<<I applaud Ednar for reporting his VP results to the
group. The thread points to subjects that appear to be
taboo in this group: gambling losses, addiction and
risk of ruin. It is human nature to only report wins
and try to forget the losses.>>
I list both. Right now we are down about $30,000 (including all cash
benefits) for the year in spite of finally hitting a $4000 royal
Thursday,
our first royal since May 29. Our problem is that we play too wide
of a
range of denominations. Most often play $2 Five Play NSUD or $5
JoB, but
Brad plays quarters at the Palms when he is just killing time. And
sprinkled in is some $2 8/5 Bonus, 50-cent and $1 Multi-Strike, and
single-line $1 DB. All are 100%+ plays counting game and cash
benefits (CB,
bounceback, giftcards, etc.) - but not counting comps. We have had
only 7
royals this year - and not enough of the $8,000 and $20,000 variety!!!!
I have one royal in my last 7 cycles. Playing single line AC Joker and
JW2, I have not had any 5K in probably 6 cycles (on the latter it's
not such a big deal, but I'm not making 4Ks either, and that's a
117-hand cycle). Playing Big Split Poker, which is a very short royal
cycle, I have one royal in maybe 8 cycles. I have yet to make my first
royal playing 5-play multistrike (and bricked a RF4 5 times on the top
line, and have over half a cycle on the top line alone)in close to 4
cycles.
Last year, I had 5 $8K royals in ten days-and was $5K loser, playing
nothing more volatile than NSUD.
I have had six losing months in a row, which is not impossible, but
most of my bankroll goes into making lower variance, higher certainty
plays.
Sometimes, it's hard not to take the results personally. Then I
remember how much I won when learning to play and playing junk, and
two streaks at one casino where I made at least one royal every time I
played (sometimes 2) in a month. Then, there was the AC play, where
waiting for my turn on the featured machine, I hit a RF for $20 K in 3
min. There was the time in CA, I drove through the desert and hit one
for $25K-also in 3 minutes-and got walked out by security.
I know one pro who is down 10 royals playing 5-line NSUD this year.
Just a sick number. I haven't had a royal playing 5-line Deuces in
over a year, and these days lose 8% to the drop on average.
I have heard of pros playing 10/7 at Coast, with the .5% card, losing
8-9 royals straight. I have heard of one -$35K swing playing $1 FPDW
with .25% on the card. One aging 10/7 hustler told me a couple of
years back he wasn't profitable for the year until 12/23 or something
like that. A couple of years ago, I was playing part time, and won
$45K the last six weeks to get me to even-playing $1 and $2 stuff. I
know one pro who found a $2 101% Joker 3-liner and lost $65K playing it.
The most frustrating thing is that there have been a plethora of great
plays this summer, and I'm getting totally whacked at almost all of
them. Much better than last summer, where I did well playing marginal
stuff. But this is the business we've chosen, Michael...
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