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Oscar's Grind is a very basic system that seems to work well if you adhere to a strict win goal and a loss limit. With this system, your win goal should be 50% of your buy in. So if you color in for $500, you should stop when you’ve won $250.
Your loss limit is ten betting units, so if your unit bet is $5, you should stop betting when you are down $50. This is a flat bet pass line system, so you must not add odds or make any other bets.
You start out on the pass line. If you lose, your next bet stays the same. If you win, increase your bet by one unit. If you win again, you should bet only enough to insure a profit, and then continue betting the same amount until you reach your goal.
Let's look at some examples.
You color in for $500 and have a unit bet of $5. You bet one red chip on the pass line and win your first bet. Your next bet is $10, which loses.
You stay at $10 and lose again, so you are now down a total of $15. You bet $10 and win, so you are still down by $5. You increase your pass line bet one unit to $15 and win, so you are now ahead by $10. Even though you won, you stay at the $15 level because you are ahead. Even if you win the next five rolls, you are to stay at the $15 level.
Now let's say you lose your first six $5 bets on the pass line, so you're down $30. Your next bet would be $5 of course. You win this seventh bet so you're now down $25. Your eighth bet is for $10 and you win so now you're down only $15.
Your ninth bet is $15 and you win so you are even, but not ahead. Your tenth bet is $20 and you win so you now will stay at that $20 level because you are now ahead.
The secret to Oscar's Grind is the shooter, so judge your shooters accordingly. You don't have to bet on every one and a good way to determine the shooter's skill is to watch him. Does he bet big on himself and small on everyone else? Does he carefully set and throw the dice? If you have any negative feelings at all about the shooter you should pass him by and wait for the next one. But remember where you were in the progression and take off from there.
A simple offshoot of this system is to indeed bet on every shooter but determine just by looking at him and how he bets whether to bet on the pass or don't pass. If you do this you will be switching back and forth between shooters but keeping the same progression. Let's look at an example.
The new shooter is young and keeps talking to his girlfriend all the time while he at the table, explaining to her the bets he should have made on the last shooter but didn’t. Then he puts a white chip down instead of a red one.
You think for about one millisecond and then put a red chip on the don't pass. Surprise he sevens out right away so you are ahead by $5. The next shooter is a woman and she watches the way the stickman returns the dice to her and starts to set them right away. You smile and pop $10 on the pass line. You win but now you are ahead so you stay at the $10 level until you either reach your win goal, or have a loss in which case you drop down to $5 again.
You can also use Oscars Grind on Online Casinos, simply by making up a shooter. Before you bet just make someone up, and imagine whether he (or she) is a good shooter or not.
Then imagine them shooting, and if they seven out, imagine a new shooter coming up, completely unlike the old one. Not only does this add enjoyment to online gaming, it can keep you focused and increase your profits!
Oscar's grind is an easy system to play, and it's fun to look at and judge the shooters just before they shoot. You won't get them right all the time, but once you get used to it, you’ll get them right most of the time.
And, as always, good luck at the tables!
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