Martingale Blackjack Test: $25 to $800?
60sThe tension of the Martingale strategy and the explicit 'clenching cheeks' threshold creates relatable, gripping content for gambling enthusiasts.
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In this video, the creators test the Martingale betting strategy in a real casino blackjack game, starting with $25 bets and doubling after losses. They aim to see if the strategy can turn a small stake into a large profit, but ultimately face a devastating losing streak that wipes out their bankroll, concluding that the Martingale strategy is risky and can lead to total loss.
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[00:02]
Starting the Martingale Test
The video begins with a $25 starting bet, intending to Martingale up to $800. They start with a $500 stack and plan to play for 20 minutes at a double deck blackjack table.
[00:35]
Tracking Wins and Losses
They use a separate 'win pile' to track whether they are up or down. If the win pile is empty, they are down. They win a blackjack early, getting $37.50.
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First Loss and Doubling
After a loss, they double the bet to $50. They emphasize that they are betting $50 to win $25, which is the core of the Martingale strategy.
[02:18]
Comfort Levels with Bet Sizes
They discuss comfort levels: $50 is still fun, $100 is okay, $200 raises eyebrows, and $400 makes you clench. This highlights the psychological stress of increasing bets.
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Reaching $400 Bet
They place a $400 bet, noting they are betting $400 to win $25. They mention having an $800 'bullet' ready if they lose.
[04:44]
Counting the Bankroll
After a hand, they count their chips and estimate they are in for $1500. They are not sure of the exact amount, showing the chaos of the session.
[06:01]
Promoting a Blackjack App
They promote a QR code on screen for playing blackjack on a phone, mentioning UTH (Ultimate Texas Hold'em) is available. This is a sponsor segment.
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Losing Streak Continues
They lose multiple hands in a row, and the dealer beats them. They mention that they've lost 10 hands in a row before, and the dealer has seen players lose everything.
[10:14]
Up $700 and Changing Strategy
They are up about $700 and decide to stop Martingale, playing normally except for the first hand. They also start betting for the dealer to be 'all in' together.
[11:51]
Down $400 and Doubling Again
They are down $400 and decide to go to $400 bets again. They note that if they had stuck to Martingale, they would have been wiped out.
[14:37]
Proving Martingale Fails
They admit they didn't win a single hand in that shoe. They calculate that if they had Martingaled the whole way, they would have hit the table cap and lost everything.
[16:25]
Final Verdict on Martingale
They conclude that the Martingale strategy does not work. They advise that if you must use it, use it to win one time and then get out, because a losing streak can wipe out your entire bankroll.
The video concludes that the Martingale strategy is highly risky and can lead to total loss, as demonstrated by their losing streak. The only advice is to use it to win a small amount and then leave the casino immediately.
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What is the Martingale strategy?
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What is the Martingale strategy?
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A betting strategy where you double your bet after each loss, aiming to recover previous losses with a single win.
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What was the starting bet in the video?
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What was the starting bet in the video?
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$25.
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What is the psychological effect of increasing bets according to the video?
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What is the psychological effect of increasing bets according to the video?
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At $200 you raise your eyebrows, at $400 you clench your cheeks.
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What did the video prove about the Martingale strategy?
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What did the video prove about the Martingale strategy?
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It does not work; a losing streak can wipe out your entire bankroll.
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What advice did they give for using Martingale?
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What advice did they give for using Martingale?
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Use it to win one time and then get out, because you won't see a streak of losses like that all the time.
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💡 Key Takeaways
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Comfort levels with bet sizes
Illustrates the psychological escalation of risk in gambling.
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No wins in a shoe
Demonstrates the reality of losing streaks and the failure of Martingale.
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Martingale does not work
Direct conclusion from the experiment.
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Advice: win once and leave
Practical advice for those who insist on using Martingale.
17:04Full Transcript
[00:02] start off with $25. We're going to Martinale all the way up to like 800 or Let's see if the Martingale strategy really works. Let's put it to the test. We're going to start with a stack of 500 and we'll try to go for like 20 minutes.
[00:17] casino trying this strategy. We're [music] going to go double deck blackjack. He's going to go face up for us. Let's see what happens. us. Let's see what happens. >> Okay, here we go. Yeah.
[00:35] 13 out of six. >> 14 24. Okay. So, whenever we win, we'll put like the win pile right here. We'll we'll take out of the win pile. So, you always know if we're up or down. If there's no chip here, that means we're
[00:47] down. All right. Blackjack there. 3750. All right. Blackjack there. 3750. So, we're up here. Up the up pile.
[01:04] >> 15. >> Too many. All right. So, now we go 50.
[01:17] double. All right. 20 10 18. Okay. [snorts] [snorts] We go back to one unit.
[01:35] I got to bring 75 back over to the There we go. Okay. Five 15 10 19
[01:56] Okay. So, we we won 50, but we're basically winning 25. roll. >> Oh, no insurance. Sorry.
[02:18] >> Go to 50. >> When do we start clenching the cheeks? >> like, no, I mean like is what what amount? Like 400? >> Yeah. >> Like this is still fun, right? At 50.
[02:35] >> This is still fun at 50. It's still fun at 100. 200, you go 200, you raise the eyebrows. And at 400, you clinch. >> I was going to say I'm clinching out cuz half my butt's off the seat. All right, we got a double here. Okay,
[02:48] All right, we got a double here. Okay, we need a bust. 11 14 we need a bust. 11 14 16 20 Okay, so 16 20 Okay, so we go. Let's see. We'll go 100 now.
[03:02] we go. Let's see. We'll go 100 now. 100 >> and we'll just stay. >> 1919 19. Okay, run it back.
[03:20] 19 20. Okay, now we go 200. [laughter] The eyebrows go up at 200. We don't
[03:33] The eyebrows go up at 200. We don't clinch until we get to 400. Okay, 17. Yeah. 12 19. >> All right. So, can I have some some black, please?
[03:48] >> We have to go to >> $400. We'll do 400 and then we'll do see. >> So, four do four six. Yeah, we got the We got the $800 bullet here. >> So, remember, we're betting $400 to win
[04:03] $25. If we lose, we're going to be betting $800 to win $25. So, this is Let me do it. All right. $400. >> You want me just to give you $25? We call it in. >> Yeah. All right. So, 400 here. We got
[04:16] >> Yeah. All right. So, 400 here. We got >> Yep. Okay. 10. I mean, oh, we have a double. See, that's the thing now. This is really bullet. >> Check. Change. 500 purple in.
[04:29] >> This might be the end of our experiment [music] if we lose this hand. >> Down. Are we taking it down? Right. Yeah. Yeah. It's fine. >> All right. Just bust 16. >> Okay.
[04:44] >> All right. So, we actually went 425 there. >> So, let's go. Let's do a count. So, I'm in for uh >> there's 1500. I think >> I want to say it's 1500.
[05:05] >> I'm actually I'm actually not sure. I think it's 1500. >> It was Well, 425 cuz we doubled, right? >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I know.
[05:18] We're going to double this. >> Double it, Buster. >> Yeah. >> So, we'll go So,
[05:31] >> So, we'll go So, we'll go to 50.
[05:45] >> No, >> that's it. So, there's a QR code on your screen right now and that is so you can play blackjack on your phone. So, scan that. Um, if you are not watching on your TV,
[06:01] you can take a screenshot of it on your phone and then go into your photos and on it really hard. And if you have a an iPhone, you can open Safari and you can sign up for free and play on your phone. Yeah, UTH is on there. Grab. All right,
[06:16] here we go. >> We're going to keep testing this theory. >> We're going to keep testing this theory. Let's Let's give our dealer 12250 for that last shoe. Thank you. >> Yep.
[06:33] >> I don't I think I think this is our win pile.
[06:48] Okay. Can the dealer beat us five times in a row? No insurance. No, thank you. >> Oh, good. >> 16 21.
[07:03] >> Wow. >> Yeah. And you know, $25 bets. No sweat. No sweat bet they call it, right? >> I'm sweating. >> I'm sweating. >> Four nine 19. All right. Still doing
[07:16] >> Four nine 19. All right. Still doing Still doing okay. Go to 100. Still doing okay. Go to 100. Lost two in a row.
[07:30] number four. So it's worth a seven and then the 10. A Okay, 18 on a deuce, 12 16. Okay, we got that one. So we we 12 16. Okay, we got that one. So we we bet 200 to win 25. Never a good mix. Go
[07:45] back to 25s. So let me know like I've lost 10 hands in a row playing blackjack one time. Uh, I'm sure the dealer could tell you crazy stories about how many times players have lost in a row or players
[08:00] double their bet when they lose and how double their bet when they lose and how have lost everything. So,
[08:19] >> Bless you. >> Thank you. All
[08:31] not going to lie. >> Still feels the same to me. this shoe. Like >> like very normal. >> Like normal for me. The $25 wins are killing me cuz like I I
[08:47] don't ever bet $25 anymore. anymore. Nine 12 14 13 too many. Okay, we'll just we'll just finish out this shoe like like this.
[09:05] And then the money I've made I can fire with 16. All right. 15.
[09:26] 17 20 >> 14 16 >> 14 16 And the buster's been coming in.
[09:46] >> All right. Playing one. Oh, wait. Wait. Let's play one for the dealer, too. Let's That way we're all in on it. 25 a piece.
[10:00] 19 5 9 11 19 >> That's right.
[10:14] >> We'll just leave We'll just leave it out there. We all pushed. All right. So, um I don't know. We're up like 700 bucks or something like that. Martinale anymore. We're going to play like how we play except for this first
[10:27] hand. We're just going to leave it up >> since we're all in the game for 25 a >> since we're all in the game for 25 a piece.
[10:50] >> Thank you. >> All right. So, now we're going to double everything. So, we're going to play 50 for the dealer, 50 for you, and 50 for >> I think I think you like that idea. >> That's outstanding.
[11:02] So that's a 100 and then 50 for the dealer. >> So 50 for each of us. >> We're going to win one of these.
[11:18] All right. So now we go 200 for us and 100 for the dealer. >> Sure. >> No thanks.
[11:39] for the dealer. We'll do a 25 on the bus or two. or two. Okay,
[11:51] We're trying so hard. We're trying so hard. And we're down now. We're down like 400. All right, we'll go 400. >> Wow.
[12:05] have beat us like five times in a row. And if we were Martin Ging, we would have lost. >> Yeah. completely wiped out if we would just stuck to the uh the method.
[12:19] >> Well, you were mortgaling. >> I was, but not like a not a true martingale. >> Uh, all right. Seven. I think that's I >> Uh, all right. Seven. I think that's I think that's 700. One hand,
[12:51] >> Check play. >> Check play. over. We're not doing anything. 19. Okay. >> Uh, hold on one second before you deal. >> Uh, Jackson.
[13:10] >> Five black. >> Yeah. >> Check. Change. 500. >> Purple in. Good luck. >> Purple in. Good luck. >> 1,100 on the back.
[13:31] 14. 19. We're still alive. 19. We're still alive. >> Wow. whole shoe. I think this is a really bad shoe.
[13:48] Let's go. 310 or whatever that is.
[14:24] All righty. Good luck. >> Done a request. >> Done a request. >> 13 16 17. Need a little one.
[14:37] >> I don't think I won one hand. I mean, we did prove that the martingale system wiped out even if we started 25. Did we win a hand that whole show? >> No. Martinale, you'd already hit the cap anyhow if you go the whole way. So, I
[14:51] mean, I lost >> I lost like three >> I lost like three I mean for like 3 3,000 something I mean for like 3 3,000 something like that.
[15:11] >> I don't know why I'm still playing this shoe. We haven't won one hand. This one. >> I have no idea why I'm playing this. I
[15:23] >> I have no idea why I'm playing this. I think maybe I'll win one,000. four >> 900.
[15:54] eight, nine, 10. >> Okay, let's run in.
[16:10] >> 1,000 to 4,000. >> That's my only shot here.
[16:25] >> get a smoke down. >> Close enough. Close enough. We round up >> Close enough. Close enough. We round up here. Uh, not good. If anything, we prove that the Martingale strategy does not work. We didn't win one hand
[16:40] not work. We didn't win one hand on that shoe. I don't think so. Not one hand um um wow that really hurts. But
[16:52] >> yeah, my only my only suggestion when it comes to Marale cuz I know people do it every day. They see it here every day. It's not something new is use it to win one
[17:04] time if you can. Like you won't see a streak of losses like that all the time. But if you continue to play it, as you can see, you could literally lose your entire bank roll. So if you're going to win, if you're going to go to the casino
[17:16] to win a 100 bucks, [music] like get in and get out. That's my only advice. If you're going to do that, and it will probably work more than others because more more times than not because you're not going to see a streak like that all
[17:28] the time like we just had. Very bad, very bad luck. Make sure you like the and we'll see you next time in San Diego.
