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Here it is, not bad.  I purposely did this with you guys in mind and to try to establish say a BetSelection precedent for myself.

When I got there and sat down there was already a super strong section just starting to vanish and 2 Fortune 7's already within a smaller section of 9 hands.  I bought in and went to the restroom.  Went and got something to drink and returned.  I did not want to play the last half of this shoe.  And as I so thought, I was correct.  Terrible after such a great first half. 

End of shoe, shuffle and new deck.  Everything ready, adjusts and people adjusting themselves, etc.

I bought in with $1,200.00.  It is a $10.00 to $2,000.00 limits and $50.00 max on the Fortune 7 wagers.  There was a few people I regularly play there with and some new faces.  Had a shot of Sambuca with 2 others while we were waiting and my DiSaronno on the rocks just came.  I normally don't drink when I play locally for a few reasons but I did last night. 

Played a few hands during the first 20-25% of the shoe, we are around hand 20 or so and probably won a few and lost an equal few.  Then it comes on strong and changes up, what I detailed prior as the clear term 'The Turning Point'.  I remembered you all and my postings here, which I rarely really ever do while playing at the casino live.  So I wanted to employ the 1-3-2-6 a few times and clearly address my 1/3rd, 1/3rd, 1/3rd money management style.  I was good for this shoe and next shoe before I would head out and drive back home. 

At the clear 'turning point', I went in with $150.00 and won, stacked it to $450.00 with the winning and another $150.00 out of my chip stack.  Won that second wager and moved $300.00 to the next wager and $600.00 back into my chip stack.  Now I was covered and whole again, actually being conscious of this and dwelling on it--freed up my mind, I would think the exact same if I was wagering $50 or $500 or $5,000.   I also won that third wager and with the now accumulated $600.00, I moved it all to the fourth wager when I was ready to wager again with the additional $300.00 from my chip stack to total  a $900.00 wager of all the casino's money--nothing out of my buy-in on my behalf.  Absolutely being conscious of this and keeping that in my fore-thought up front.  My buddy next to me, consistently wagers with a haphazard 'off-the-cuff' type of thought process.  The only thing he actually consistently does in wagering is wager more when he is losing trying to make it up.  The absolute WRONG thing to do 100%, no in fact--1,000%!

So I am on my 4th wager in my 1-3-2-6 positive progression wagering style.  I am conscious of it and very relaxed.  So, I thought it was time to start my 5 Wager, 4 X's Parlay side-bet.  I throw up anther $200.00 on top of the $900.00 wager I had riding and was calling to call that my $200 4 X's Parlay separate wager.  I had that $6,200.00 pay-day in mind, off that $200.00 for parlaying it 4 times. 

At this point, I am now, even on my buy-in except for the $200.00 I had riding on my regular wager for the 4 X's Parlay side thing, and my vision was clear, my mind was clear and motivation was building positively. 

SIDENOTE:  Why is it your 'casino friends' as I call them, see you winning, then they wager opposite of you and they lose.  Then, when they lose 3 or 4 times doing that, then they ask you when you have no current feelings or key-triggers ready and they follow you.  Then I lose and they cock their head to one side and say, 'Good lord, I thought you knew what you were doing'?  Happens all the time!

So, I am on my 4th wager in my 1-3-2-6 positive progression for $900.00 and win.  I also had my separate 4 X's Parlay ride-along with it as well.  I put the $1,800.00 into my chip stack, sideways of course to stay conscious (I think IMO is vitally important to clear mind and motivation on a positive level) and set my $400.00 separate 4 X's Parlay wager ($200 + $200) off to the side of my primary chip stack.  bare in mind, this is my 'lucky money' and I don't wager it every time, might be 5 or 10 hands or many more between the time I actually throw it out and time it sits in front of me and off to the side of the primary chip stacks just 'waiting'.  Yes, it appears to be the same money-same bankroll-no difference type of stuff.  But not really, because it gives me a huge motivation factor and something that is hanging there-waiting and I get bored less when I am not wagering because there is something and some reason I am waiting.  It also is 'lucky money' and that means to be, if I loss it nothing is really affected by the loss of it.  Kind of like going into the supermarket and buying a product that is truly a 2 for 1 deal that you would have purchased anyway and storing one of the products for later.  Later you get the credit from your wife for the partial 'free meal'.  Also, for myself--it allows me a clearer and more patient way of thinking that it is my 'sideways' money and there is no rush and has nothing to do with my primary wagering and does not 'have to be wagered' every time type of money in the chip stack. 

I twiddled a bit and made some small wagers and pretty much killing time.  The small section with the 'turning point' vanished and went into the horrible 1's, 2's and sometimes 3's.  Nothing to follow or wager on for the cut or the repeat, IMO.  At the end of the shoe, after hand 65 I found another clear 'turning point' and get prepped once again for the 1-3-2-6 positive progression.  This time I figured I would try the $150.00 starting wager once again.  I won the first wager and lost the second one with a total of $450.00, $300.00 our of my primary chip stack.  But, for purposes here, I will count the $450.00 as all my money since the $150.00 win chips on the first wager was already rightfully mine.

The shoe died and my buddy wagered $10.00 on both the Banker and the Player side to finish off the shoe.  This casino will not do any 'free-hands' whatsoever.  The next shoe started, I was ready.  I started at a distinctive point I was comfortable with and one I would classify as a clear 'turning point', IMO.  I went in with $100.00 for the first wager.  I won that and went in immediately on the subsequent hand with another $100.00 out of my chip stack and the win $100.00 for the total of a $300.00 wager. I won that one also and then prepared to wager $200.00 on the next one, but held back and put the $400.00 'up-money' in my chip stack as well.  I found another section I fell in love with and wagered the next $200.00 wager on and as well, I stacked that $400.00 4 X's Parlay wager for its 2nd bet form the previous shoe that I was holding.  [Right about this point if I not mistaking, my buddy next to me-turns to me and asks, 'what is it now' like he was real frustrated and losing money.  But he wagers almost every friggen hand!  He doesn't know how to sit and wait or think anything through.] 

So, now I am sitting on my $200.00 3rd wagering attempt in the progression schedule I am using.  I pulled it down and throw up $50.00 on some alternating 'chop-chop' attempts that fizzled and went to 'doubles' and that was short lived.  I won about 5 and lost I think 6.  So I was down $50.00, just the shoe went terrible and I wanted to play a few hands and keep some kind of momentum going.  I found another clear 'turning point' and pushed up the $200.00 progression 3rd wager attempt. I won that one and then got ready for the 4th attempt in the progression with the $600.00 wager.  I took the $400.00 from the previous hand and then moved another $200.00 from my chip stack into that, which was the reserve win from the 2nd hand where I wagered the $300.00 amount.  Now, once again, I had entirely the casino's money up and my original $200.00 I had invested in this as my liability was back in my chip stack after winning that 2nd wager.  So, I am sitting with the $600.00 and my $400.00 4 X's Parlay wager on top of it as well.

I push the $1,000.00 wager, the $600.00 progression 4th bet and the $400.00 Parlay attempt out there on my choice.  Somehow, for about the first time tonight, everyone followed me and made mention of that fact.  LOL, I don't like to be the fall guy!  I won that hand and now I am sitting with the $800.00 Parlay wager to be placed next and put my $1,200.00 win into my chip stack as well. 

So, my two successful positive progressions netted me a total of $2,550.00 after I took out the $450.00 which I lost earlier on its 2nd attempt that failed.  Actually $300.00 (2 X's the $150.00 I had invested in it and the $150.00 I won that I pressed, etc.)  but I am whole and ahead, more than 200% my buy-in with the win money set aside, completely forgetting about the Parlaying wagering I was still working with. 

I already made up my mind, I am leaving at the end of next shoe and I want to make the 4 X's Parlay work tonight.  Attitudes started at the table with a lady dealer that rarely deals the game at the property.  My buddy got back most of what he lost and now he was obviously anxious and pestering me.  I always say that, I will not let others bother me or interfere with my thought process, but it usually does in reality.  So I convinced myself that I would only attempt the Parlay wager another 3 times for the $800, the $1,600.00 and the $3,200.00 wagers.  I wanted that $6,200.00 profit off this tonight, I was somehow convinced it would happen.

I found a good spot after a few more hands and throw my $800.00 Parlay wager up and won that one too.  I have two wagers left, one for $1,600.00 and the last one for $3,200.00 which I would just push $1,200.00 of it to my buddy next to me, for the over $2k limit at this place.  I won the $800.00 hand with a natural 9 over the opposite side's natural 8. Drama is building, why does this always happen this way?  I say that, because normally after winning with a 9 over an 8, my next several hands no matter what I do are not very good.

I am all set for the $1,600.00 wager and push it up.  I lost it.  I went over to the cashier's cage and cashed out the win money from the two positive progression schedules I prevailed at.  I went back to finish the shoe and said to myself I would play another shoe after that one making it a total of three rather than the 2 I promised to myself when I got there.  Then the shoe turn miserable once again.  Everyone was losing and tempers started.  I seen two of the players banging their chips when I was walking back to the table from the cashier's cage.  I looked at the board, I packed it in.  I went back and cashed out the buy-in and the rest I had.     

I never got a chance to employ the 1/3rd, 1/3rd, 1/3rd money management system I use, which let's me increase my chip stack by 1/3rd of the win and put 1/3rd away and keep the remaining 1/3rd or so in reserve in case I lost my buy-in and want to play additional time.  But, if I did, I would have increased my primary stack with the original buy-in by say $800-$850.00 and then cashed out the $1,600.00-$1,700.00 when I did the $2,550.00 or so. I wanted so bad to include this in the example last night, but things moved too quick in a short order of time.  I didn't get to the casino to like 10:30PM and it was about 1:00am when I cashed out.  I would get home at about 3am and had to wake up at 6:30am to get to the office to open up for the guys.  But if I played longer I would have definitely started my M.M. schedule with the increased buy-in 'primary chip-sack' and pocketed the other 2/3rds for keep and reserve, etc.

My straight up wagers were working, could not hit a Fortune 7.  I was fueling my Fortune 7 wagers with the odd ball straight up wagers I was making when I was not into a 1-3-2-6 positive progression.  Meaning, I would wager say $125.00 and win.  My next wagers I would throw up $25.00 on 5 of them for the Fortune 7.   But I really tried to get some fuel just for posting here and that was the purpose of the night.  If the board didn't change so quick and all the brew-ha-ha of the players, I would have stayed and got into the 1/3rd money-management style I use but I know what would have not ultimately happened because of the way it was deteriorating.