The Belgian martingale: a method combining the pyramid of Alembert and the paroli
Zoom on the Belgian martingale
As for the pyramid of Alembert, the player increases the setting in the event of failure, and one doubles it in the event of success. Let us return a little in detail.
One begins with miser the basic setting. If the player gains, it continues with the same setting. If it loses, it memorizes the current loss. As long as these losses will not have been purged, it adopts the strategy of setting which follows: it once increases the setting of the setting basic in the event of failure and double the current setting in the event of success. It updates after each blow the sum of the losses in progress. When the current losses were erased, the player returns to the basic setting.
Example for the Belgian martingale
Here what our example with the rising Belgian applied to the roulette games. The basic setting will be of a unit. The last column indicates the sum of the losses in progress.
| Bet | Wager | Result | Profits | Balance | Losses | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000 | ||||||
| 1 | Red | 1 | Red | 1 | 1001 | |
| 2 | Red | 1 | Red | 1 | 1002 | |
| 3 | Red | 1 | Black | -1 | 1001 | 1 |
| 4 | Red | 2 (1 + 1) | Red | 2 | 1003 | |
| 5 | Red | 1 | Black | -1 | 1002 | 1 |
| 6 | Red | 2 (1 + 1) | Black | -2 | 1000 | 3 |
| 7 | Red | 3 (2 + 1) | Black | -3 | 997 | 6 |
| 8 | Red | 4 (3 + 1) | Black | -4 | 993 | 10 |
| 9 | Red | 5 (4 + 1) | Black | -5 | 988 | 15 |
| 10 | Red | 6 (5 + 1) | Red | 6 | 994 | 9 |
| 11 | Red | 12 (6 * 2) | Red | 12 | 1006 | |
| 12 | Red | 1 | Black | -1 | 1005 | 1 |
| 13 | Red | 2 (1 + 1) | Black | -2 | 1003 | 3 |
| 14 | Red | 3 (2 + 1) | Black | -3 | 1000 | 6 |
| 15 | Red | 4 (3 + 1) | Red | 4 | 1004 | 2 |
| 16 | Red | 8 (4 * 2) | Black | -8 | 996 | 10 |
| 17 | Red | 9 (8 + 1) | Red | 9 | 1005 | 1 |
| 18 | Red | 18 (9 * 2) | Red | 18 | 1023 | |
| 19 | Red | 1 | Black | -1 | 1022 | 1 |
| 20 | Red | 2 (1 + 1) | Red | 2 | 1024 | |
| 21 | Red | 1 | Black | -1 | 1023 | 1 |
| 22 | Red | 2 (1 + 1) | Black | -2 | 1021 | 3 |
| 23 | Red | 3 (2 + 1) | Black | -3 | 1018 | 6 |
| 24 | Red | 4 (3 + 1) | Red | 4 | 1022 | 2 |
| 25 | Red | 8 (4 * 2) | Black | -8 | 1014 | 10 |
| 26 | Red | 9 (8 + 1) | Red | 9 | 1023 | 1 |
| 27 | Red | 18 (9 * 2) | Red | 18 | 1041 | |
| 28 | Red | 1 | Black | -1 | 1040 | 1 |
| 29 | Red | 2 (1 + 1) | Red | 2 | 1042 | |
| 30 | Red | 1 | Red | 1 | 1043 |
The Belgian martingale very of course defends this example while making it possible to obtain a very satisfactory result.
Advantages and disadvantages of the Belgian martingale
In certain cases of figure, the increase in the wagers can become alarming, so after a series of failures, a very short series of success even does not come to purge the losses in progress.
The interest of this martingale is to know to rebound in the event of series of failures. It put above all on similar series of results rather than on too frequent alternations. She in addition proposes results which increase relatively quickly.