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Winners and Losers: True Tales of Winning and Losing Streaks
from the Blackjack Trenches
by George C., Tobaksa, Tommy Hyland, Taylor James, Dan Paymar, Pro21, Dustin D. Marks, JPDave13, Bob Loeb, Abbot Avarissa, Bill Haywood, Anthony Curtis, JC, Tinker, Cizef, Charles W. Lund, Max Rubin, James Grosjean, John Brahms, and Moe Cash.
© Blackjack Forum 2001
Blackjack Forum Vol. XXI, #3, Fall 2001
[New card counters are often astonished by what they consider to be "impossible" bankroll fluctuations. I recently sent emails out to a bunch of longtime players, some professional gamblers, some writers, some known, some not, and asked them if they had any memorable stories of wins or losses they could share with Blackjack Forum readers. I contacted card counters, shuffle trackers, team players, hole-card players, old-time concealed blackjack computer players, video poker players, tournament players, sports bettors, Internet gamblers, comp and coupon hustlers, and even an admitted cheater. If you think you've got an "impossible" tale or two, listen to what some of the pros have to say... - A.S.]
George C:
Losing 108 Top Bets: This was early in my high stakes card counting career. I'd had good success, trip after trip playing 1 to 8 in black, mostly great 1-D, 2-D and 4-D games. Thought it would be a great time to move to Vegas, with my then $100K bank and wife. I couldn't have been more wrong, at least for a time. I played on for (3) solid months day and night 7 days a week. Back then, game protection was very weak. After several hundred hours of play, I found myself down 108 top bets. 1 hand of $800, then $600, then $400. For simplicity, I considered the loss to be 108 x $600. Almost sixty-five large down the tubes in an unbearable losing streak. Mentally, I was down the tubes too. It was a bit much for the wife to take, so she left me.
... continued here - http://blackjackforumonline.com/content/winnerandlosers.htm
from the Blackjack Trenches
by George C., Tobaksa, Tommy Hyland, Taylor James, Dan Paymar, Pro21, Dustin D. Marks, JPDave13, Bob Loeb, Abbot Avarissa, Bill Haywood, Anthony Curtis, JC, Tinker, Cizef, Charles W. Lund, Max Rubin, James Grosjean, John Brahms, and Moe Cash.
© Blackjack Forum 2001
Blackjack Forum Vol. XXI, #3, Fall 2001
[New card counters are often astonished by what they consider to be "impossible" bankroll fluctuations. I recently sent emails out to a bunch of longtime players, some professional gamblers, some writers, some known, some not, and asked them if they had any memorable stories of wins or losses they could share with Blackjack Forum readers. I contacted card counters, shuffle trackers, team players, hole-card players, old-time concealed blackjack computer players, video poker players, tournament players, sports bettors, Internet gamblers, comp and coupon hustlers, and even an admitted cheater. If you think you've got an "impossible" tale or two, listen to what some of the pros have to say... - A.S.]
George C:
Losing 108 Top Bets: This was early in my high stakes card counting career. I'd had good success, trip after trip playing 1 to 8 in black, mostly great 1-D, 2-D and 4-D games. Thought it would be a great time to move to Vegas, with my then $100K bank and wife. I couldn't have been more wrong, at least for a time. I played on for (3) solid months day and night 7 days a week. Back then, game protection was very weak. After several hundred hours of play, I found myself down 108 top bets. 1 hand of $800, then $600, then $400. For simplicity, I considered the loss to be 108 x $600. Almost sixty-five large down the tubes in an unbearable losing streak. Mentally, I was down the tubes too. It was a bit much for the wife to take, so she left me.
... continued here - http://blackjackforumonline.com/content/winnerandlosers.htm