Well I have been off the forum for quite some time now, I guess I got a little gun shy with some bad variance. My trip to Vegas 2 years ago I was up 225 units in the first 2 days only to watch it melt away in the next 2 days this was the start of what would wipe out my 1960 unit bank roll that took me 2 years to build from scratch. When I look at my records I was real lucky the 1st 2 years considering the 1st year I wasn't good enough to be playing with real $.
A year and a half ago my son took sick and our lives became a living hell for the next 9 months. (he is much better now) so I never saw inside a casino in that time. But what I did do to take my mind off things is practice on my computer. When I practice I have a play $ br and play the same unit as my real $ game.
I did get back to Vegas last Oct. for my bro's birthday and didn't play more than about 10 hours, without looking at my records It was a disaster from the get go but I did win about 30% back on my last couple of sessions.
Here's the kicker I didn't lose my entire br. The interesting Q is would I have? because I still practice about 2 hours a week and have lost over 2000 units spreading the same way I do in real $. And the few times I have visited my home casino since Oct. I haven't won a single session. I have read enough books and have seen enough to know you don't drop your spread or unit just because you think your in a bad streak, only adjust to keep a 1% of total br max bet. But my thinking is bad variance is just that, it doesnt know if you are playing for real $ or play $. Needless to say I'm not going back until the practice game turns better. And you can never practice too much anyway.
Cheers
A year and a half ago my son took sick and our lives became a living hell for the next 9 months. (he is much better now) so I never saw inside a casino in that time. But what I did do to take my mind off things is practice on my computer. When I practice I have a play $ br and play the same unit as my real $ game.
I did get back to Vegas last Oct. for my bro's birthday and didn't play more than about 10 hours, without looking at my records It was a disaster from the get go but I did win about 30% back on my last couple of sessions.
Here's the kicker I didn't lose my entire br. The interesting Q is would I have? because I still practice about 2 hours a week and have lost over 2000 units spreading the same way I do in real $. And the few times I have visited my home casino since Oct. I haven't won a single session. I have read enough books and have seen enough to know you don't drop your spread or unit just because you think your in a bad streak, only adjust to keep a 1% of total br max bet. But my thinking is bad variance is just that, it doesnt know if you are playing for real $ or play $. Needless to say I'm not going back until the practice game turns better. And you can never practice too much anyway.
Cheers