Card Counting Efficiency Calculator

This calculator allows you to determine the Playing Efficiency (PE), Betting Correlation (BC) and Insurance Correlation (IC) of any card counting system.

Just plug in the tag values for each card rank and click Calculate.

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  • Playing Efficiency (PE): This is a measure of how effectively a counting system can be used to vary strategy. 0.70 is an approximate cap on the highest possible PE for a single parameter counting system.
  • Betting Correlation (BC): This is a measure of how effective a system is in detecting the player's advantage based on the remaining cards. It is based on how closely the card counting tags match up with the effect of removal of each card rank. Good BC values can approach 1.00.
  • Insurance Correlation (IC): This is a measure of how well a counting system indicates correct insurance betting decisions.

For much more on the technical details of card counting system efficiencies, see Peter Griffin's book "The Theory of Blackjack".

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