Reasonable Options?
You don't seem to have an understanding of the game, this should be your first concern! If you do understand the game?
If $500 is all you have and can't easily be replaced:
Play small or not at all!
If can reasonably be replaced; several times, then play to win twice your hourly ev from your job.
If you fully understand the game but still want to be reckless with this money:
If you can double and re-split to make 4 hands; wait for a TC2, then divide your bank by 9 and keep resizing as you win or lose. If you can only double and re-split to make 3 hands then divide your bank by 7. Do this until you have a kelly bank where you can make more then twice your hourly job ev. From this point don't resize bets up until you have a conservative bank perhaps 1/4 to 1/8 kelly. Then resize as you win or lose.
Overall, it appears you should not play, casinos make a lot of money off of pseudo counters.