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The Reading-room [Info] NEXT PAGE: The Most Stupid Bet? - Part 2: The Bankroll Benefit Betting "all sides", is that really The Most Stupid Bet?Mr Oops explains why this seemingly stupid bet can be a really good ideaDO YOU use progressions? Do you bet on the "even" chances, Columns, Dozens or the Streets (3- or 6-numbers)? If your answer is "yes" to both questions, this one is for you! I am going to show you that betting "all sides" of a bet - meaning both Red AND Black, all three Dozens or, why not, all twelve Single Streets at the same time - will eliminate a part of the loss when a Zero hits and, in the case of the "even" chances, will need a smaller bankroll than needed when betting one side only! Why the latter is the case, is explained in Part 2, while showing how to achieve the former will be done with the aid of an example sequence of spins (25 - 10 - 18 - 25 - 33 - 7 - 30 - 7 - 0 - 29) where a progression (Martingale) is used on the Low/High bet. I chose the Low/High bet because of simplicity (you can easily see which won) and the Martingale because of clarity (a double bet is very distinct). However, all of this is adoptable to other progressions and all the above mentioned bets, and you will have no problems understanding how to use your favourites. Part 1: The Zero FactorTo really understand what happens here, I think it is necessary to first show what happens if only one side at the time is bet. Let us start with Low:Spin 1: We bet 1 on Low. Decision: 25 High. We lose. Net Result: -1 Spin 2: We bet 2 on Low. Decision: 10 Low. We win. Acc Net Result: +1 Spin 3: We bet 1 on Low. Decision: 18 Low. We win. Acc Net Result: +2 Spin 4: We bet 1 on Low. Decision: 25 High. We lose. Acc Net Result: +1 Spin 5: We bet 2 on Low. Decision: 33 High. We lose. Acc Net Result: -1 Spin 6: We bet 4 on Low. Decision: 7 Low. We win. Acc Net Result: +3 Spin 7: We bet 1 on Low. Decision: 30 High. We lose. Acc Net Result: +2 Spin 8: We bet 2 on Low. Decision: 7 Low. We win. Acc Net Result: +4 Spin 9: We bet 1 on Low. Decision: ZERO! We lose. Acc Net Result: +3 Spin 10: We bet 2 on Low. Decision: 29 High. We lose. Acc Net Result: +1 Please note the results after the last three spins: Spin 8: +4, Spin 9: +3 and Spin 10: +1 as those figures are keys to understand how this works. Now; let's see what happens when we are betting High: Spin 1: We bet 1 on High. Decision: 25 High. We win. Net Result: +1 Spin 2: We bet 1 on High. Decision: 10 Low. We lose. Acc Net Result: 0 Spin 3: We bet 2 on High. Decision: 18 Low. We lose. Acc Net Result: -2 Spin 4: We bet 4 on High. Decision: 25 High. We win. Acc Net Result: +2 Spin 5: We bet 1 on High. Decision: 33 High. We win. Acc Net Result: +3 Spin 6: We bet 1 on High. Decision: 7 Low. We lose. Acc Net Result: +2 Spin 7: We bet 2 on High. Decision: 30 High. We win. Acc Net Result: +4 Spin 8: We bet 1 on High. Decision: 7 Low. We lose. Acc Net Result: +3 Spin 9: We bet 2 on High. Decision: ZERO! We lose. Acc Net Result: +1 Spin 10: We bet 4 on High. Decision: 29 High. We win. Acc Net Result: +5 (Please note the three last results) This is not a bad ending, is it? We are 1 unit up on Low and 5 units up on High despite we had a total loss on the Zero. So it didn't matter which side we were betting; the end result is positive. But what would happen if we bet BOTH sides at the SAME TIME? Spin 1: Bet 1 Low + 1 High, Total bet 2. Decision: 25 High. Win 1, Lose 1. Net Result: 0 Spin 2: Bet 2 Low + 1 High, Total bet 3. Decision: 10 Low. Win 2, Lose 1. Acc Net Result: +1 Spin 3: Bet 1 Low + 2 High, Total bet 3. Decision: 18 Low. Win 1, Lose 2. Acc Net Result: 0 Spin 4: Bet 1 Low + 4 High, Total bet 5. Decision: 25 High. Win 4, Lose 1. Acc Net Result: +3 Spin 5: Bet 2 Low + 1 High, Total bet 3. Decision: 33 High. Win 1, Lose 2. Acc Net Result: +2 Spin 6: Bet 4 Low + 1 High, Total bet 5. Decision: 7 Low. Win 4, Lose 1. Acc Net Result: +5 Spin 7: Bet 1 Low + 2 High, Total bet 3. Decision: 30 High. Win 2, Lose 1. Acc Net Result: +6 Spin 8: Bet 2 Low + 1 High, Total bet 3. Decision: 7 Low. Win 2, Lose 1. Acc Net Result: +7 Spin 9: Bet 1 Low + 2 High, Total bet 3. Decision: ZERO! Win 0, Lose 3. Acc Net Result: +4 Spin 10: Bet 2 Low + 4 High, Total bet 6. Decision: 29 High. Win 4, Lose 2. Acc Net Result: +6 If you compare these last three results with the sum of the same results above, you will find that they are exactly the same: Spin 8: 4 + 3 = 7, Spin 9: 3 + 1 = 4 and Spin 10: 1 + 5 = 6. (This is true for all spins - check it!) So; what's the benefit here? The answer is: There is none! There is no benefit at all, because of the way we made the bets; we were betting as if we were two persons betting one side each, and at the end of the series we put our results together. This is obviously a dead-end but we can do exactly the same thing in a much better way: Betting the DIFFERENCE between the two bets (or between ALL bets, if you are betting something else). This means that you subtract the lowest bet (in units) from all bets - even itself, thereby making itself a zero unit bet (no bet). Have a look at the same sequence as above, betted this way: Spin 1: (1 Low + 1 High) We bet Nothing as the two are equal. Decision: 25 High. Net Result: 0 Spin 2: (2 Low + 1 High) We bet 1 on Low as 2 - 1 = 1. Decision: 10 Low. We win. Acc Net Result: +1 Spin 3: (1 Low + 2 High) We bet 1 on High as 2 - 1 = 1. Decision: 18 Low. We lose. Acc Net Result: 0 Spin 4: (1 Low + 4 High) We bet 3 on High as 4 - 1 = 3. Decision: 25 High. We win. Acc Net Result: +3 Spin 5: (2 Low + 1 High) We bet 1 on Low as 2 - 1 = 1. Decision: 33 High. We lose. Acc Net Result: +2 Spin 6: (4 Low + 1 High) We bet 3 on Low as 4 - 1 = 3. Decision: 7 Low. We win. Acc Net Result: +5 Spin 7: (1 Low + 2 High) We bet 1 on High as 2 - 1 = 1. Decision: 30 High. We win. Acc Net Result: +6 Spin 8: (2 Low + 1 High) We bet 1 on Low as 2 - 1 = 1. Decision: 7 Low. We win. Acc Net Result: +7 Spin 9: (1 Low + 2 High) We bet 1 on High as 2 - 1 = 1. Decision: ZERO! We lose. Acc Net Result: +6 Spin 10: (2 Low + 4 High) We bet 2 on High as 4 - 2 = 2. Decision: 29 High. We win. Acc Net Result: +8 As we saw above, when we actually bet both sides at the same time, the result after spin 8 was +7 units. This last way, the result is the same - exactly as all the other results before the eighth spin (check it). So there is still no benefit up to and including Spin 8! The truth is: As long as the Zero doesn't hit, the result of betting the difference will always be exactly the same as betting all sides at the same time. But when the Zero hits, only the difference is at stake thus losing less than if both sides had been bet - this is "The Zero Factor". Now compare the "added" result with the "difference" result after the 9th spin, when the Zero have hit: Betting both sides, the result is +4 but betting the difference keeps our result up at +6 - that's two units more! And this difference will be the same for all future spins (as can be seen at Spin 10 where the "added" result is +6 while the "difference" result is +8) until the zero hits again, when the difference will be even bigger. As a last example in this part, I will show you how to calculate the "difference" bets when you are betting, for example, the Double Streets (6-numbers). Suppose your six bets - according to your six separate progressions - are: 5 + 6 + 2 + 6 + 2 + 3 for Streets 1 to 6 respectively. The lowest bet is 2 and this figure we subtract from all bets including the 2s themselves. This ends up in that for Streets 1 to 6 you shall bet: 3 + 4 + 0 + 4 + 0 + 1 (no bets on Streets 3 and 5). Whichever street wins, your result will be exactly the same in both cases (try it!) but if the Zero hits you will lose only 12 units betting the difference, compared to betting all streets when the loss would be 24 - you save HALF the bet! This is saving money exploiting "The Zero Factor" In the second part, I will show you why a smaller bankroll is needed when betting both sides of "even" chances, compared to betting one side only. There is, however, something there even for you who bet the thirds or the streets as the savings are considerable using the "difference" instead of all sides - you always save more than one bankroll! Read all about it by clicking here | |
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