Trying to understand th Hi-lo system..

[Kpx]

Hello, I was reading about the Hi Lo system in this forum, but I don't quite understand how a High count is better for the players. Why is it good that high cards come out more often? wouldnt it just give the dealer just as much of a advantage??

[Sonny]

The advantage is that you have the opportunity to split, double down and get paid 3:2 for a blackjack. That gives the player more chances to make money. Imagine a coin flip where you lose $1 on heads and win $1.50 on tails. It doesn't matter that it's a 50/50 shot, the increased payout makes the game more profitable for you than the other player (dealer).

-Sonny-

[Doofus]

The biggest advantage that comes when there is an excess of 10s and Aces is that 3/2 payoff for the player's blackjack. Yes, the dealer is also more apt to have a natural 21, but that's only a 1/1 win for the house.

When you remember this fact you can realize just why 6/5 blackjack is so bad for players.

[Kpx]

oh, ok. Thank you!

[sagefr0g]

also the insurance bet becomes profitable.

[nck111488]

I thought the biggest advantage to a high count is to know when to stand so that if the house is showing a 2-6(preferably a 6), you can force them to bust more. That way, you can modify the basic strategy chart to fit more 10 values.
If you have a really high count, you would then want to split 10's. Whereas with an even count, you never want to split 10's.

[la_dee_daa]

Originally Posted by nck111488

I thought the biggest advantage to a high count is to know when to stand so that if the house is showing a 2-6(preferably a 6), you can force them to bust more. That way, you can modify the basic strategy chart to fit more 10 values.
If you have a really high count, you would then want to split 10's. Whereas with an even count, you never want to split 10's.

this is one of the ways to you get a little more of an advantage making basic strategy divations ( which are called indicies by the way ) but the main advantage does come from more then inital even money payouts such as getting a blackjack like sonny said. and your chaces of winning double downs like 11 v 6 goes up to and you get to put more money on the table with the extra 10s and so on.

[EasyRhino]

Originally Posted by la_dee_daa

( which are called indicies by the way )

"Indices", btw. "Indexes" would also be acceptable.

[la_dee_daa]

Originally Posted by EasyRhino

"Indices", btw. "Indexes" would also be acceptable.

we know what i ment. I'm just not a great speller/grammer type person... need to get a spell check in this posting box here..

[Kasi]

Originally Posted by la_dee_daa

we know what i ment. I'm just not a great speller/grammer type person... need to get a spell check in this posting box here..

Don't feel bad, he yelled at me too lol.

How am I doing ER lol?

Yell's the wrong word - sorry. He couldn't have been nicer about it. No more "u"s for "you"s lol.

But I actually was wondering if it's indices or indexes, was even going to look it up, so it's nice to know both are acceptable and I can't go wrong lol.

So thanks for clearing that up for me Rhino.