I I thought, "Wow, that seems like a good plan....just how often do you lose 7 or 8 blackjack hands in a row?" (ok, I just now picked myself off the floor laughing at my naive thinking I had back then.)
After doing a bit of researching on this issue, I came across the Cipher software that visually shows the results of your blackjack hands. Per his instructions scattered across several gambling forums, I could see patterns to the results of the blackjack hands and therefore an edge is obtained through recognizing this. Hence I'm still here a year later.
I can't say I'm in profit after all of this. The software mentioned above certainly helps me to get an edge and win but, dang, it's the damn greed that makes me take bigger risks than I should. I always thought that I'm not a greedy person.....because I never ACTIVELY short-changed anyone else or did manipulative schemes to pull people's money for my sake. Nor did I lusted or coveted after anyone else's money. But greed is deceptive.....it can hide behind the facade that "you are just following your system's rules which calls for this size of a bet." In other words, you justify your greed by blindly following your system.
I actually lost $1193 one time simply because I wanted to reach a nice round $1200 in my bankroll....I was greedy for that $7. Many times I have recovered from steep losses to only continue to play and suffer steeper losses....I should have just accepted that the session is just not going to go my way and take a small loss on it.
Anyway, without an edge, I would not be gambling, period. With an edge, you have to recognize greed and know your limits.