It may help you to not think in terms of actual dollars instead
think of expected value. In the long run, you will earn pretty
close to EV, so focus on that. However, the road to "long term" will
be bumpy thank to variance.
Let's say you have a session with $25K coin in in a situation where
you have a 1% advantage (to make math easy). You are expected to
net $250 dollars in this situation. In reality, you could finish
the session up $1000 or down $3000 (or whatever). If you have a
large enough bankroll to handle the swings, that session result
shouldn't matter. You earned $250 of EV regardless of what your
actual win/loss for the session was. (Of course, the rub, and old
joke, is that you can't buy even a cup of coffe with EV).
VP is a game with a high variance, some forms more than others. As
long as your bankroll can absorb the varaince, don't worry about
it.
If your roll (or your head) can't handle the swings at the limit you
play, drop down to a lower demonination.
Howdy
I have a love-hate relationship[ with my vp bankroll. I love it
when its fat
and hate it when its thin. I have trouble accepting a significant
losing
session even though I am way ahead of the bell curve of
probability.
Some players will rationalize that they are playing with "casino
money" and
there really is no diminishment of funds that is accountable to
themselves.
I tried this perception but it proved lacking in my reality. Once
I leave
the premises of the chosen gaming edifice...that dough is mine!!!
Right now I get all the food I want for nil and more gifts than I
can
handle. I pass on free tickets and the room offers. I prefer the
familiar sent of
my own lair.
Somehow with all the amenities and monetary spoils of near perfect
strategy
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, BANDSTAND54@... wrote:
and caprious luck ...I hates to see that ole bankroll go down....
Old Grumpy
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