$5,000 and beyond

Due to a good run on the blackjack tables as I finish up playing before the online ban goes into place, I have moved above the $5,000 mark. That's a $700 improvement in just two weeks since my last update, and that is with only about 6 hours of actual gameplay. Nice earn rate, for sure!

I'm still astonished that I am in this position - when I started this journey with absolutely $0 of my own money a tad bit over 8 months ago, there would be NO WAY I would have imagined that I would top the $5,000 mark by this point. Admittedly, over half of this money came from a source (blackjack) that hadn't even crossed my mind at the beginning, but this still doesn't dampen my amazement. In theory, I am bankrolled to play $5/$10 and nearly bankrolled to play $10/$20. Yikes!

Now that the ban will go into place, I'm sure this incredible rate of earn will go down significantly, as I will be "restricted" to just playing poker, unless some of the online casinos pull a surprise and either stay open or re-open on advice from their lawyers.

Assuming this will not happen, I'm going to do a summary of my blackjack play. The below graph and chart should say it all.

A few notes:

• The graph and chart do not include the $300 GamesGifts affiliate bonus, but my bankroll update (obviously) does - thus the discrepancy in values.
  
• I was running insanely hot over this stretch - over 50% above my expected earn across all casinos.
  
• I cannot believe I have put over $43,000 in action on the tables, but like I said before, I guess betting every 5 or 6 seconds adds up very quickly. On casinos with the fastest software, I was getting in 800 hands per hour.
  
• Party Casino is OMFG RIGGED!!!!!! :-)
  

I'm off to Full Tilt next (likely) as they are one of the online poker rooms that will stay open. It seems there are more of them than I would have thought which is perhaps a ray of hope that some of the other rooms will see the light as well.