Originally Posted by Alan Mendelson View Post
slingshot, one of the problems is that when you put all of the elements of Rob's system together ... and I mean all of the elements including when to use the special plays ... even Rob admits it's probably impossible to follow and do. Even the question of win goals and loss limits is enough to derail any attempt at understanding and following his system.

But I would like to bring up the question of what is optimal play? And this really has nothing to do with Rob's system directly but more is a question of what is optimal. Here is the question:

By accident you deposit your entire session bankroll of $500 into a $100 machine. (Don't say impossible, because I saw this happen once at Pechanga where a single $100 machine is in a row of $1 machines). You push the deal button and you are dealt a flush with four to the royal. Under the circumstances, do you make the optimal play of holding the four to the royal? Or, is holding the flush the optimal play in this situation?
I have one final thought and then I'm through. You believe in win goals and all of Rob's strategies are based on a certain win goal for that session. The only problem I see is having the discipline to keep up with where you're at in the session. And it's up to you on the decisions as long as the win goal's reached-IMH0. For instance, if I'm playing artt, and I've just progressed to the next denom and an Aces high full house appears-I can reach my win goal WHICHEVER way I choose. The three A's alone will get me back to the lowest denom and a chance to hit a quad. The full house, OTOH, may reach my win goal for the session.