My experience is definitely an example of huge variance.
I've been playing BJ regularly for the last 5 years, and began as a typical progressionist ploppy, taking bad advice from "wise" players at the table (don't mess up the flow, the 2 is the dealer's ace), playing CSMs, all the bad stuff.
After I had accumulated a 10K loss over 3 years, I really felt like giving up.
Then I discovered sites like cardcounter.com that had winning advice and stories from the field. I decided I was tired of losing (no, really this time) and I tried Hi/Lo, but settled on KO for simplicity.
It's taken a couple of years and many hundreds of hours at the tables to finally develop the discipline and nerves to bet according to the count no matter what. Sure you just lost 3 rounds with max bets in a row, but if you pull out now with a high count, you're doomed to be casino road-kill.
After many devastating losing sessions and seemingly miraculous wins, I'm in positive territory.
I guess the point of this post is really to thank the community for sharing, and hopefully provide inspiration to someone else.
I've been playing BJ regularly for the last 5 years, and began as a typical progressionist ploppy, taking bad advice from "wise" players at the table (don't mess up the flow, the 2 is the dealer's ace), playing CSMs, all the bad stuff.
After I had accumulated a 10K loss over 3 years, I really felt like giving up.
Then I discovered sites like cardcounter.com that had winning advice and stories from the field. I decided I was tired of losing (no, really this time) and I tried Hi/Lo, but settled on KO for simplicity.
It's taken a couple of years and many hundreds of hours at the tables to finally develop the discipline and nerves to bet according to the count no matter what. Sure you just lost 3 rounds with max bets in a row, but if you pull out now with a high count, you're doomed to be casino road-kill.
After many devastating losing sessions and seemingly miraculous wins, I'm in positive territory.
I guess the point of this post is really to thank the community for sharing, and hopefully provide inspiration to someone else.