Here are the "Shanghai" rules-- Bet against a pattern of 1-2-3. Example: B-PP-BBB or P-BB-PPP.
Whatever the first hand is (B or P), you follow the same side to prevent a single 1. If you win the bet, follow the side for as long as it goes. If you lost the 1st bet, now you have 1-1 and would bet against the hand that won to prevent 1-2. If you lost that bet, you would follow the side of the 2 for as long as it goes. If you won against the 1-1, you still have 1-1 and you continue to bet opposite to keep the 2nd 1 from becoming a 2.
Continue betting for the zig-zag, for as long as it continues. It will always end as 1-2 and you will follow the 2 for as long as it goes. If the 1-2 becomes 1-2-1, you bet opposite to prevent 1-2-3. If you win the 1st or 2nd bet to prevent the 3, from happening, follow that side for as long as it goes. If you lose all 3 bets to prevent the 3, follow the 3 for as long as it goes.
If you have 1-2-1 you bet opposite to prevent going to 3 and win, you follow as long as it goes, but if you won the opposite to prevent the 3, but then lost the very next bet, you would have 1-2-1-1 and have either the beginning of a new 1-2-3 or it could be interpreted as 1-1 and you "could" bet against the 2nd 1 becoming a 2. I am playing that the 2nd 1 is the beginning of a new 1-2-3 and I am following the side of the last 1.
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