Maybe I wan't clear enough. I will write the #s that you will have on a sheet of paper:
1234 I will assume 10 consecutive losses.
1234 1st bet is $5 (1+4)
new sequence: 12345 (bet $6 {1+5})
new seq= 123456 (bet $7 {1+6})
n.s.= 1234567 (bet $8 {1+7}
ns= 12345678 (bet $9 {1+8}
ns= 123456789 (bet $10)
ns=12345789,10 (bet $11)
ns=123456789,10,11 (bet $12)
ns=123456789,10,11,12 (bet $13 {1+12})
ns=123456789,10,11,12,13 (bet $14 {1+13})
ns=123456789,10,11.12.13.14
You have now lost ten bets in a row, yet your next bet is only $15. (1+14)
Let's say you now win every other hand:
you win the $15 bet, and your new seq (after crossing out 1st & last) is
23456789,10,11,12,13
next bet is also $15 (2+13) lose
ns=23456789,10,11,12,13,15 bet$17 (2+15)
win cross off 1st & last
ns=345689,10,11,12,13 bet $16 (3+13)
lose ns=3456789,10,11,12,13,16 bet $19 win
after crossing out 1st & last, ns=456789,10,11,12,13 bet $17 {4+13}; lose
ns=456789,10,11.12,13,17 bet $21 (4+17)win
ns=56789,10,11,12,13 bet $18 (5+13) lose
ns=56789,10,11,12,13,18 bet$23 (5+18) win
ns=6789,10,11,12,13 bet 19 lose
ns=6789,10,11,12,13,19 bet 25 win
ns=78910,11,12,13 bet 20, lose
ns=78910,11,12,13.20 bet 27 win
ns=8910,11,12,13 bet 21 lose
ns=8910,11,12,13,21 bet 29 win
ns=9,10,11,12,13 bet 22 lose
ns=9,10,11,12,13,22 bet 31 win
ns=10,11.12,13 bet 23 lose
ns=10,11,12,13,23 bet 33 win
ns=11,12,13 bet 24 lose
ns=11,12,13,24 bet 35 win
ns=12,13 bet 25 lose
ns=12,13,25 bet 37 win
ns=13 bet 13 lose
ns=13,13 bet 26 win
sequence has been deleted you are $10 ahead
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