A few beautiful gems from his website
http://www.blackjacktoday.com/WhyCardCountingIsBadBlackjack.htm
In a continuing series on how horribly ineffective card counting methods are, let's look today at Arnold Snyder's unbalanced Red 7s system. This is the Hi-Lo system plus, for some unknown reason, the red 7s (hmm, someone needs to research unbalanced counts.)
Snyder also misinterprets the Aces. He believes they're good for the player when overdue. My research proves the opposite. The dealer's effectiveness against you improves dramatically when getting Aces.
So what can we conclude about Snyder's Red 7s counting system here? These two exactly equivalent card situations resulted in two wildly different Red 7s counts. Hence, it's useless. (After showing situations where sometimes there are red 7's and sometimes black 7's :laugh
Plus, Snyder leaves out the 8s and 9s from consideration. He says they're “neutral” cards that do not affect your outcome. But my research has shown they have a huge effect on your likelihood of success.
It's a strange knockoff of Arnold Snyder's equally strange Red 7s system, both of which are inexplicably imbalanced : 2s through 7s count as +1; 10s and Aces as -1. It's the Hi-Lo system plus the 7s (the 8s and 9s are totally ignored; but why?).
Yet he warns these meager profits will be gained only over the “long haul” and “not in the short run.” Really? Interesting admission. How long a haul? He refers to “billions” of computer simulations (phony blackjack) his system was based upon. Perhaps he means you need to play more than a lifetime of blackjack?
Sonny, why ban him!!?!? This could have gotten fun! :whip: