Meistro said:
What are the next say 10-20 most important index plays beyond the illustrious 18? For a S17, DAS, DA2, No Surrendors, 8 deck game w/ 75-85% pen.
I would say doubling 8 vs 5,6, doubling A8 vs 5,6 (some versions of Ill18 already have these replacing the neg indices) doubling A8 vs 4, then some of the higher index number plays because although they don't happen often, when they do, you have more money on the table. Plays like stand 16 vs 8, stand 15 vs 9. splitting 99 vs 7, doubling 8 vs 4 and 44 vs 6 (rather than split), then maybe some of the soft doubles like A2 vs 4, A3 vs 4.
If you play all or at least some negative counts you may want to learn some negative indices to ease the pain a bit, like hitting 10 vs 9, A2 vs 5, A4 vs 4 rather than doubling and hitting 33 vs 2 rather than splitiing. If you wong out of most negative counts you dont have to worry about negative indices.