Originally Posted by
regnis
I'm an 8 and 10 guy.
On the 8, $150 start. If it hits, same bet or go to $210 unless it hit hard--then go to 300. Then same bet unless hard again in which case $510 or $360 (depending if I was at $210 or $300). Basically double every other unless a hard way lets me press sooner so as to skip a same bet. Sometimes a little more or less on the press to make the math easier.
On the 10--$200 start. Then go to $250 unless hard--then go to $500. Then basically small bump unless hard, then double on next and so on.
Like RS, and I'm surprised to hear that RS plays that way, I'm not looking for the long grind. I want to make a big hit and run. After the big hit, I will tone it down some if I want to get some entertainment time in.
If I am the shooter, I am more aggressive than the above but in a similar pattern. I may go double and then same bet rather than same and then double.
Sling--I don't consider what RS does to be a Martingale. He is not doubling his bet on a loss. He is doubling on a win. He hasn't increased his exposure, although I do recall him saying somewhere else that when you win a bet it is now your money, not house money, so maybe he is increasing his exposure. That being said, I am all for the way he has described playing.