i've been on a negative slide lately. after winning a few consecutive sessions on the 8 deck i got slammed by trying to apply some cover. i usually enter when the shoes are fresh, but lately i've been entering mid-shoe flat betting with basic strategy until the next shoe comes, but i've been losing big time. i started doing this because i don't want the pit to notice a pattern of my play. my losing sessions have happened for close to 10 consecutive sessions with nearly the same result by applying this strategy. can entering mid-shoe playing BS cause that much of a negative impact on BR or is this part of negative variance? my sessions are generally short. in and out. i rarely play for longer than half and hour. i'm thinking if my sessions were longer this would have less of an impact on me, but because my sessions are so short i don't have an opportunity to come back. i've never done this before and don't want to blame this as the reason i'm losing.