollars in a casino?---Easy! Walk in with TWO million!" Those two guys never saw that quote before, I guess...
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