I just blew my bankroll on blackjack.... - Page 2

solucky · #11 10-06-2007, 06:56 AM

Hi

The problem is you have a gambling prob.Early or later you will play a casino bonus, and earlier or later you will spend 100$ at slots. Its not a problem as long you can cover this with winnings from poker....but be carefull.

SmokeyRidesAgain · #12 10-06-2007, 02:32 PM

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PAUL-IN · #13 10-06-2007, 02:48 PM

maybe you should work on your card counting skills.

seriously though, it really sounds like you've got the poker bug BAD and don't want to stop playing. it's tough but you gotta....just leave the house and do somthing else..

Low_Card2 · #14 10-06-2007, 09:39 PM

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cwar · #15 10-07-2007, 02:21 AM

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Hi guys,

First post here in a while but I need to advice.
Basically I have just blew my $2000 bankroll on blackjack in the space of about 5 minutes of madness, and though I have never done this before I feel like has been coming for a while.
A little background first. I usually play 1/2 NLH multi tables and have been a regular grinder winner over the last year or so. I play about 10 a week online and I am happy to grind up to about $6000 or so they cash out to pay for real life stuff. A couple of months ago I felt for the first time I wasnt getting any buzz from winning. If I lost, even a little, I felt annoyed, but if I won the same amount I felt nothing really- almost like I got used to winning.
Over last couple of months I havent played nearly as much but have been sitting down at big games way above my bankroll and going through huge playing swings. I think even then it was becoming only a negative. If I was up $1k it felt pretty good but if I lost $1k I would feel ill. Im a student and dont have many money issues- dont have much but not many overheads, and I feel sick when I lose a large amount that I could really use in real life.
Anyway, just now after losing about $100 playing silly HU games I went mental and for reasons I cant explain donked $2k on blackjack and lost my whole bankroll. I feel ill again but have no explanation why I did it. I dont like to think I have a gambling problem, and rarely gamble outside poker but what ive done cant be normal.
Im planning to stop playing for a while anyway while I sort out my PhD but I actually will seriously miss poker money if I dont have it. I can only afford $500 or so to start again but would like any thoughts/opinions on what is going on with me? Beyond poker life is good and have little to worry about but as I say I cant belive I am throwing money like that away, and perhaps need some kind of help

Thanks for listening,

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I actually did something very similar, dropped about $1k in a night in 9 hands of BJ, havent placed a bet since and I now play poker for a living. For me the experience was negative enough I never did it again dont get too discouraged that you did this.

Nymfh23 · #16 10-10-2007, 09:33 AM

i did the same 700 dollars :/

kash munni · #17 10-10-2007, 06:33 PM

Don't hit on 20.

Henry17 · #18 10-10-2007, 06:42 PM

I've never played house games myself. I'm not stupid. Instead I did something much worse. I started dating a girl who enjoyed house games and I let her play from my bankroll. She lost so much money I had to sell some rental properties to pay off the debts. So we all do stupid things. Take the $500 and rebuild.

Gap23Razor · #19 10-17-2007, 03:30 AM

$2000 bankroll for blackjack is too small...blackjack is even more of a grind than poker

the variance is so high that you were bound to bust out with your bankroll in most places...as a rule of thumb, for a weekend of play of about 20 hours your should have 50 big bets, and do not put out your big bet until the count is +3 TC using hi/lo, or when you have a +ev over 1%...you need to look at risk of ruin information...

with $2000 as your stake you would have $40 as your top bet, so you can play only low limit games as you need to spread from $5 to $40 to have a chance to beat the game...perhaps only in Reno/Tunica could you find enough good low limit/single deck games to play with your bankroll.
Shoe games would require you to spread more to beat them, and i don't think your bankroll could take that for long...

blackjack takes a bigger bankroll than poker...stay away from blackjack, particularly the Vegas Strip games, until you have over $10,000 in your bankroll...read stuff by Arnold Snyder if you want to do blackjack

golfnutt · #20 10-22-2007, 12:12 PM

All been there. Learn. Stay away from house games. Unless you are a professional card counter with a large roll and disguises, you don't stand a chance.