[QUOTE=kiwi]Only other rule, get ahead a reasonable amount, get out. [QUOTE]

I have trouble understanding this rule, which is so common. To me it is just not logical. It seems to me as if it is based on the assumption that the past results on that one betting day will influence the future results. That seems illogical.

To also put it another way, suppose you do "get ahead a reasonable amount" and then "get out" and then you see loser after loser with the system on that day which would have more than wiped out your profits from earlier in the day. Sure you have made a nice profit that day and you have kept it. Well done.

But what is to stop on another betting day the "loser after loser with the system" from starting from your first bet?

That is why I just can't work out the logic of "get ahead a reasonable amount, get out."

It reminds me of the casino dealer who effectively told me that his casino could go bust! Not in such words, but he said, "If only the punters quit when they are ahead, they'd leave here as winners. They are always ahead at some stage."

I also couldn't work out the logic of that. I mean it is not uncommon to start losing and keep losing. After all, the casino's games mathematically favour the casino, not the player.