A CHALLENGE to Cipher and Bethug (merged with Seanjohn's "apology" thread)

[jetset]

I suspect that SeanJohn's diverse casino expulsions had more to do with an abrasive attitude than anything else, so perhaps this *suspension* will have benefits for both him and the venues he frequents.

The way I read Cipher's posts on the Strands this is not a betting system so much as an analytical tool which has achieved some success in the hands of experienced and disciplined players, so the Wiz test would probably not be relevant.

 

[chucho]

The fact of the matter is this. The casinos couldn't do anything to change my winning patterns even if they wanted to.

By that do you imply that you can do "this" online as well as in a land based casino? Forgive me if you have answered this question before, but you say that you can beat an online casino consistently, which could happen with online gaming/imperfect software, as you could exploite it, but do you claim to do this on land based casinos as well? I don;t think you have. But even stating that the "casino's couldn't do anything about it" seems at best arrogent. All online casinos are not random like they would be if you were delt a fair game in "real life". So perhaps you are on to them at some level in that sense, you caught them cheating and used it against them. But I think that if for the moment, assuming that you are exploiting their cheating, they will "anti-cheat" and change as soon as they find out that enough people found a way to counter act their failed system. I doubt that the cheating that all online casinos deal will be found out by enough people to come even close to the possible damage that a smart computer person could figure out, but I don't think even the most savey person could actually acheive a position where a online casino could not do anything about it even if they wanted to. I am a bonus pimp, I am all about giving back to my friends and family. Perhaps you also found a way to give back to the community/beat the cheating casinos. Some cheat worse than others, so we need the edge, whether it be bonus pimping or software exploitation....it is all fun in the end.

 

[seanjohn]

Cipher
I appreciate the fact that you are finally taking people's questions seriously.
But two questions remain unsolved:
1,

if I could constantly generate even a 1% advantage over the casinos I would be a multi - millionaire within a year...then you must be a multi -millionaire yourself...

Why aren't you yet?
2,

..when I play for clients the casinos have no idea that I'm even playing.

Not to bring up the paradox of why a millionaire who is supposed to be getting richer and richer would need a client, any casinos could have tracked down your IP and accused you of having multi-accounts and ban you. How do you get around that?

Thank you for your response.

 

[seanjohn]

One more question:
You hear all the gamblers complain about how they lose when they raise their bets. According to your play, you definitely disagree that a casino can make you lose the hand you bet most. Does this confidence arise from a particular software only or you can beat any casino software?

 

[nafanny29]

before i go and lay down, the hood 3000 system tore vegas up.

Hi bethug, your system works at land based casinos as well as online?

Im sure I read on here that you use a 1-1-1-3-20 progression to whip those casinos asses but surely the 20 bet loses sometimes?

Like Cipher I can fully appreciate that some online casino software can be exploited but at B&M casinos I cannot understand how the Hood3000 or any other "system" can beat the house.

I use a progression system and have made a killing at craps a few times in Vegas but I am down overall just like I am supposed to be.

 

[bethug]

1,1,1,3,20 is not me

If vegas could not be beat, they would have table limits from 1.00 to 2000.
I go right to the casinos with 5 to 1000 casino limits. And came up everyday.I didnt go down to play, i was down there was my family over 20 of us was down there. Wasting time waiting on people to eat dinner or go to a show, i played a few games.

If you use money managment, aka cut your loses and move on, set goals and dont try to win the money you won a year ago. people would be ok.

People online and off dont know how to play, i see so many people come to the table with 20 bucks, why even come. Then 5 min later pulling out another 20 , then another, bump all that i am coming strong and moving on quick.

 

[cipher]

I suspect that SeanJohn's diverse casino expulsions had more to do with an abrasive attitude than anything else, so perhaps this *suspension* will have benefits for both him and the venues he frequents.

The way I read Cipher's posts on the Strands this is not a betting system so much as an analytical tool which has achieved some success in the hands of experienced and disciplined players, so the Wiz test would probably not be relevant.

Now that's what I call succinctly stated post and absolutely accurate as well. Have a good one Jet.

 

[cipher]

Cipher
I appreciate the fact that you are finally taking people's questions seriously.
But two questions remain unsolved:
1,

Why aren't you yet?
2,

Not to bring up the paradox of why a millionaire who is supposed to be getting richer and richer would need a client, any casinos could have tracked down your IP and accused you of having multi-accounts and ban you. How do you get around that?

Thank you for your response.

1) I do quite well for myself though thanks for your concern.

2) You're begining to sound more and more like a casino employee or maybe even a manager of sorts. Rest assured I have that angle adequately covered.

 

[cipher]

One more question:
You hear all the gamblers complain about how they lose when they raise their bets. According to your play, you definitely disagree that a casino can make you lose the hand you bet most. Does this confidence arise from a particular software only or you can beat any casino software?

The more a person plays on-line Blackjack (any on-line Blackjack) and the more a person pays attention to and watches the trend as it develops the more that person will realize they're are playing something more a kin to chess than Blackjack. It's their knowledge against your knowledge. Have a good one.

 

[GrandMaster]

Other stuff:
If you hit/hit/hit/hit/hit on 16 v 10 then suddenly decide to stay you get that 'pause' as the software is forced to make a new decision that affects the dealer...not the player.

I don't know why people think that cheating software has to very sophisticated to track your playing style and cheat accordingly. It is much easier to have the software deal seconds (as Casino Bar appeared to have done) or simply limit the amount the player can win (as some casino software, whose name I don't recall right now, did). In any case, if the software worked as you claim, the decision could be made in a 0.001s without noticeable delay for the player.

 

[BigRed]

Well, I'm new to this board and just stumbled onto this thread.
I'm a long time poker player and recently started playing casino games.

All these games are negative expectation games and if you play long enough YOU WILL LOSE. No exceptions here. If the house edge is X% and you play you will lose X% over time. It doesn't matter if you do as it seems bethug is suggesting to hit and run tables making a few wins and quiting while ahead. It is all one long session. It does not matter if you play 1000 hands in one session or 10 sessions of 100 hands each.

However, I do believe that you can win at casinos. I've made 3800 since Oct 3rd by using casino bonuses. If you can be discplined you can make money. Different types take different strategies of course, whether the bonus is sticky or not, if it is returned to your account after a withdrawl, etc..
Exploiting bonuses, in my opinion, is the only way to win over time at an online casino.

I do agree that if Cipher has a program that can recognize patterns, or calculate when the standard deviation of a given session is outside of normal parameters set by an unfair/biased casino program then it could be exploited. People are greedy and some rogue casinos are out there.

However, anyone who tells you they have a betting system or a new can't lose strategy is being dishonest with you. If they also ask you for money upfront to teach you this system, or to buy this program a big red flag should go up immediately. The fact is no betting system can overcome the house advantage on a fair/unbiased casino game. Period.


Thanks...

 

[The Dude]

First of all, I would like to thank the Casinomeister for extending the courtesy of letting me make one post before my suspension. I hereby take this oppurtunity to apologize to Cipher and Bethug for calling them chickens and whoever else whom I offended.

First of all, I never said that I would allow one post before Seanjohn's suspension as though I was giving him a chance at one last "dig". I had decided to give him another chance, but he blew it. This "apology" doesn't cut it with me beacause it's insincere. Now it's "business as usual" with Seanjohn.

I find this disrespectful to not only me but to the rest of the forum members. If you wish to correspond with Seanjohn, you can resort to email. His posts are no longer welcome here.

 

[Petunia]

Adding 2cents.
Banning SeanJ is one thing, and I do understand the reasoning behind this.
I would have to say that I cannot find fault with the questions asked, as I think they were mostly valid, but the way they were brought across was ... distasteful.
Now having said that. Two things stand out.
1) When I posted about the Fire-starter not even being here, it was because at the time he was banned from posting, and my thoughts were that he could not participate. Little did I know...
2) I have explained this in a previous thread. There are no absolute random anything online, therefore it is quite possible to create a 'pattern-recognising' software to assist in play. Of course, one would have to have a marginal idea of the house-edge, which I guess is known on average. I do believe a system can be created to beat the casino system. I do however believe that the casino can reverse that, and turn that system on it's ears should it be able to get hold of it. This is my own, personal believe. As I truly believe that any system is only as good as it's creator, and since it cannot grow by itself, and learn without assistance... "We all make mistakes, we are human after all..."

So, there's my 2c, valued only by me and the voices in my head. Use it, loose it, I don't mind.**

 

[cipher]

Well, I'm new to this board and just stumbled onto this thread.
I'm a long time poker player and recently started playing casino games.

All these games are negative expectation games and if you play long enough YOU WILL LOSE. No exceptions here. If the house edge is X% and you play you will lose X% over time. It doesn't matter if you do as it seems bethug is suggesting to hit and run tables making a few wins and quiting while ahead. It is all one long session. It does not matter if you play 1000 hands in one session or 10 sessions of 100 hands each.

However, I do believe that you can win at casinos. I've made 3800 since Oct 3rd by using casino bonuses. If you can be discplined you can make money. Different types take different strategies of course, whether the bonus is sticky or not, if it is returned to your account after a withdrawl, etc..
Exploiting bonuses, in my opinion, is the only way to win over time at an online casino.

I do agree that if Cipher has a program that can recognize patterns, or calculate when the standard deviation of a given session is outside of normal parameters set by an unfair/biased casino program then it could be exploited. People are greedy and some rogue casinos are out there.

However, anyone who tells you they have a betting system or a new can't lose strategy is being dishonest with you. If they also ask you for money upfront to teach you this system, or to buy this program a big red flag should go up immediately. The fact is no betting system can overcome the house advantage on a fair/unbiased casino game. Period.


Thanks...

Hi Big Red:

I agree with pretty much every thing you stated in your initial post with one exception.

"Anyone who tells you they have a betting system is being dishonest with you."

That's a pretty broad statement. I wonder how in the world I would have ever learned how to count multi-deck Blackjack without having sent Jerry Patterson the money for his course to begin with. Maybe I could have just thought about it for a while and dreamt it up. I know damn good and well the Cipher program would never have been developed had I not sent Jerry Patterson that money and I didn't know him from nobody.

Lastly Red, have you ever heard of such people as Stanford Wong, Kenny Uston or Eddie Olsen, everyone of them contributed greatly to expanding the knowledge of Blackjack players throughout the world. But the funny thing is I can't think of one of those individuals who didn't get paid up front. I think a little bit of common sense needs to be applied in making such statements and/or even decisions of that nature.

Have a good one and welcome to the Forum.

 

[cipher]

Adding 2cents.
Banning SeanJ is one thing, and I do understand the reasoning behind this.
I would have to say that I cannot find fault with the questions asked, as I think they were mostly valid, but the way they were brought across was ... distasteful.
Now having said that. Two things stand out.
1) When I posted about the Fire-starter not even being here, it was because at the time he was banned from posting, and my thoughts were that he could not participate. Little did I know...
2) I have explained this in a previous thread. There are no absolute random anything online, therefore it is quite possible to create a 'pattern-recognising' software to assist in play. Of course, one would have to have a marginal idea of the house-edge, which I guess is known on average. I do believe a system can be created to beat the casino system. I do however believe that the casino can reverse that, and turn that system on it's ears should it be able to get hold of it. This is my own, personal believe. As I truly believe that any system is only as good as it's creator, and since it cannot grow by itself, and learn without assistance... "We all make mistakes, we are human after all..."

So, there's my 2c, valued only by me and the voices in my head. Use it, loose it, I don't mind.**

Very well stated. Have a good one Petunia.

 

[Black21Jack]

All these games are negative expectation games and if you play long enough YOU WILL LOSE. No exceptions here. If the house edge is X% and you play you will lose X% over time. It doesn't matter if you do as it seems bethug is suggesting to hit and run tables making a few wins and quiting while ahead. It is all one long session. It does not matter if you play 1000 hands in one session or 10 sessions of 100 hands each.
Thanks...

You are so wrong here especially in what I have put in bold red. I would never reveal what I am doing but I can come right out and say I am beating the house and have not lost. I do not care what anyone has to say about this statement, I don't care if you do not believe me. I would never reveal what I do, nor would I ever offer my information for sale. Many people who have sent me private messages after reading in other threads where I explain that I am winning constantly with no losses know that I will not reveal what I do as I just ignore any and all private communication for information on how I do it. Even if you were to offer me $100000 I would not tell you. I have nothing to gain by making this known except that it pisses me off when I see people make statements like above. I have to bite my tonge, and sometimes I get very tempted to just post what I am doing just to shut people up. I won't do it though and it makes me feel better when I see my balance sheets and then read your comments and I sit back and ....

In fact I was a courier driver and I have decided to lay my self off for a while because I am making three times the monthly income from playing online than my courier business did. What is better than 100% pure profit with no income taxes? (I love Canada!!!)

I have to add that I am beating the house making pure profit with no bonuses ever since day one, I am not cheating in any way, and I am not using any so called glitch in the software. Just had to make it clear so that no one needs to accuse me of anything.

One more thing, for anyone that asks why I would want to explain this in a public forum with the chance of the casino finding out, that is the great thing about the internet, complete anonymity. They have no clue who I am, my screen name, real name or anything. It also helps that I have never explained what I do exactly that would allow the casino to make any changes to the software.

Just had to throw in my two cents

 

[bpb]

Not to nitpick, but

I have to add that I am beating the house making pure profit with no bonuses ever since day one, I am not cheating in any way, and I am not using any so called glitch in the software.

and

It also helps that I have never explained what I do exactly that would allow the casino to make any changes to the software.

Are completely contradictory statements.

Just had to throw in my 2 cents.

 

[bethug]

Black21Jack, amen You a smart man

but the haters , that can win or just can believe cause of what some books says. I dont know how many times i here people say u cant buy a house with no money down and i have serval times.

 

[Black21Jack]

Not to nitpick, but



and



Are completely contradictory statements.

Just had to throw in my 2 cents.

How is it contradictory? What I mean is that I don't say how I play, what casinos I play, who I am, my name and personal details. The casino can't throw any 'switches' in the software, or my account specifically to make it so that I can't win. A lot of my friends are blown away by how I am making money. It almost seems that they are mad that I am successful. It is just like bethug says, they are haters, and these are my friends. Anyways, the point about my friends is that they all say things like 'this money wont last, as soon as the casino decides that you are making too much money from them they will rig it so that you can't win anymore' That was my point above. I have not said what casinos I play, how I play, or who I am for them to be able to do that, if it is possible for them to do it at all.

 

[Stanford]

Big Red said:

"If the house edge is X% and you play you will lose X% over time. It doesn't matter if you do as it seems bethug is suggesting to hit and run tables making a few wins and quiting while ahead. It is all one long session. It does not matter if you play 1000 hands in one session or 10 sessions of 100 hands each."

Black21Jack said:

You are so wrong here...I can come right out and say I am beating the house and have not lost...I would never reveal what I do.

Response:

Big Red is correct. Your statement indicating positive variance doesn't refute the fundamental math that X*Y=XY. Should you continue to play doing whatever it is you do, your results will approach expectation over time. This is not a subject of debate. It is a statement of fact.

As your result is not from exploiting a glitch or promotions, it doesn't matter what your betting method nor your previous result. Should you reveal such, no software or casino would need to change.

It is importent that players understand there is no way to spin gold from straw. Those that claim to the contrary are either trolls or misinformed.

Stanford.

 

[nafanny29]

I fully appreciate that gambling at a game with a 99% return will in the end return 99% no more, no less. But this is if the game is totally random and fair.

Online, IMHO, not much is totally random and fair.

I would bet my bottom dollar black21jack is stating the total truth.

BTW black21jack you are quite right that you should never EVER reveal anything that is making you $$$ to anyone... obviously

 

[Vesuvio]

I am not using any so called glitch in the software.

So your system should work just as well off-line? I'm just curious about this because on another thread you said it was only for on-line casinos.

The difference is: if you say your system is exploiting rigged on-line software then it's a possibility - if it's supposed to work on fair games then you and Bethug are simply delusional (but I'm still glad you're making money). There's a slight chance you might have stumbled on a successful system which only works at on-line casinos & you simply believe it works at land-based casinos as well.

I know you're doing something else now, Black21Jack, but it's pure luck if you've made money from the system you outlined to me in a PM.

 

[Stanford]

I know you're doing something else now, Black21Jack, but it's pure luck if you've made money from the system you outlined to me in a PM.

And when the new system has negative variance, he will tweak it again and do something else. And then again. And then again.

I spent better than a year with several players investigating different types of progressions on the off chance that one would mirror a favorable shoe at some point. One member even developed a progression tester that would model various methods. Now this was for a B&M casino where one is playing without played cards returned to the shoe.

In the online world of shallow penetration or continual shuffle, there isn't any point at all.

BTW - while we did have a lot of fun with the various progressions, none of them ever varied significantly from flat betting in EV. Eventually all things that can happen do happen.

Should we introduce bonuses into the discussion, the subject of betting method has some value but that is better suited for private messages.

Stanford.

 

[bethug]

Standford, i been beating the house online and off line. Also standford, you need to come to los angeles, where u can be the house aka banker.

Standford when is it going to get me. didit get me in vegas this pass week, nope.

Also just the few people i help are making a profit, when will it get us .

Them % are base on computer play, humans dont play or act like oneway.

noboy sits down and play 300000 hands at one time, so that statics dont count.

"The difference is: if you say your system is exploiting rigged on-line software then it's a possibility - if it's supposed to work on fair games then you and Bethug are simply delusional (but I'm still glad you're making money)."

my bank account is not delusional the people i help are not fake, the money i make is real. Pure haters, i am done with this today

 

[bpb]

Standford, i been beating the house online and off line. Also standford, you need to come to los angeles, where u can be the house aka banker.

Standford when is it going to get me. didit get me in vegas this pass week, nope.

Also just the few people i help are making a profit, when will it get us .

Them % are base on computer play, humans dont play or act like oneway.

noboy sits down and play 300000 hands at one time, so that statics dont count.

Yes, yes, we know you have a huge penis. Now please put it back in your pants and keep it there.

And his nick is Stanford, not Standford. Have the courtesy to at least get that right.

 

[Vesuvio]

And when the new system has negative variance, he will tweak it again and do something else. And then again. And then again.

Oddly enough it wasn't a progressive system & would have failed if you didn't manage to get above your starting balance before losing your deposit.

 

[Stanford]

noboy sits down and play 300000 hands at one time, so that statics dont count.

Should you teach 300,000 people and they all played perfectly at all the various casinos in the universe at the end of the day, the result *in total* would vary little from expectation. All possible patterns occur eventually.

There are some things that happen in BM casinos that will give a player an edge, but he has to recognize them. They are based on the composition of the remaining shoe or a known segment of that shoe. Without knowledge, however, the result in a BM will be psuedo random and will not vary significantly from computerized results.

Stanford.

 

[Black21Jack]

So your system should work just as well off-line? I'm just curious about this because on another thread you said it was only for on-line casinos.

The difference is: if you say your system is exploiting rigged on-line software then it's a possibility - if it's supposed to work on fair games then you and Bethug are simply delusional (but I'm still glad you're making money). There's a slight chance you might have stumbled on a successful system which only works at on-line casinos & you simply believe it works at land-based casinos as well.

I know you're doing something else now, Black21Jack, but it's pure luck if you've made money from the system you outlined to me in a PM.

Yeah what I told you a while back did not end up working in the long run as well as I wanted it to, what I told you before involved RTG only but as I said in another thread I have totally given up on RTG's, I do not trust the gameplay (own opinion). When I told you that, I was in the research and development stages of what I do now, and I have to add that the method I described to you before made me money and I never lost a dime doing it. It was pure profit, I just knew when it was time to retire from RTG's. I can say that the reason it did not work like I wanted it to was more a result of the software. I will not tell anyone about what I do now. It is not practical for me to play in a land based casino. I could not give up my job like I have to play at the land based casino. At home it takes me 5 - 10 minutes a day. I do not have a land based casino at my disposal. I would have to drive 2 hours everyday to do it. I did it once as I said in another thread but it is not practical. If the casino was next door then yes it would work. What is the point of playing at a land based when we have online casinos? I do not gamble for entertainment or fun, I don't care about the atmosphere, comps or anything. It's all about making money. I don't take their so called free money, I only use my own money to bankroll, I like the anonymity of the online casino, no one else playing with me, no one looking over my shoulder, no distractions etc.

Oh and to add I flat bet strictly.

 

[Stanford]

Oddly enough it wasn't a progressive system & would have failed if you didn't manage to get above your starting balance before losing your deposit.

We did some of that also. Flat bet and try to win X units and then exit the shoe.

I still do that online. Try to win X before losing Y. Since X is usually less, I generally do it. Then when I don't, I might try next time with a bigger betting unit. Thats all fun but that is all it is - for non promotional play.

In BM play, the edge comes from varying the bet based on the remaining composition of the remaining shoe or some known segment.

Stanford.

 

[Black21Jack]

I will not post anymore on this. I am, as I write this setting a calendar reminder in my Blackberry for November 29, 2005 to come to this thread and post with how much I have won, how much I have lost, and whether I am still retired doing what I am doing. Until then I say to this thread bye bye.

 

[BigRed]

Hi Big Red:

I agree with pretty much every thing you stated in your initial post with one exception.

"Anyone who tells you they have a betting system is being dishonest with you."

That's a pretty broad statement. I wonder how in the world I would have ever learned how to count multi-deck Blackjack without having sent Jerry Patterson the money for his course to begin with. Maybe I could have just thought about it for a while and dreamt it up. I know damn good and well the Cipher program would never have been developed had I not sent Jerry Patterson that money and I didn't know him from nobody.

Lastly Red, have you ever heard of such people as Stanford Wong, Kenny Uston or Eddie Olsen, everyone of them contributed greatly to expanding the knowledge of Blackjack players throughout the world. But the funny thing is I can't think of one of those individuals who didn't get paid up front. I think a little bit of common sense needs to be applied in making such statements and/or even decisions of that nature.

Have a good one and welcome to the Forum.

Sorry.


Maybe, I made too broad a statement here. I don't consider counting cards as a "betting system" . Making a bet, once again over time, when you have a 2-3% advantage is a winning proposition. Just as making a bet with a negative expectation is going to end up a loser.

In todays world of internet scams/cons i don't think i could give anyone money up front for an unproven system. Unless it was a well known/repsected person such as you mentioned before. Of course, at one time these guys were unknowns also. I'm not saying your system is a scam as i have no idea what its based on. I would love to find a cheating casino and be able to use their own software against them.

 

[bpb]

I would love to find a cheating casino and be able to use their own software against them.

Why would a casino cheat in an exploitable way? Maybe they can't think of any way to cheat that's not exploitable.

Here's one ... when the dealer draws a bust card, discard it and give the dealer the 2nd card.

Here's another ... when the current bet size > 4x average bet over the last 10 hands, give the dealer 2 face cards 27% of the time, else deal normally.

Seems kind of impossible to exploit cheats like these.


Maybe I'm just smarter than all those evil casino masterminds out there.

 

[BigRed]

Standford, i been beating the house online and off line. Also standford, you need to come to los angeles, where u can be the house aka banker.

Standford when is it going to get me. didit get me in vegas this pass week, nope.

Also just the few people i help are making a profit, when will it get us .

Them % are base on computer play, humans dont play or act like oneway.

noboy sits down and play 300000 hands at one time, so that statics dont count.

"The difference is: if you say your system is exploiting rigged on-line software then it's a possibility - if it's supposed to work on fair games then you and Bethug are simply delusional (but I'm still glad you're making money)."

my bank account is not delusional the people i help are not fake, the money i make is real. Pure haters, i am done with this today

I'm sorry Bethug, but you a just plain misinformed. It doesn't matter if you play 300000 hands in one session or 5 hands a day until you reach 300000. Its the same. The stats are all that matters. The longer you play, the more hands you play, not in any one session, but all of them combined the closer you will get to the expectation.

As far as people playing different from computers. That is true. Many people make mistakes in their play and have a larger negative expectation. Basic strategy tailored for the specific rules of the game are easily found on the web and should be followed. Playing hunches or feelings only cost you money in the long run. Just as in my online poker experience some people will call your 4x BB raise with Q5o when you hold AA. Sometimes you will lose. However, when they do call i've made money even if i lose the hand.

You are just being results oriented. Just because i win or lose a hand has no bearing on if i played it correctly.

 

[Stanford]

I will not post anymore on this. I am, as I write this setting a calendar reminder in my Blackberry for November 29, 2005 to come to this thread and post with how much I have won, how much I have lost, and whether I am still retired doing what I am doing. Until then I say to this thread bye bye.

It might be helpful to you if you keep track of your total action and total results by software. And some idea of your average initial bet. Then your results can be better evaluated.

Stanford.

 

[BigRed]

Why would a casino cheat in an exploitable way? Maybe they can't think of any way to cheat that's not exploitable.

Here's one ... when the dealer draws a bust card, discard it and give the dealer the 2nd card.

Here's another ... when the current bet size > 4x average bet over the last 10 hands, give the dealer 2 face cards 27% of the time, else deal normally.

Seems kind of impossible to exploit cheats like these.


Maybe I'm just smarter than all those evil casino masterminds out there.

So whats your point?

Why take the last line of a post and make into something else?

I don't believe any of these systems being talked about are long term winners.

However, if through changes in the software, there was an unintended flaw i could exploit then i would without remorse.

 

[Stanford]

So whats your point?

I think he just wanted to remove hope from those that might meander down that particular path.

I do remember one glitch in how surrender was programmed, but a betting method wouldn't make any difference. It was fun though.

Stanford.

 

[bethug]

BigRed,what matters is the money i am making betting casinos time after time, If you dont believe me put your money up.

I have bet every major software provider out there. I showed my hood 3000 system bet two differnt casino over week time. Time after time

Simple, my students are doing very well.

 

[bpb]

So whats your point?

Why take the last line of a post and make into something else?

I don't believe any of these systems being talked about are long term winners.

However, if through changes in the software, there was an unintended flaw i could exploit then i would without remorse.

There are several people on these boards who believe that their systems are long term winners because they are exploiting either flaws in the RNG or loopholes in the casinos cheating mechanism.

I was merely thinking aloud as to why a casino would use a cheating mechanism with a loophole.

I also am not sure why the online casinos would not be able to create a sufficiently random RNG. The online poker rooms seem to have done a good enough job. Then there's the issue that not only does the RNG have to be flawed, but that you have access to enough information during your playing sessions to come to a useful conclusion on that flawed RNG

Just as in my online poker experience some people will call your 4x BB raise with Q5o when you hold AA.

Well duh. Q5 completes every 4-straight except 789T. AA only completes 2345 and KQJT. I'll take Q5o any day.

 

[BigRed]

BigRed,what matters is the money i am making betting casinos time after time, If you dont believe me put your money up.

I have bet every major software provider out there. I showed my hood 3000 system bet two differnt casino over week time. Time after time

Simple, my students are doing very well.

I tell you what, You give me your system. I will start with 1k. I will post my results here once every week for 4 months. If i do not have a losing session i will pay you for your system and transfer you all the winning it generates.

If i lose you give me 5k for wasting my time.

 

[Stanford]

Well duh. Q5 completes every 4-straight except 789T. AA only completes 2345 and KQJT. I'll take Q5o any day.

Is this tongue in cheek? Sometimes I can't tell with posters.

From Ed Miller's book re pocket pairs AA and KK:

Monsters. These two are the best in hold em no matter what the situation. They play well in shorthanded and multiway pots. They play well in passive games and in aggressive ones. .... You should almost always raise and reraise with these hands no matter the action.

From Ed Miller's book re junk off suit hands which includes Q5 offsuite:

Do not play them... You will frequently see opponents play them, but they are rarely porfitable. Small steaks games are usually loose, where weak offsuit hands are at their worst...

Stanford.

 

[cipher]

I tell you what, You give me your system. I will start with 1k. I will post my results here once every week for 4 months. If i do not have a losing session i will pay you for your system and transfer you all the winning it generates.

If i lose you give me 5k for wasting my time.

Geesh Red, don't you think you'd be a bit tempted to lose under that scenario. And my tongue is in cheek. Good dialogue. Have a good one.

 

[nafanny29]

Well duh. Q5 completes every 4-straight except 789T. AA only completes 2345 and KQJT. I'll take Q5o any day.

Quote of the day

I am guessing you dont play poker because AA has made me more money than any other hand (According to my 30000 hands in my pokertracker)

AA dealt to me 128 times net win 634 units (won 88 times)

Q5o dealt to me 296 tmies net loss 30 units (played the hand 60 times from BB and occasionally SB in unraised pot) won 4 times!!!!

 

[bpb]

Is this tongue in cheek? Sometimes I can't tell with posters.

Although there are people who think AKo is better than AKs because it can make a flush in 2 suits, I doubt there's anyone who truly believes that Q5o is better than AA. I just thought I'd try making an asinine statement and then try to back it up with some ludicrous defense to see what it felt like.

From Ed Miller's book

That book is too good.

 

[nafanny29]

Im releaved to hear that. Although there are many people out there that will go to the river with ANY 2 cards

And the VERY spooky bit... I just started my evening session on interpoker, posted the blind straight away and got dealt... Qh 5s. Unbelievable... and the flop was Q52 and.. I can now say ive won 5 times on Q5o. (only $5.25 pot everyone folding to my turn bet.. basterds)

I am still sitting here in disbelief I really am

 

[sw2003]

I tell you what, You give me your system. I will start with 1k. I will post my results here once every week for 4 months. If i do not have a losing session i will pay you for your system and transfer you all the winning it generates.

If i lose you give me 5k for wasting my time.

Yup there is nothing to stop you from deliberately losing and therefore winning that 5K! What a deal! I will do that too! You might not even lose all 1K deposit that you provided in the first place. Even if you blow all 1K, you still have a guaranteed winning of 4K!

 

[caruso]

(Working from a foreign computer whose keyboard is a mystery to me. Sorry for the mess.)

Originally Posted by caruso
I'm sorry Eek, this is piffle. Cards do not have memory. That you can somehow "force" the software into dealing you good cards, having received bad cards previously, on the basis that continued bad cards "push the statistical probability of the session even further into a corner" is absolute nonsense.

My God Caruso. For the last time it has nothing to do with bad cards or good cards or anything of the sort. The Cipher program is nothing more than a tool that records trends in realtime. It's the Player's job to:

1) recognize a favorable trend. and 2) to capitalize on those trends. What is so damn difficult to understand about that?

Betting systems, online or terrestrial, cannot turn a negative expectation game into a positive one. This subject doesn't require discussion, it is a long, long established and proven fact.

All this negative expectation this and standard deviations that is absolute nonsense developed originally by the casinos themselves and consumed by the players as though it were gospel. Give me a break.

Have you ever heard of a guy by the name of Kenny Uston? Ken Uston was arguably the most famous blackjack player ever. His innovative blackjack team play techniques took millions off the Las Vegas blackjack tables before they were detected by the casinos. Player, Author, Instructor, Jazz Musician, and gambling raconteur, Kenny was a great guy to hang out with.

Brought up in a middle-class New York City household, Ken Uston graduated from Yale with the highest honors. At the age of 31 he was earning $42,500 a year plus many fringe benefits as a Senior Vice President of the Pacific Coast Stock Exchange. But he gave it all up and dropped out of the corporate world to play professional blackjack. From article written by Jerry Patterson

There were more than a few "scoffers" back in the mid 80's as well but I'll guarantee you one thing that group didn't include the casinos after having been ripped for millions.

If you believe you can change the odds with a betting system, short term or long term, you are a fool.


No Caruso, I personally witnessed some of Kenny Uston's brillance then and I know damn good and well that none NONE of these on line casinos have a clue about how a true random number generator operate. Moreover anyone that believes these casinos are running true random number generators are fools. Have a good one.

---------------------

???

LOL, where did that explosion of aggression suddenly come from?? My post was addressed to Eek.

"All this negative expectation this and standard deviations that is absolute nonsense developed originally by the casinos themselves and consumed by the players as though it were gospel. Give me a break...Have you ever heard of a guy by the name of Kenny Uston?"

Yes, I believe I have. He was a famous counter, whose profits were derived exclusively from knowledge of - amongst other things - standard deviation, expectation and other such nonsense developed by the casinos.

Or is it all a lie? Was Uston a "trendist", cunningly disguising himself and his teams as counters exclusively for the purpose of getting themselves mass-barred and ending their careers?

At this point in time I can safely say Im ready to read anything. This is a very bizarre turn.

 

[Dolphin]

I have a question to winning system players. Let's toss a coin. You can guess heads or tails. If you guess correctly and have wagered for example $100 I'll pay you $199. If you lose I get your $100. Of course your betting amount can be whatever but I'll always pay you with that ratio. Can you beat me?

 

[cipher]

I have a question to winning system players. Let's toss a coin. You can guess heads or tails. If you guess correctly and have wagered for example $100 I'll pay you $199. If you lose I get your $100. Of course your betting amount can be whatever but I'll always pay you with that ratio. Can you beat me?

Hi Dolphin:

I'm assuming that I'm one of the "system players" your question is addressed to, if not forgive me. But my answer to your question would be no as I havn't got the time or the inclination to figure it out. Have a good one.

 

[bewitch]

What a crazy thread. Well, it's kind of entertaining by now. Personally, I respect Cipher for what he had done and is doing now. Most of us, including myself, like to agrue things we don't really know or jump into the discussion too qucikly. But I guess that's the power of a public forum. My head is spinning by reading it but I sure learn something interesting.

Hope you all had great Thanksgiving (besides the traffic)! Now Merry Christmas and Happy New year!!!

 

[bethug]

I guess we trowing money away.Since no one is beating the casino.