Best Unbalanced Level 1 Count

[BlodiaInc]

I am only familiar with Kiss III... which system if any is better for 6 deck shoe games...

[moo321]

Red 7?

[zengrifter]

They are all close - KISS-3 is the best of genre, for my money...
BUT there is a little confusion surrounding the betting spread recommendation as currently published. zg

[Nazgul]

The KO system is very popular, well documented and supported by most software programs. Red 7 is good too but counting certain 7s and ignoring others seems unnecessarily complicated to me.

[SD Padres]

Check out KO.

[callipygian]

Originally Posted by Nazgul

Red 7 is good too but counting certain 7s and ignoring others seems unnecessarily complicated to me.

The potential advantage of Red 7 and KISS III is that the pivot is +2 rather than +4. Basically, you want to put the pivot closest to your most important decisions, as unbalanced counts are most accurate near the pivot. If you Wong in and Wong out with a small bet spread, +2 (where your EV goes from negative to positive) is more important. If you're playing nMSE and taking insurance at high counts, +4 is more important.

Ultimately, the difference between the two is small compared to counting correctly; if System A is too complicated to keep track of, you'll lose more on miscounting than you will gain from the advantage of moving to non-ideal System B.