floating point advantage

what the devil is the floating point advantage? is it real or illusary? can anyone link to any articles on this mystery?

Meistro

It is true, read Don S. in BJA.



CP

It is true, but very very minimal. As Don stated just last week on the other board. There is virtually no gain in shoe games, unless they are dealt to a level rarely seen anymore.

Or at least rarely seen, except for places where fishing is considered an indoor sport.

Kewl

The 6d I play is .5 or less, FA is power!

CP

Ive played well over a million hands of twenty-one, at the kitchen table. Sometimes 16 hr days, month after month. You play long enough, and you'll start to notice the difference, with about 2decks remaining in a 6deck shoe.

You can do, one of two, things

1)Bet the same amount, at a slightly lower TC

or

2)Bet slightly more, at the same TC

The deeper it gets, the more aggressive you should get. Same goes for doubling and splitting