D alembert Staking Plan

The D alembert staking plan, sometimes known as the ‘pyramid system’ was devised by the French mathematician Jean Le Rond D alembert (born 1717) and subsequently took his name D Alembert for obvious reasons. The D alembert theory on the ‘Law of Equilibrium’, supposes a balance of successes and failures over a long series of specific events, for example horse racing. The D alembert plan requires you to increase your stake by one unit after a loss and decrease your stake by one unit after a win. The intention of the D alembert staking plan is to end up at the beginning of the sequence but each time making at least one unit profit.
In an attempt to simplify the D alembert process the following example once again assumes level stakes and level odds:

• On the first bet you play £10 win, bet £10 - if you lose, bet £20
• if you win at £20, next bet £10 - if you lose, bet £30
• if you win at £30, next bet £20 – if you lose, bet £40
• if you win at £40, next bet £30 - if you lose, bet £50
• if you win at £50, next bet £40 - if you lose, bet £60
• if you win at £60, next bet £50 - if you lose, bet £70 and so on

A typical D alembert sequence could be expressed so:

• bet 1 unit and you lose -1 unit
• bet 2 units and you lose -2 units
• bet 3 units and you win +3 units
• bet 2 units and you win +2 units
• sum Total of Units + 2 units

Note, Potentially, the D alambert staking plan could require infinite stakes, so limits need to be set other wise D alambert could see you in the poor house pretty quickly.

In TSM there is a further option that allows you to increase your start stake at the beginning of a new sequence realtive to the cumulative total of the betting bank.