I have a bankroll as large as I’d like it to be. I have a real job that pays well and I’ve saved up more than most people have saved in a lifetime. I haven’t brought my bankroll to the table yet. I’m new to this and I’ve just been playing low stakes games counting the cards and making playing deviations without spreading my bets(I have spread but I don’t anymore for the time being). Im not comfortable at the table yet and won’t be spreading my bets until I am. When I do bring my bankroll to the table it will be a beginners BR of around 3k. With my low bankroll I’ll have to play crowded tables with less desirable rules. If and only if I am successful and confident will I bring a 5 figure bankroll into play. So, no, I haven’t made money but I haven’t lost either. I’m doing this the way it’s supposed to be done. I’ve heard too many stories of people jumping into it without enough understanding or practice and losing money. As for your take on casinos, that concerns me a bit. I don’t give casinos the benefit of the doubt but maybe it’s just negative variance. When the ASM shuffles the cards it doesn’t know how many people will sit down at the table or if someone with hit or stand. So, if they are stacking the shoe in favor of the house the count would have to rise and never come back down so they would be putting a lot of high cards on the bottom of the shoe and cut them out of the game.
