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    The return of dalmatian

    It is finally here. I am making my first trip in nearly a year. playing off of a 30,000$ bank and keeping full time job / 2nd part time job to offer bank replenishment of around +6,000$ a month.

    I am playing mostly H17 DD with mediocre pen utilizing a spread as follows:

    start at 2X$50

    +1 : 2X$50

    +2 / +3 : 2X$100

    Max @ +4 and above : 2X$200

    in negatives i will drop to 2X$20 or possibly one hand of $10 depending on casino tolerance.

    Utilizing Halves and full indices. My risk of ruin is negligible (<1%).

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    i'd probably shop around for a better game

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    make that money but dont kill urself, i dont know how you would have time to play.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dalmatian View Post
    It is finally here. I am making my first trip in nearly a year. playing off of a 30,000$ bank and keeping full time job / 2nd part time job to offer bank replenishment of around +6,000$ a month.

    I am playing mostly H17 DD with mediocre pen utilizing a spread as follows:

    start at 2X$50

    +1 : 2X$50

    +2 / +3 : 2X$100

    Max @ +4 and above : 2X$200

    in negatives i will drop to 2X$20 or possibly one hand of $10 depending on casino tolerance.

    Utilizing Halves and full indices. My risk of ruin is negligible (<1%).
    My view is that it will be fine but unless you have great cover, playing 2 hands in DD games is hard to get away for long. Could you start playing 2 hands, drop to one and back to two or start one hand, go to two and back? If you can, it’s possible to get more creative and confusing.

    For example, start with a hand of $25, count gets negative, drop to 2 x $10, count gets positive, go to two hands of $50 sometimes or to one hand of $75. The amount of money you put on the table is appropriate but the number of hands vary randomly.

    Another thing is that in heads up play at DD, you would be better off playing one hand instead of two but with one other player, playing 2 hands might be better. Note that the more spots being played, the worse it is in DD so if you have 3 other players at the table, 5 spots being played (including your two), then the penetration has to be greater..rule of eleven.

    I never play DD when there are more than 3 spots being played.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dalmatian View Post
    It is finally here. I am making my first trip in nearly a year. playing off of a 30,000$ bank and keeping full time job / 2nd part time job to offer bank replenishment of around +6,000$ a month.

    I am playing mostly H17 DD with mediocre pen utilizing a spread as follows:

    start at 2X$50

    +1 : 2X$50

    +2 / +3 : 2X$100

    Max @ +4 and above : 2X$200

    in negatives i will drop to 2X$20 or possibly one hand of $10 depending on casino tolerance.

    Utilizing Halves and full indices. My risk of ruin is negligible (<1%).

    Do you not have any software? Your ramp is way off of optimal. You have almost a half percent edge at +1 and should be raising your bet. Your edge at +2 is double that of +1, and the bet increase should reflect that, which it does, but then you make the same bet at +3, which is surely a mistake. It should be 50% greater than the +2 bet. Finally, for a $30,000 bank, 2 x $200 is somewhat overbetting.

    Don

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    Quote Originally Posted by dalmatian View Post
    @Don starting off high comes at marginal cost and is a way of masking a larger spread. My ramp is not optimal but rather suited more to cover while keeping EV worth my time.
    Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face. - Mike Tyson

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    Okay I simmed it for $30,000 bank. Risk of ruin is much higher than 1%. Also win per hour also much higher than $70 per hour. I put as custom bet your betting ramp.

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    with an extra $6k per month it is a good plan if you indeed have 30 casino to run go around.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Midwest Player View Post
    Okay I simmed it for $30,000 bank. Risk of ruin is much higher than 1%. Also win per hour also much higher than $70 per hour. I put as custom bet your betting ramp.

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    Betting the correct 2 x $200 at +3, as I pointed out, would add $13 per hour to the win rate.

    Don

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