Originally Posted by coach belly View Post
Originally Posted by mickeycrimm View Post
Do you think pressing bets during streaks will gain you an edge?
Take a look at the "good shoe" baccarat screen shots that MDawg posted on his WOV thread.

He asks something like .."how can you not win on a shoe like this?"

Do you think pressing up his bets during the streaks helped him win?
No, pressing the bets did not help him win. He had the same chances whether he pressed or not. It's great to say "Hey, I won 80% of my bets after pressing them." But you have the same chance of saying "Hey, I lost 80% of my bets after pressing them." Streaks are not in the future. They are in the past. And they have no bearing on the future. The cards don't have any memory.


Mdawg is a voodoo gambler. He's going to stick a pin in it. He's playing a game that is essentially a coin flip with a little bit of juice on one side. Just enough to be deceptive as hell. One can ride a winning streak for quite awhile. But can you make a living doing it? These guys that push the "I'm a regular winner at bacc" schtick never quit there job and play the game full time for a living. When I figured out how to beat gambling I quit working for others and went full time. These bacc guys should do the same if they think they got it figured out.