Betting Systems

Money management will help a player to improve his game play no matter the house edge and also will help him to maximize his profits. This can sometimes be achieved by using a betting system.

A good player should first study the game, develop his own strategies, play free games and consequently become a winner.

For the players who strictly rely their game on basic strategy in our site we have described a few betting systems that worth your attention.

The Martingale System

When a player plays after this system it means he will double his bet each time he loses, and he hopes that he will eventually win and show a profit from the initial wager.

Here's an example of how this system works: let's say you start your game with a 5$ bet, than you would double your wager with each loss. IE: $5, $10, $20, $40 $80, etc. After a win your bet would drop back to $5.00. All wagers are recovered when you win a hand.

Because this system is an effective one, the casinos changed a bit the game rules so they can remove the efficiency of this system. They set table limits, meaning they impose for the player the minimum and the maximum amount of money they can bet. So, if a player is losing multiple hands in a row and he reaches the table maximum, his system will fail than. Because this system needs a considerable amount of money to make it work, the payoffs simply don't worth it.

This system was invented over 200 years ago and instructs the player to double his bet each time he loses, on the assumption that he will eventually win and show a profit from the initial wager.

Progressive Betting System - 2 Level

This betting system is the most simple and effective. This is a basic and progressive system. A player needs to choose on a maximum and minimum bet. You will bet your smaller amount after a loss and the maximum amount after a win. Here's an example: you set your minimum at 5$ and the maximum bet at 15$. First you bet 5$ and if you win that hand than you bet 15$. You will continue betting 15$ until you lose. If you lose, you get back to your minimum bet of 5$.

Progressive Betting System - 5 Level

This efficient system is based on a 1, 2, 3, and 5 back to 1 progression. For example: for a 5$ bet, the betting level would be 5$, 10$, 15$ and 25$. Using this system you will bet for your first hand 5$ and than you will get forward to the next level in case you win a hand. If you lose a hand you get back to your original bet that was 5$. Also if you win four times in a row you should get back down to your original 5$ wager.

This system increases your bankroll if you will have repeatedly wining hands, but doesn't get you at the edge of Bancroft after more losing hands and is still effective while playing online Blackjack. Let's suppose that you start with a 5$ wager, and you play six hands in which the first three hands you lose and the next three hands you win. In that case you would be ahead with 15$ at the end of the six hands and if u were betting an equal amount on each hand you would be even.

There's a situation in which this betting system falls. That situation is when you: win, loss, win, loss, win, loss. In that case betting an equal amount on each hand would be better for you ... This is the risk you take when you try to maximize profits on streaks of 3 wins or more. In fact is not so risky but simply you use basic strategy and you bet an equal amount for each hand. The nature of blackjack is such that winning streaks and losing streaks frequently exist, and that is where progressive betting systems increase your profits.

The Mimic System

Most of the time this system is not recommended and is known as a bad one, but sometimes this system can work very well and can be usefull. When a gambler plays after the dealers rules, meaning to draw on 16 and stand on totals of 17 and greater, because he makes his decisions before the dealer does, the house stake is 8.9%. Given that the dealer must pay 3:2 on blackjack, the house take is reduced to 5.9%. Using the matrix system, the house stake is shaved down to almost zero.