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<blockquote data-quote="Cedric" data-source="post: 1086797" data-attributes="member: 2044">Yeah, sorry Ranger, but your friend is wrong. That strategy will absolutely not work. Sure, you shouldn't lose 12 hands in a row, but then again, you shouldn't be able to flip a quarter and have it come up heads 12 times in a row...but it can happen. And guess what, the odds of losing 12 blackjack hands in a row are better then the odds of flipping heads on a quarter 12 times in a row. So, let's say you try this strategy for 12 hands and lose... 51020408016032064012802560512010240So...want to keep going after 12 losses in a row? Make it $20,480 on the table? What if you lose? Want to go up to $40,960...well guess what, you can't cause you just hit the table limit and they aren't going to raise it for you. (not all casinos have a table max, but most do). But hey, you probably won't lose 12 in a row...so let's say you lose 11 in row and finally on the 12th, with $10.240 on the line you win! Yay...you just won $10,240!!Now, subtract your losses from previous hands...and you earned $5.00...Nope, sorry...doesn't work. Most decent blackjack books will document a progressive style of betting where you only raise your bet if you are winning. It counts on you putting together win streaks now and then. Maximizing your earnings during those streaks and going back to small losses in between. Cedric</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cedric, post: 1086797, member: 2044"] Yeah, sorry Ranger, but your friend is wrong. That strategy will absolutely not work. Sure, you shouldn't lose 12 hands in a row, but then again, you shouldn't be able to flip a quarter and have it come up heads 12 times in a row...but it can happen. And guess what, the odds of losing 12 blackjack hands in a row are better then the odds of flipping heads on a quarter 12 times in a row. So, let's say you try this strategy for 12 hands and lose... 5 10 20 40 80 160 320 640 1280 2560 5120 10240 So...want to keep going after 12 losses in a row? Make it $20,480 on the table? What if you lose? Want to go up to $40,960...well guess what, you can't cause you just hit the table limit and they aren't going to raise it for you. (not all casinos have a table max, but most do). But hey, you probably won't lose 12 in a row...so let's say you lose 11 in row and finally on the 12th, with $10.240 on the line you win! Yay...you just won $10,240!! Now, subtract your losses from previous hands...and you earned $5.00... Nope, sorry...doesn't work. Most decent blackjack books will document a progressive style of betting where you only raise your bet if you are winning. It counts on you putting together win streaks now and then. Maximizing your earnings during those streaks and going back to small losses in between. Cedric [/QUOTE]

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