Actual results versus EV?

[bj2007]

I'd like to hear about everyone's actual results versus their expected value.
It would be especially interesting to hear from people who have been counting for years.

I'll go first.
Counting career: 5 months
Actual results: +$1900
Estimated EV: +$350

[zerodegre]

What is EV? I have been counting 3 weeks and i am up $9000

[EasyRhino]

I couldn't really tell you my EV, since I don't track the hours (or the sims) that carefully, but I think that my variance has been lower than expected over the last year or so. And that might even be more useful on a limited bankroll.

[sagefr0g]

my expectation was circa $8.31/hour
my results circa $15/hour for about 412 hours play or about 25,000 hands played.

[SilentBob420BMFJ]

LIFETIME EV probably about -.43%, and my actual EV is probably like -.1%.. in $, im down about $300, when i should be down probably a grand.. i just got into card counting tho, so if you just want to know that, im not sure what my EV is, but its positive, and im down $300 playing only positive counts, flat betting $10, and using a few indexes, so, in my 150+ hours of playing $3 blackjack AND 9/6 jacks+ video poker, i broke even, and in my mere 10 hours of counting cards, i lost $300

[Kasi]

Originally Posted by bj2007

I'd like to hear about everyone's actual results versus their expected value.
It would be especially interesting to hear from people who have been counting for years.

I'll go first.
Counting career: 5 months
Actual results: +$1900
Estimated EV: +$350

How did u go about estimating your EV? It would help us to know the game, the spread, how many hands u played and how, etc.

[bj2007]

Originally Posted by Kasi

How did u go about estimating your EV? It would help us to know the game, the spread, how many hands u played and how, etc.

Just an estimate:
www.bjstats.com/bjre.asp

[Kasi]

Originally Posted by bj2007

Just an estimate:
www.bjstats.com/bjre.asp

That's fine but we still need to know what u plugged in.

[bj2007]

Originally Posted by Kasi

That's fine but we still need to know what u plugged in.

I think you are misunderstanding my question. I'm not asking for help in
calculating my own EV(you can choose whether to trust me or not in my own EV estimate)

I'm more interested in some of the regular poster's earnings from blackjack just out of the sake of curiosity.

[zengrifter]

Originally Posted by zerodegre

What is EV? I have been counting 3 weeks and i am up $9000

Tell us more - what is...

Your BR size (when you started)?
Your unit size (when you started)?
Your bet spread and max-bet size (when you started)?
# decks and penetration you've mostly played?

Thanks! zg