I still love coming here and reading the Baccarat posts from Assym, Al, KungFuBac and Andy. To be honest, it almost feels like it's the last bastion of genuine Baccarat talk on the web apart from a handful of other experienced players dotted around here and there. I have learned a lot from some of you guys and your posts are appreciated.

That's me pretty much done with Roulette for now. I figure that there is really no point in playing it now that I just focus on the EC. That green zero just gets in the way of things and when it does streak, it can be annoying. So why pay the extra tax if you don't have to.

My Baccarat knowledge (or even EC knowledge) has grown pretty rapidly just lately. It seems to go like that where you feel like you are just treading water for a while and then things just kind of take off again leading to new insights and discoveries. I have done quite a bit research lately on the subject of parlays. You would think getting two in a row is not that difficult. On hindsight, it's actually not that difficult I suppose but where it becomes difficult is when you are looking for those two wins on a particular decision.

So for instance, looking for two wins on the Bank is obviously not going to be as straightforward as looking for two straight wins anywhere like on either the Bank, Player, Chops or two's etc... Sometimes I think we don't realize how we are setting ourselves up for failure depending on how we are setting our game or if we are looking for something in particular. There is no future in trying to put randomness into some kind of limited framework because we will likely end up disappointed.

It's actually quite sobering when you see just how long certain things can be absent from a shoe because of other elements dominating and that even the cleverest MM scheme might not be enough to circumnavigate it. I will come back and give a few examples of that and they could be used for other EC games I suppose if Roulette or Craps is your thing.

see you all soon