I posted this on another forum, so I might as well go ahead and post it here as well, where there are more blackjack players that might appreciate the oddity of this day. I usually don't talk about my days immediately after they occur, but there was nothing unusual or that stood out about any of these sessions, so I don't think there is anything identifying.
So I lost my first 3 sessions all at different casinos. Not huge losses, all several thousand dollars for a total of 8875. I didn't have enough money/chips remaining to safely start a new session. A lot of times I will quit for the day at this point. But this happens to be one of the best weeks to play blackjack in Vegas, after the rodeo people are gone and before the Holiday rush that starts Christmas eve. Really good blackjack conditions, lots of heads up play. So I wanted to continue playing, so I went to the bank and replenished.
Lost my next 2 sessions, both small losses and was now down, 12,650. I had enough for one more session. I won that session, a small win of a couple thousand, went to another casinos played and won another, and then two more after that. I finished the day down $62.50.
The $12,650 that I lost to start the day wouldn't have been my biggest single day loss, and the rebound of $12,587.50, wouldn't have been my biggest single day win. But both are pretty unusual at my level of play. So to first lose and then win back that amount, is pretty damn unusual at my stakes. There is a case to be made that the good playing conditions, several heads up games, can cause that kind of volatility. More than usual high counts which is where big wins and losses occur.
One good thing is that a huge loss followed by a dig out of that hole can be a pretty dangerous thing if you do so all at the same location. It means you have showed way too much, especially during that dig out, and there is usually a price to pay for that, often on the next visit to that location. But being that my losses and recovery took place at 9 different casinos, that isn't an issue for me.
So I lost my first 3 sessions all at different casinos. Not huge losses, all several thousand dollars for a total of 8875. I didn't have enough money/chips remaining to safely start a new session. A lot of times I will quit for the day at this point. But this happens to be one of the best weeks to play blackjack in Vegas, after the rodeo people are gone and before the Holiday rush that starts Christmas eve. Really good blackjack conditions, lots of heads up play. So I wanted to continue playing, so I went to the bank and replenished.
Lost my next 2 sessions, both small losses and was now down, 12,650. I had enough for one more session. I won that session, a small win of a couple thousand, went to another casinos played and won another, and then two more after that. I finished the day down $62.50.
The $12,650 that I lost to start the day wouldn't have been my biggest single day loss, and the rebound of $12,587.50, wouldn't have been my biggest single day win. But both are pretty unusual at my level of play. So to first lose and then win back that amount, is pretty damn unusual at my stakes.
There is a case to be made that the good playing conditions, several heads up games, can cause that kind of volatility. More than usual high counts which is where big wins and losses occur. One good thing is that a huge loss followed by a dig out of that hole can be a pretty dangerous thing if you do so all at the same location. It means you have showed way too much, especially during that dig out, and there is usually a price to pay for that, often on the next visit to that location. But being that my losses and recovery took place at 9 different casinos, that isn't an issue for me.
