In advance of Frank Kneeland's evaluation of your system, I think you should make some definitive statements here about your system.

Please be succinct, to the point, and don't mince words. And please, no secondary thoughts referring to other posters on various websites.

Here are the questions that have come up:

1. Do you prefer to play on short pay tables or full pay tables?

2. What are your win goals, and what is your bankroll for your win goal?

3. What is the goal of your system?

4. What is the purpose or goals of your "special plays"?

5. Is the return/paytable of the machine important or unimportant for your system? Please explain.

6. Can your system make a player a "long term winner"? If so, how?

I ask these pointed questions because Frank has commented that part of the problem that has led to various conflicts and misunderstandings is that the definitions used to explain your system have become muddled.

I am going to offer, what I think, will be your responses, based on our conversations and interviews. If I am wrong, please tell me. If you have a different answer, please give it and explain.

My answers:

1. You prefer full pay tables but you will adapt/use your system on short pay tables.

2. Your win goal is $2,500 and I'm not sure what your starting bankroll is, but I think it is something like $73,000.

3. The goal of your system is to hit your win goal and leave the casino, perhaps to go home for another visit or to enjoy the rest of your trip outside of the casino, savoring your $2,500 profit.

4. The purpose or goals of your special plays is to hit a big winner or have a better chance to hit a winner than to go through the "grind" that you say other players go through.

5. The paytable is important, because 95% of the time you play the traditional or "optimal" holds. If you are winning playing the traditional way, there is no need for you to make your "special plays."

6. Yes, your system can make someone a long term winner because they will pocket their win goals and avoid putting back their profits into the machine.