Over the years, between playing and testing, it has to be in the thousands of hours for me.
This opinion is really for the guys playing 2-4 numbers and with a bit higher stakes.
What I really notice before the eminent danger of getting my a** kicked, I get ONE nice jump in my BR. Not saying I never get more but I at least get ONE. This ONE jump is highly OPEN to various definitions, I understand that. An example might be....2K BR, playing $15 per number (2-4 numbers like I said). Perhaps get it up to $2,600?
That $600 might even happen in the first TEN minutes but my point being, that MIGHT BE THE ONLY *JUMP* FOR THE NEXT 6 HOURS. I repeat...that MIGHT BE THE ONLY *JUMP* FOR THE NEXT 6 HOURS !!!!!! Dont think I only mean losing your BR. You can literally go up down up down up down up down up down up down up down over HOURS of play.
.....or I might get my jump once but well into seven hours of playing. Lesson being, ONE big jump and its time to QUIT. Too many times after sticking around.....ya lose that $600, take a dip into your BR and now have to wait again for another nice jump. That jump might be five hours later and you do NOT have five extra hours to kill.
I know this advice is re-hashed over and over again from other threads (including my own).
ALMOST ALWAYS, I do get that ONE nice jump within my visit. For the people that play many numbers and with smaller units, it seems you have to RELY on many jumps(?).
Would you leave if up $40? Heck no so you need quite a few hits.
Ken
Whenever I hear someone recounting their casino visit it goes something like this._.
" I won and was up $400 but lost next spin\hand ._.._.._._.._"
I have never been to the house of money changers without being up at least couple times during a visit regardless of strategy.
If it has been a grind then quit when a little up. If you are killin it then ride it IMO.