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EVERY SYSTEM IS A WINNER Just about everyone who has ever spent any
serious amount of time at casino gambling has come up with a system at one
time or another that promises to work consistently. Most are abandoned, however, after
experiencing several consecutive losing sessions with it. This does not necessarily mean that the system
is useless. It only means that it doesnt work all the time. Well, just in case you
didnt already know it, NOTHING DOES ! The best that you can ever hope for when
implementing a game plan is to have a sound betting strategy and reasonable profit
expectations. Most systems are based on 50% probability
bets, such as pass and dont pass in craps, black and red in roulette, or bank and
player in baccarat, and countless systems have been designed around them. They include
flat bets, parlays, up-after-a-loss, and doubling up, and THEY ALL WIN at one time or
another. Its what to do when they do, and what to do when they dont, that
separates the winners from the losers in the casino. When a game plan is not working, being
stubborn about it is all too often the undoing of any system player. Weve all seen
craps players betting strictly on dont pass, continuing to bet blindly along with
the most horrendous losing streak imaginable against a hot shooter, just to be able to say
that they won their bet when that seven-out finally came. (Sounds a bit like taking your
car problem to a mechanic whos determined to find out whats wrong with it, no
matter how much it costs you.) If youre really in it for the money, a
business-like betting strategy that has a cut-off point when consecutive losses occur
makes a lot more sense. Two or three consecutive losing bets are usually quite enough to
convince me that its time to just watch and wait, rather than continue betting
through a losing trend, hoping that it will change by throwing more money at it. Short stop-loss limits will keep you from
losing more than you should, and reasonable stop-win limits help you lock up some of what
youve managed to win, instead of giving it all back on the next couple of losing
bets. Theres never any shame in ending any
session when youre modestly ahead. Like a craps table acquaintance of mine has been
heard to say: Youll never go broke on small profits.
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