Winning Limits

• There may be a situation where you're ahead 40 chips and the deck is super favorable. It might pay to make a large bet, perhaps double your original bet on the next hand, especially if you've won the previous one. Then if you win that and the deck is still favorable, make another big bet, even bigger than the one before. If you win, you might now start betting at a higher rate than you started with, hoping for one big killing. But do this only with chips you've won, not to get even.

However, don't linger more than that hour and don't reach for more chips from the ones you've previously won and put away. Never do that.

Using this stop-loss method of betting, you can't help but wind up a winner. Leave with your winnings intact, for there's nothing more debilitating and tiring than winning a great deal at a table, then blowing it all through too long a session or through stupid betting, using up all the previous hard-earned wins on some outlandish and wild bets in the hope of making a lucky killing.

One final note. If you've been at a table for a long time and lost most of your chips, then the cards finally turn and you get even, you should immediately leave the table. The long, hard struggle to get even is wearying, and a heavy loser should be happy to come out with his money intact.

There's nothing worse than losing practically all your chips, getting even finally, then losing it all back again. That kind of play is stupid, to use a kind word.

the casino personnel

a fantastic winning streak

debilitating and tiring