I know most of you will say it's all variance, and normal ups and downs of the game, but this still hurts.
My "normal" sessions end up in winning 10-15 units, or losing 20-30 units, having more winning, than losing sessions. So, I would expect to be slightly up, in the overall picture.
However, it is those rare opportunities, with very high counts, where I'm getting killed, every single time. Those are the shoes which make my overall results negative.
In 8D games, usually with 75% pen, and crowded tables, I do not see too many hands with very high counts. Most shoes, if they go into the positive counts at all, are usually around +1, or +2. Those I can live with, 1 or 2 betting units, win or lose, not a big deal. It is those shoes where the TC reaches values of +4, 5, or higher, that we all hope for, and those are the ones that have destroyed most of my BR so far.
In the last 5 months of playing (around 40 sessions), I've had these opportunities, with exceptionally "good" counts 4 or 5 times. I was doing what I was supposed to do, pushing out my highest bets, and I got killed every single time. The losses I made on these few shoes completely wiped out all the other smaller gains, from weeks of play. These few shoes only generated around -200 units. If only I won one of these rides, I'd feel a bit better, but I lost them all.
Is this just bad luck, or is it actually the combination of poor 8D games and crowded tables that are killing me?
My "normal" sessions end up in winning 10-15 units, or losing 20-30 units, having more winning, than losing sessions. So, I would expect to be slightly up, in the overall picture.
However, it is those rare opportunities, with very high counts, where I'm getting killed, every single time. Those are the shoes which make my overall results negative.
In 8D games, usually with 75% pen, and crowded tables, I do not see too many hands with very high counts. Most shoes, if they go into the positive counts at all, are usually around +1, or +2. Those I can live with, 1 or 2 betting units, win or lose, not a big deal. It is those shoes where the TC reaches values of +4, 5, or higher, that we all hope for, and those are the ones that have destroyed most of my BR so far.
In the last 5 months of playing (around 40 sessions), I've had these opportunities, with exceptionally "good" counts 4 or 5 times. I was doing what I was supposed to do, pushing out my highest bets, and I got killed every single time. The losses I made on these few shoes completely wiped out all the other smaller gains, from weeks of play. These few shoes only generated around -200 units. If only I won one of these rides, I'd feel a bit better, but I lost them all.
Is this just bad luck, or is it actually the combination of poor 8D games and crowded tables that are killing me?