Sonny said:
The French mathematician Jean le Rond d'Alembert had the same idea back in the 1700s. It didn’t work then either. If you don’t understand why progression systems fail then how can you expect to create one that works? If you don’t understand the problem, how can you find a solution?
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I know that increasing bets after a win does not beat the casino edge! That is why I drop my bet to base after I get my money back. That is the key!!! But without the 3 to 2 payout on BJ the strategy won't work either.
If I did not drop my bet to base when I got my money back then the system would be a progression system. But because I drop my bet after I get my money back -
And I Always Get My Money Back - I enter every losing streak with my bets low. Therefore I lose less than I win. Very simple concept and it works and I tested it until my arms ached! In BJ my bets never needed to increase more than 10x my base. I always got my money back.
Sonny said:
But your system does not predict player/dealer streaks. It only changes your bets slightly after then happen (or in the middle of them). The number of opportunities you misplay will overcome any advantage from the opportunities you recognize.
It doesn't predict them no, but it always has my bets low in preparation for the losing streak to come and my bets keep increasing as my win streak occurs. How can I not win more always betting high during a win streak and low during a losing streak?
Sonny said:
That’s one of the reasons that a martingale-type progression always fails. In order to be successful you need two things: No table limits and an infinite bankroll to absorb all the negative streaks you’ll play through. This is covered in the sticky thread at the top of this forum. It would be very useful for you to read through it. It will answer a lot of question you have.
Like I said, my bets never needed to increase more than 10x the base. This is only possible in BlackJack because of the 3 to 2 payouts. If BJs paid 1 to 1 then I would have to double my bets like I did in Roulette.
Think of 3 BJs in a row. The first my bet is $5 I win $7.50, the second is $10 I win $15, the third is $15 I win $22.50. The bets compound and push me over my starting bankroll without fail.
Sonny said:
You don’t need a game with a lower house edge, you need one with lower variance. You need a game that experiences smaller fluctuations. BJ is not the answer.
Yes BJ is not the answer as far as a house edge is determined. At the time I didn't know better. I just thought a lower house edge would be the answer. But I am sure that if I multiplied and divided my bets by 2 after each win and loss that my bets would not increase as much as they did in Roulette. Probably still over the house table limits though.
What I understand now and did not understand then is the 3 to 2 payouts on BJ. Without the 3 to 2 payouts my bet increases by one unit will sometimes fail to win me back all my money. I know that. If BJs pay 1 to 1 my strategy will most of the time get my money back but will sometimes fail to do so. I have tested this aspect the hard way on a BJ VLT that did not pay 3 to 2.
But the 3 to 2 payouts compound the amount of money won as the bets increase and it is ALWAYS enough to push me back up to and above my starting bankroll.
Sonny said:
But as you get more BJs the probability of getting another one decreases. We don’t need to run any computer simulations to see that it just doesn’t make sense.
You are talking about in what happens in a single Shoe. Don't do that! Pretend this box is the shoe: [] Now please think outside of it. Think many shoes! [] [] [] [] []
Sure, I can agree that your probability of getting another BJ in that particular shoe decreases, but I play from shoe to shoe. My bet may increase 1 unit in 1 shoe, 0 in the next, 3 in the next after and 2 in the next shoe after that, before I win my money back. Tell me you can't get 10 BJs over 5 shoes and 0 over another 5 shoes. Both can happen and do happen. My bets are low when I get 0 BJs over 5 shoes and high when I get 10 BJs over 5 shoes.
Sonny said:
But your system does not determine when circumstances are in your favor. Your “internal indicator” is just a “player BJ vs. dealer BJ” comparison. In both cases your advantage has gone down because the profitable cards are gone from play. Your results will not be any different than randomly changing your bets.
Yes, and the Dealer get's more BJs when he is hot and the player gets more when he is hot. Very simple. But that alone does not cut the mustard. Again please think outside the [] for a moment. It is the fact that my bets drop to base once I have won back my money that completes this strategy.
What difference does my bets dropping to base make? Because I always get my money back, therefore, my bets always drop to base before the losing streak sets in. If I did not drop my bets when I got my money back, I would start losing hands, and too many hands before the dealer's BJs pushed my bets down. Then I would lose according to the house edge. But since my bets are
always at base when I enter a losing streak, I do not lose as much as I win.
Winning -> Bets keep increasing up to 10x base. Can get BJs at 3 to 2 payout at $50 bets for $75 profit!
Losing -> Bets keep stay low. Dealer gets BJs while my bets are $5-$15.
Sonny said:
Then it is no different then any other progression system. Your internal indicator doesn’t tell you anything helpful and your bets are based on external indicators. You haven’t invented anything that people haven’t been using already.
I already had my frustrated cry for this post at the beginning. Only one per post.
3 to 2 payouts compounding at higher bets and winning back my start money dropping my bets to base so that I enter every losing streak with my bets low. Gosh how that is like a progression system I don't know. A progression system would not drop my bets to base before every losing streak begins.
Sonny said:
I really think you need to do some research before you start creating systems and spending so much time testing them. Look at some of the reasons other systems fail and try to understand why. You will be able to save yourself a lot of time and energy (and Mortin!).
-Sonny-
Thanks for being concerned about my physical discomfort Sonny. That's the nicest thing anyone has said today.
But I can assure you Sonny, the 3 aspects I listed: Increase after win, Drop bets to base when buy-in is recouped and the 3 to 2 payouts compounding is enough to make the system work. All 3 seperate or only 2 of the 3 together and it fails.
Think over many shoes and not just one shoe. I never claimed that I win all my money back in a single shoe. The entire process of winning my money back can take 20+ shoes I am sure. But over those 20+ shoes I get more BJs than the Dealer. If I didn't, then my bets would not be able to increase to 10x base. My bets are high and the 3 to 2 payouts mean that I win enough to push me back up where I started.
I don't see what else I can say. You guys have to take my word and test it for yourselves. If you don't want to test it for yourselves then there is no way to make you believe.
Licentia.