The piquemouche: a progressive martingale to win at the casino
Definition of the piquemouche
The piquemouche is based on the principle of the martingale of Hawks. But the progression is slower. Instead of doubling the setting on a sequence of failure, one doubles the setting only all the 3 blows. Let us describe in detail.
It is necessary put on a simple chance. The player must follow the sequence in progress. A sequence finishes when the pay of the sequence becomes positive. With the first blow of a sequence, one bets the basic setting. In success, the pay of the sequence being positive, this one stops. In the event of failure, the player memorizes the balance of his losses on the sequence by initializing it with this first lost setting. The sequence continues by garaging the basic setting. With each blow, the player adds the profit or the loss to the pay of the sequence. As soon as this balance is positive the sequence is completed and the setting returns to that basic. As long as the hard sequence, the setting doubles all the three blows.
Demonstration of the piquemouche
Let us take again the example of the French roulette. One setting always on the red. The settings and the profits will be the following: one will note precisely the pay of the sequence in progress.
| Bet | Wager | Result | Profits | Balance | Losses | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000 | ||||||
| 1 | Red | 1 | Red | 1 | 1001 | 1 => finished |
| 2 | Red | 1 | Red | 1 | 1002 | 1 => finished |
| 3 | Red | 1 | Black | -1 | 1001 | -1 |
| 4 | Red | 1 | Red | 1 | 1002 | 0 |
| 5 | Red | 1 | Black | -1 | 1001 | -1 |
| 6 | Red | 2 (2 * 1) | Black | -2 | 999 | -3 |
| 7 | Red | 2 | Black | -2 | 997 | -5 |
| 8 | Red | 2 | Black | -2 | 995 | -7 |
| 9 | Red | 4 (2 * 2) | Black | -4 | 991 | -11 |
| 10 | Red | 4 | Red | 4 | 995 | -7 |
| 11 | Red | 4 | Red | 4 | 999 | -3 |
| 12 | Red | 8 (2 * 4) | Black | -8 | 991 | -11 |
| 13 | Red | 8 | Black | -8 | 983 | -19 |
| 14 | Red | 8 | Black | -8 | 975 | -27 |
| 15 | Red | 16 (2 * 8) | Red | 16 | 991 | -11 |
| 16 | Red | 16 | Black | -16 | 975 | -27 |
| 17 | Red | 16 | Red | 16 | 991 | -11 |
| 18 | Red | 32 (2 * 16) | Red | 32 | 1023 | 21 finished => |
| 19 | Red | 1 | Black | -1 | 1022 | -1 |
| 20 | Red | 1 | Red | 1 | 1023 | 0 |
| 21 | Red | 1 | Black | -1 | 1022 | -1 |
| 22 | Red | 2 (2 * 1) | Black | -2 | 1020 | -3 |
| 23 | Red | 2 | Black | -2 | 1018 | -5 |
| 24 | Red | 2 | Red | 2 | 1020 | -3 |
| 25 | Red | 4 (2 * 2) | Black | -4 | 1016 | -7 |
| 26 | Red | 4 | Red | 4 | 1020 | -3 |
| 27 | Red | 4 | Red | 4 | 1024 | 1 => finished |
| 28 | Red | 1 | Black | -1 | 1023 | -1 |
| 29 | Red | 1 | Red | 1 | 1024 | 0 |
| 30 | Red | 1 | Red | 1 | 1025 | 1 => finished |
This method is gaining in this example. It makes it possible to compensate for the losses without to increase the settings in disproportionate proportions.
Analyzes advantages and disadvantages of the piquemouche
The major disadvantage of this martingale is the geometric progression of the settings. In the event of successive losses, the settings are doubled what with long can confront the player with the wager limit of the table and the potential difficulty to gather the money necessary. Admittedly the increase in the settings is slower, but the sequence can last longer than for the method of Hawks, because here a simple gaining blow is not enough to close the current sequence.
The advantage of this method is to make it possible to compensate for the losses halfway in a progressive way between the great martingale and the Dutch martingale. Its output is important.