I played with a positive progression system for a while and it seemed to produce decent results, though I did not record it acurately enough to say whether or not it produced an overall win. Note - I do not use this in my current play, I'm just curious if anyone else does.
Here's the mehtod I used:
1) I started with a $10 bet - two red chips
2) If the hand won, and the TOTAL card count was positive I would increase my bet to $15 - three red chips
3) If that hand won, and the card count FOR THE HAND was netural to positive I would increase my bet to $20 - four red chips.
4) I would continue with this until I lost a hand or encountered a negative count for the hand.
This system seldom produced bets over $40.00, results would appear as follows:
1) Bet $10, Win result: $10.00, Loss of hand result: $-10.00
2) Bet $15, Win result: $25.00, Loss of hand result: $-5.00 - end progression
3) Bet $20, Win result: $45.00, Loss of hand result: $5.00 - end progression
3) Bet $25, Win result: $70.00, Loss of hand result: $20.00 - end progression
4) Bet $30, Win result: $100.00, Loss of hand result: $40.00 - end progression
5) Bet $35, Win result: $135.00, Loss of hand result: $65.00 - end progression
6) Bet $40, Win result: $175.00, Loss of hand result: $90.00 - end progression
7) Bet $45, Win result: $220.00, Loss of hand result: $130.00 - end progression
THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS IS TO STOP THE PROGESSION AT ANY NEGATIVE TURN OF THE CARDS. I've witnessed may progressive players continue the progession into very negative conditions. I've felt like yelling over to them "Stop now!".
I read somewhere that every two hours you can expect a win or loss streak of seven hands. In this system you would rarely get to seven straight without the cards turning negative. I did reach the seventh straight hand on a couple of occasions.
What I liked about this system is that the risk of loss was minimal, after three straight wins you were guaranteed a positive result.
I mostly played this when the cards seemed to be running in streaks. Also, it's easier to start the progressions when you're ahead. In a back and forth game it is a losing proposition.
Anyone else tried a similar system where the card count was used to continue or cancel the progression?
Here's the mehtod I used:
1) I started with a $10 bet - two red chips
2) If the hand won, and the TOTAL card count was positive I would increase my bet to $15 - three red chips
3) If that hand won, and the card count FOR THE HAND was netural to positive I would increase my bet to $20 - four red chips.
4) I would continue with this until I lost a hand or encountered a negative count for the hand.
This system seldom produced bets over $40.00, results would appear as follows:
1) Bet $10, Win result: $10.00, Loss of hand result: $-10.00
2) Bet $15, Win result: $25.00, Loss of hand result: $-5.00 - end progression
3) Bet $20, Win result: $45.00, Loss of hand result: $5.00 - end progression
3) Bet $25, Win result: $70.00, Loss of hand result: $20.00 - end progression
4) Bet $30, Win result: $100.00, Loss of hand result: $40.00 - end progression
5) Bet $35, Win result: $135.00, Loss of hand result: $65.00 - end progression
6) Bet $40, Win result: $175.00, Loss of hand result: $90.00 - end progression
7) Bet $45, Win result: $220.00, Loss of hand result: $130.00 - end progression
THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS IS TO STOP THE PROGESSION AT ANY NEGATIVE TURN OF THE CARDS. I've witnessed may progressive players continue the progession into very negative conditions. I've felt like yelling over to them "Stop now!".
I read somewhere that every two hours you can expect a win or loss streak of seven hands. In this system you would rarely get to seven straight without the cards turning negative. I did reach the seventh straight hand on a couple of occasions.
What I liked about this system is that the risk of loss was minimal, after three straight wins you were guaranteed a positive result.
I mostly played this when the cards seemed to be running in streaks. Also, it's easier to start the progressions when you're ahead. In a back and forth game it is a losing proposition.
Anyone else tried a similar system where the card count was used to continue or cancel the progression?