System 40 Advanced?

More like, “System 40 Declined.” System 40S (“Advanced System 40”) is Ellis’ latest attempt to design an all-around baccarat system which does not require table selection and adapts profitably to any shoe condition. System 40S consists of 3 of Ellis’ methods, and it uses the CS and SAP counts as switching indicators: 1.  System 40 […]

Baccarat Simulation Series 9 Results: System 40S (Advanced System 40)

Results from Baccarat Simulations Series 9 are presented below. In this series, I examined Ellis’ newest System 40S, also known as “Advanced System 40.” A discussion of the results can be found here:  System 40 Advanced? Player’s Advantage (Flat Bet) Player’s Advantage (U1D2M2) % Shoes Win % Shoes Loss % Shoes Broke Even Best Score […]

Disparity Data

Ellis C. Davis, Jerry Patterson, and Mark Teruya, among other successful baccarat players and systems designers, all weigh disparity in their bet placement decisions. Disparity is simply how much one side differs from another.  For example, if 20 Ps and 15 Bs have occurred in a shoe, the disparity is 5 decisions in favor of […]

System 40: Ellis’ Crown Jewel

Ellis Clifton Davis has created a potpourri of baccarat systems over the years, with such alphabet-soup names as 2UC, AD, ADN, ADOT, ECD, F2, F2N, F2N0, F2N0SAP, F3, Matrix, Net Betting, NU SAP, OTB4L System, RD1, RD2,  SAP Hybrid, SKIP, SKOR, The System, System 0, System 1, System 2, System 3, System 40, System 40N, […]

Baccarat Simulation Series 6 Results: System 40

Results from Baccarat Simulations Series 6 are presented below. In this series, I examined Ellis’ System 40. Read a discussion of the results in System 40: Ellis’ Crown Jewel. Player’s Advantage (Flat Bet) Player’s Advantage (U1D2M2) % Shoes Win % Shoes Loss % Shoes Broke Even Best Score Worst Score PB S40E A -1.22% -1.24% […]

Squeaky Parts

Thus far, I have completed 5 series of baccarat simulations. They include the following elementary baccarat methods: 1.  Single Side Betting, Repeat, Opposite, Repeat-Opposite Toy Method 2.  TB4L, OTB4L, OTT Toy Method 3.  Repeat-Down Series: RD12 (RD1), RD3 4.  F Series:  F2, F3 5.  Random Coin Flip Betting The results of the first two series […]

T and OT: Methods from Antiquity

For my next set of simulations, I will be examining a couple of very popular and ancient baccarat methods. Whether these methods have originated from France or China is uncertain (maybe concurrently?) and not all that important.  What is important is that they form the basis of many popular baccarat methodologies, and in one form […]

Money Matters

Everyone agrees that smart money management keeps you in control of your financial life.  Spend only what you have and save for a rainy day are common sense truisms. But does money management make any difference in gambling?  Or does it just delay the inevitable? In a 50/50 game of chance, because each outcome is […]

Sim Smart

I have completed developing several programs to help me model baccarat methods.  My first level of programs analyzed existing baccarat shoes from the Zumma and Wizard of Odds collections.  My next level of programs enabled me to generate a practically unlimited number of realistic baccarat shoes with statistical characteristics and expectancies agreeing with theory.  (Reference: […]

Maverick’s Black Swan

I’ve kept delaying writing an update about my experiences with Mark’s Maverick Ultimate (MU), because I wanted very much for my report to be a glowingly positive one. Because so many have been asking me for my feedback about MU, I realized I could not continue delaying posting an update. So, the following is an […]