Blackjack Bankroll

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Blackjack Bankroll
Blackjack Bankroll
By John Patrick

Recognize and accept your shortcomings! If you don't have what it takes, get it or forget it! The bulky 275 pound football player would like to be the glamorous tailback and score all his team's touchdowns, but he is forced to play tackle.

The 5 foot, 6 inch basketball player longs to play the pivot and wow the crowd with slam dunks, but he is made to play point guard and feed the rest of the team.

The plain jane high school coed is dying to be homecoming queen, but instead is assigned to sell popcorn at the victory dance.

Like everyone else, these people have dreams, out are made to accept roles that are less than what they want. They accept the roles but swear to improve themselves. For the present, they make the best with what they have. Time and patient work can transform the future into something different. Tomorrow and each day thereafter may move them closer to the experience of a dream come true or, may bring events to fashion a new dream.

The football player sheds a few pounds, works his legs into powerful pistons to become a college fullback, and he reads of his exploits on the sports page.

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The basketball runt practices hard, develops some fancy moves to become the best in the land at his position, and hears the roar of the crowd.

The plain jane enters womanhood, leaving behind her adolescent failings, and grows into an interesting and beautiful person who meets her Prince Charming.

Patience. They all had it to help them tolerate, but also overcome, their shortcomings.
Your bankroll is probably your shortcoming in gambling. How much must you have in your pocket when you enter a casino? What's the proper amount?

There is no proper amount. There is no hard and fast rule as to what you should start with. But you must accept what you start with as your own bankroll, and you must stay within its limits.

You think I'm going to tell Bertram Bigbucks that he can't take more than $900 to the casino? He'd laugh himself onto the floor of his 28 cylinder Rolls Royce.

Percy Pennywise can barely scrape up enough to take his three kids to a movie on Saturday. if I told him he couldn't go to Atlantic City with less than $900, he'd faint.

The decision is personal. Each player is different and will be limited by what he or she can bring to the casino. How you manage your money will determine your rate of success, but the importance of the starting bankroll can't be overemphasized.
Going with too much gives a false sense of security and a tendency to "overspend" at the table. Going with too little causes a "scared" reaction, or panic, as soon as you lose a couple of dollars.

 
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