After about 8 months of bouncing around from one 'system' to the next I began learning HiOptII for double deck a few weeks ago.
Immediately prior to that I was using a level 2 version of OPP that I had developed independently, which is actually fairly strong. But simulations showed it to get about 12% less in winnings with about double the ROR(compared to HOII). So I looked for something better.
Now after using HOII at the tables I feel like a true AP, although I'm actually down in winnings after an initial bout of bad variance (and maybe overbetting and a couple too many beers) but I feel confident that will turn around as I've had 2 positive sessions since the initial negative one.
Funny thing is HOII is actually a little easier than OPP. With OPP you have to keep track of players coming in and out, which obviously is not necessary with traditional counts.
I feel like I'm on my way now to being a part-time player. At the moment I have about 12-15 hours a week available for BJ, about double the time I had available up until now.
And with 20+ casinos within a days drive I can keep a pretty good rotation going with maybe some travel mixed in.
I want to say I don't think this would have been possible on my own without this board. There have been so many of you who have been willing to help me out with all my questions and trying to keep me straight when I was just a ploppy progression player.
Thanks to all of you I've been able to get this far.
Immediately prior to that I was using a level 2 version of OPP that I had developed independently, which is actually fairly strong. But simulations showed it to get about 12% less in winnings with about double the ROR(compared to HOII). So I looked for something better.
Now after using HOII at the tables I feel like a true AP, although I'm actually down in winnings after an initial bout of bad variance (and maybe overbetting and a couple too many beers) but I feel confident that will turn around as I've had 2 positive sessions since the initial negative one.
Funny thing is HOII is actually a little easier than OPP. With OPP you have to keep track of players coming in and out, which obviously is not necessary with traditional counts.
I feel like I'm on my way now to being a part-time player. At the moment I have about 12-15 hours a week available for BJ, about double the time I had available up until now.
And with 20+ casinos within a days drive I can keep a pretty good rotation going with maybe some travel mixed in.
I want to say I don't think this would have been possible on my own without this board. There have been so many of you who have been willing to help me out with all my questions and trying to keep me straight when I was just a ploppy progression player.
Thanks to all of you I've been able to get this far.