Somewhat limited over three days because I had some things to do besides play BJ. I had been experiencing sustained negative fluctuation for several weeks on practice CV and a few local sessions, so I was a bit apprehensive going in. I wound up + $1700 through eleven sessions, nine of which ended positively. All of the play was on the strip and mostly DD H17 but my best single session was DD S17; all DD had $25 minimum and I used a spread of 1-6, only getting over four units maybe three times. I started out on 6D S17 due to the $15 minimum but after getting spanked on some index plays at a high count (TKO +5), I shifted to DD and bounced back through some splits with four units out to end up $750. I then had two losing sessions with poor counts and some bad fluctuation even on the few instances where the count was positive, losing $700 and then $1,000. Penetration was probably seldom more than 50%. So I found a game with slightly better penetration and bounced back with a $1400 win. The remainder entailed winning sessions of $200-250, one of which was 6D. I have lots to work on for speed and style (see question elsewhere about counting technique). $100knocked off my hotel bill after the players club checked my rating, so it will be interesting to see what, if any, promotions follow. Bankroll is now $18K: $8K is actual winnings and $10K is what I arbitrarily decided I'd committ in order to get started. So the learning curve has been gentle so far.
Last edited: