Hey Buster, As a Director of Casino Surveillance I will give you a bit of advice that I give people that would ask me about how to play in the casinos. It's all about money management. When you are playing and the table is going your way you should always lock up a part of your winnings along the way to guarantee that you are a winner a the end of the night. Also you never walk away from a table that is going your way. The thing is to leave the table when it turns. You must set a figure at each level of winning. If you are up $1000. in your head you tell yourself that when you are only up $800 you are leaving the game. That 20% turn around is enough to tell you that the table has changed. Take your winnings. Put half under the mattress and the rest you will have to play another day. Never stay at a table where you are losing. I hope this made some scenes to you as it was written rather fast. Maybe I need to write a post about this someday.