How much money is everyone up?

[letsdothis21]

I was just seeing how much money everyone is up from card counting?

I just started like 2-3 weeks ago and so far have played 3 times and I'm up +$280 and my BR is only $2k so thats pretty good for me.

My goal is to get like $14k so I can buy a chrysler 300c...those cars look so nice.

[Automatic Monkey]

Originally Posted by letsdothis21

I was just seeing how much money everyone is up from card counting?

I just started like 2-3 weeks ago and so far have played 3 times and I'm up +$280 and my BR is only $2k so thats pretty good for me.

My goal is to get like $14k so I can buy a chrysler 300c...those cars look so nice.

No idea. As a part-timer my BR is part of my general assets and I don't know what comes from my paycheck, what comes from my winnings and what went to buy groceries. It's not important to me; money is money. But when I started I did something similar, saved up my winnings to buy a new truck which I still drive.

Your $280 realized profit is encouraging to you, but in reality it's a random number. It's almost as easy to play with the same advantage and be down $280. In fact it takes tens of thousands of hands to have a reasonable expectation of being ahead. That's what makes the game so difficult; the ratio of the expected swings to the expected profit. Sadly there's absolutely nothing you can do about it other than to keep your betting at the appropriate level for your bankroll/risk tolerance, and get used to the swings.

[letsdothis21]

yeah, hopefully i just stay on the up swing, haha.

if I could double my bankroll even that would be cool...12.5% of the way there

But over time do you believe you are up? Because even though money is money if you are losing a lot thats not good...

[21forme]

That's between me and... me.

[letsdothis21]

Originally Posted by 21forme

That's between me and... me.

so im guessing your down?

I mean if you're up money why not brag about it?

[21forme]

Originally Posted by letsdothis21

so im guessing your down?

Not by a longshot. I'm up. Way up.

Originally Posted by letsdothis21

I mean if you're up money why not brag about it?

For the same reason I can drive a Rolls, but I choose to drive a Toyota. I don't brag. See what you made me do now!

[Mimosine]

doubled bankroll in 3 months of part time play (5 hours/week).
was way underfunded (still am) had a high ROR (still do), but played the best i could with good results.

[letsdothis21]

Originally Posted by 21forme

Not by a longshot. I'm up. Way up.



For the same reason I can drive a Rolls, but I choose to drive a Toyota. I don't brag. See what you made me do now!

lol, well I'm glad to see you are up, I just like to see how much you can win with blackjack, I'm just getting started so trying to see where this could take me (hopefully onto better tables than the $3/$5 minimum I'm playing at now haha)

[Automatic Monkey]

Originally Posted by letsdothis21

so im guessing your down?

I mean if you're up money why not brag about it?

In general it is not a good idea to brag, especially about money. It can make you a target.

[letsdothis21]

yeah i guess but we are on a forum so didn't think it'd make you that big of a target