I play PB only at AIRBALL machines (I live in the US).
It is not very practical to play this method at a regular dealer-spun table because sometimes the dealers take several minutes before making the next spin (on some very busy weekends, sometimes you have to wait 6-10 minutes between spins !).
In the airball machines that I play, the ball rolls every 30-45 seconds (depending on which machine and which manufacturer).
In addition, the display unit always shows the last 24 or so numbers. When I sit down at the terminal, there are, thus, already 24 numbers for me to start tracking with.
What I do is I ignore the 8 furthest back numbers (just my preference) and start my tracking of the R/B patterns with the last 16 numbers.
On average, the first trigger (the 7th pattern) appears around the 30 spin mark -- so basically my average waiting time is about 8-12 minutes.
So, yes, if you want to play PB, dealer-spun tables may not be the most appropriate venue where to try this method.
The undeniable truth of the matter is that I can only play PB at roulette because the casinos that are within driving distance of my home all have airball machines.
An addendum to my
above post:As I have said before elsewhere on this thread, I usually play PB at roulette about 4 times per casino visit (all at airball machines).
I play 2 games consecutively and then maybe 2 more games after a break of one or two hours.
I also flip from R/B to O/E to H/L and back to R/B for my triggers.
So let's say I have just finished playing one game with the R/B trigger.
For the second game, I switch over to O/E.
Now here is the thing that I do to drastically cut down on the tracking time.
As I mentioned in my previous post, the display units for the airball machines show the 24 previous numbers. In fact, they are the numbers I used for my first game using the R/B trigger.
So what I do is I again ignore the 8 furthest back numbers and I start my tracking of the O/E trigger using the last 16 numbers (that were used for the R/B game).
And again within 8-12 minutes, the 7th pattern shows up and I have my trigger for the O/E game.
So if you want to play multiple P/B games consecutively, this is one method that you can use to drastically cut down on the waiting time (of course, in order to use this method, you will have to keep flipping between R/B, O/E, and H/L as I do).