Author's System

[GLC]

I have tested every Even Chance bet selection method known to man and extra-terrestrials.  As of right now, I can unequivocally say that the following bet selection method is either the best or as good as the best.  I have played a lot of different sequences with different EC selection methods and this one does well except on the sequences that have an inordinate number of doubles, i.e. RRBBRRBB etc...  As the author states, if it enters this pattern on the right step it wins every spin, but if on the wrong step, it loses every spin.

link:://:.archive.org/stream/montecarloanecdo00bethiala#page/80/mode/1up

The author suggests that if you lose 4 bets in a row it will be because you have entered the double pattern on the wrong step so you need to play the same pattern 2 times in a row with will put you on the right step with doubles.  I prefer to stop betting after 4 losses until I would have had a virtual win and then I begin real betting again.  This isn't absolutely failsafe, but most of the time it will get you back on a winning sequence.

The author suggests a certain 4 step progression for bets, but you can use any favorite bet progression.  I think a 3 step progression is almost as effective as the 4 step and with half the unit investment.

[ADulay]

It's an oldie but goodie and still holds up quite well if your money management is good.

Only one thing really beats it and that can be overcome with a skip or a stop until win.

Thanks for bringing it back up.

I've got that in my bag of tricks, but under a different name but it still works!

With all the people around here who are fond of huge progressions and the like, this should be a no-brainer to run with.

AD

[Wally Gator]

No question it's a great one ..... use it for Baccarat and try this staking plan ... 1,3,2,6,10 always going back to 1 on a win.  If you lose the 5 step either take the loss for that shoe or go to 3,9,6,18,30.  Never had it come close to that, but as we all know it could happen and probably has.

Missing 4 in a row happens often, but 5 not so much so .....

Thanks for sharing ....

[GLC]

I have made a tweak to the author's bet selection method that has been working a little bit better than the author's.  He says to start by betting for the Same and the last spun color and the bet for the change and keep alternating between Same and Opposite.

I have been playing for Same as last until I get a loss.  Then I go to betting the opposite, same, opposite etc... until a win.  After the win, I return to 1 unit and bet for the same until I have another loss.  This catches the streaks and rides them for some pretty good wins.  I suppose if there are a lot of chops and few streaks we could go with opposite until a loss then start our alternating.

Another option is to stay with Same if the win was on a Same or stay with opposite if the win was on an opposite.

Play around with these options and see if you like them or you feel like the author's method is superior.  You decide.

G

[Tomla021]

going crazy switching same /opposite testing this in zumma-lol

[GLC]

Going crazy switching same /opposite testing this in zumma-LoL

I use the marshmallow method.  I write at S and about 2 inches below it I write O.  I cover the one I'm on with a mini-marshmallow moving it back and forth so as not to lose my place.  Every now and then I eat it and get out a new one.

[ADulay]

going crazy switching same /opposite testing this in zumma-lol

Easiest way to figure out where you are is to remember that the ODD lines are always Opposites.  The even lines are always Repeats.

Made a cool +25 (baccarat) just screwing around with it today.   Haven't used it in a while but I'm glad somebody brought it back up.

AD

[Tomla021]

thanks that helps

[esoito]

If you want to cut'n'paste use this site instead:

link:://:.archive.org/stream/montecarloanecdo00bethiala/montecarloanecdo00bethiala_djvu.txt


(The other site is images...)

[GLC]

Thanks Esoito, this will be useful.

[malcop]

Hi All,

So let me see if I have got this right, it seems to me that this bet selections is just Follow, Opposit, Follow, Opposit.

Is that correct?

Also has anyone ever tride this with the 6 point divisor progression?

I have attached the excel tool incase someone has not seen it.

Thanks

malcop

[esoito]

Here's a very abbreviated version of the author's system.

[malcop]

Here's a very abbreviated version of the author's system.

Hi esoito,

Thanks for the abbreviated version, it  makes everything clear.

Good to have another method to use as a backup, the bonus for me is that you do not need any form of tracking, appart from rememebering whether your last bet was Follow or Opposit.

Thanks

Malcop

[GLC]

I was playing around with Hermes' suggestion to just relax and let your mind go where it will and this is where it went.  

It went to the Author's system.  I realized that we can play his system as effectively, almost, as he does but with only a 3 step bet rather than a 4 step bet.  We can use Proofreader's even chance, breadwinner, 3-step, martingale.  

Look at the examples in his chapter in the book and you'll see what I mean.  He shows how he wins once in 4 spins, but all his examples actually win in either the 1st or the 2nd spin except for the example that losses.

You might say, why not use a 2 step marty.  I tested it and a 3 step is safer.  Even though all his examples win on the 1st 2 bets, for some reason the 3 step seems to work better.  Yes, the 2 step does work, but not as stable as the 3 step.  This opens up a new approach to playing the game.

Here's how were going to play.  We don't start betting until there's a change of color.  Once we have a change of color, we start betting with (S)ame then (O)pposite then (S)ame.  Once we win a bet, we stop betting until there's a color change then we start betting for (S) again.  If we lose all 3 bets, we stop betting until there's a color change and then we start betting the second level of bets.  Anytime we win or when we lose all 3 bets, we wait for a color change.

Bet progression is 1-2-4;  2-4-8;  4-8-16;  7-14-28;  13-26-52;  23-46-92.  I stop here because of my limited bet range on my airball machine.  You can go further if you choose.

We don't bet exactly like Proofreader recommends because I really like my "Clean up before Move up" system under Money Management.  So, we're going to bet according to that idea.  That means that when we lose our 1st 3 bets we will have lost 7 units.  We write down a 1 and three 2's.  We move to our 2nd level of bets, 2-4-8.  Every time we win, we cross off the appropriate number of lost units.  If we lose at the 2nd level, we lose 14 units and we write a 2 and four 3's to the right of any 1's we haven't recovered.  As soon as we recover all the 1's, we start betting at the 3rd level to recover all losses from the 2nd level etc...

Remember, if we lose while betting at a level before recovering all losses from the previous level, we write down the units we just lost and we stay at that level.  The only time we move up a bet level is when we have recovered all the losses at the previous level.

Give this a try and see how you like it.  It's very easy to test and even though it may sound complicated, it's really very simple.  I know we lose a lot of betting opportunities by waiting for a color change, but I think it gives us a little edge.  Please, don't anybody ask me why, I don't know.  It just feels like it does.

Good Luck,

George

[GLC]

A few more comments about the last post.  When we bet a 2 step marty we have 3 color combinations that we win on and 1 that we lose on.  When we bet a 3 step marty, we have 7 color combinations that we win on and 1 that we lose on.

I am working on a tracking method that indicates to us whether we should start with (S), (O), (S), (O) or whether we should start with (O), (S), (O), (S).  If we can pick one or the other, we can add a small level of advantage.

I have been testing this flat betting a 1-2-4 with pretty good results.  If we can develop this so that we win with a 7 unit 3 part flat bet, it will give us much more stability.