1-15-2 should have used progression

I just got done flat betting a double deck game at $25/hand. I lost or pushed the first 17 hands going 15 and 2. I finally won the 18th. That put me down $350.

Good thing I was playing an online practice game at blackjackinfo.com!

Maybe I should have played a Progression, doubling my bet after each hand. I'd be up one unit. All I would have to have endured was several hundred thousand dollars in loses followed by a single winning bet of $409,600!

Dangit. I'd be up $25!

LOL!! those progressionists must love those odds, spend $100,000 to win a life changing $25. hahahaha

On this site and others I have posted that in 30 years of playing this game, I have had 4 streaks of 20 or more straight loses, pushes do not count.
Meanwhile, on this site you are basically preaching to the choir, but your story might be a good lesson on less professional blackjack sites.

And I'll bet the dealer had blackjack at least 4 times. A while back while practicing on Blackjackinfo's strategy trainer, I too noticed some unusual results, so for over 7200 hands I strated keeping track of blackjacks and dealer breaks. The dealer had 3 times as many blackjack as me during this time (635-181), and the dealer broke 916 times or about 12.7%, well below the expected 28%! (This number is somewhat inaccurate as the dealer hand is not finished after the player breaks). Anyway I posted my unusual results and was basically verbally run off the board, saying my results were nearly impossible in a random game (kind of my point) I was called a liar or it was suggusted that I made up the results. (they seem a bit sensative about the strategy trainer) lol
Well I still use the strategy trainer for practice, but am just not sure how random it really is.

Your post should be added to the "Progression" section under Bootlegger's post.

Ten years ago before I knew better, I tried using a progression system on a European roulette wheel while playing the outside. The progression was set up where all I had to do was win on an average of 32% of the time. I got real deep a few times before I got my $ back. It scared me half to death so I put it on hold for a while. Fortunately so after I found how to count BJ and learned enough math to know not to ever mess with a progression again.