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by pappyvanwinkle » Wed Nov 27, 2013 7:57 pm
tabletop123, I'd say your pretty much spot on in your thinking. I will say I may risk that small profit depending on a number of factors, such as
how I'm feeling
how are my dice looking
what are table conditions(can I get the dice back quickly, anyone else at the table?)
etc
The small win makes it alittle easier to be aggressive in my betting. It been touched on here, but the the big factor is often ourselves, how do we feel about that small win?? In other threads I believe you've touched on how others might've bet something. The problem is someone else could tell you exactly how to bet and it might be correct, but the real question is how comfortable are you with betting that way? Betting is not a one size fits all unfortunately. Some of us are more comfortable at $5 tables, others $10 tables or perhaps $25 tables. Some people just are not comfortable with certain amounts. When I started out, I was a $5 player. I remember playing at a table, and talking to the dealers and them telling me about some guy who won like $30,000 the previous evening, I mentioned I wish I had been there for that and could've made that much. The dealers made a comment, "I wouldn't have made that betting the way I am" They weren't being condescending, it was the truth, back in those days, a big bet for me was a $60 6 or 8. Setting up for $54 or $52 across, am I out of my mind, couldn't even fathom trying to do that!!! I was making a profit, but no way I was ever going to approach $30,000. The thing was in my head, I never wanted to risk the profit I had made, so I would only make small amounts. Pressing up 1 unit every other hit or something is good in theory, try to make table max 1 unit at a time though!
So, what changed?? I changed, my thinking changed. I knew how to bet properly, plus I knew how to toss. I had to change my thinking. I made sure I was properly bankrolled for a certain number of sessions and I was just determined to play the way I wanted to play. I would liken it to poker if you play poker. You can play/bet a poker hand perfectly, but on the river card, if you get sucked out on, hey that's poker. You can go back and try to reanalyze everything you did on why you lost, but it happens. The question is how you handle it. If you played it perfectly/correctly, in the long run you'll make money, but don't let the variance of the game knock you of your game. You should be proud you played it the way you did, of course it sucks if you lost all your money at the river card.
So, back to your original question. It might depend on the circumstances. If the win is early in my sessions, sure, I'll risk the money. We can only make money if we are willing to risk it. If this is later in the evening, and I've already played a certain number of sessions, I can easily just book the small win since it's the end of the day and come back and hit them fresh the next day.
A key to alot of this is discipline I'd say. Discipline in maintaining your focus, and sticking to the plan. Your plan better include what to do if you start losing, hopefully the plan isn't buy in for another $1000 and increase your bets! Too often people get sucked up into the excitement of the game. I'm pretty non-emotional when pressing my bets, most people are like give me give me and I'm just like okay let's go to $x. Even Heavy is like that, he'll be ready for the dealer, his hands across his chest, in his deep voice saying nonchalantly, "next hit pays me $x, press it to $y"
PappyVanWinkle
Don't do the crime, if you can't do the time
). I was up +$273.00 and thought to myself had I been in-casino with real money I would have walked, but opted to shoot another hand on her table. End result was -$57.00 on that hand. I'm happy actually walking with a $10 or $15 profit and have been known to do that. I guess I'm leaning toward if I hold the first hand or two I might shoot another if the table isn't packed, but if I'm up early I'm gonna be off the table with as much profit as I can. There's always next time!
