First of all, I understand that martingale alone cannot make blackjack profitable, and I have read this:
https://www.blackjackinfo.com/odds-blackjack-losing-6-hands-in-a-row/
However, I am thinking if martingale system can be used to reduce the variance when your target is to wager a certain...
For making money, I agree with you, and therefore one should not try to count card in online casino as the best penetration you can find is half the shoe and other players is always slow.
But for fun (and sometimes bonus hunting), it feels better to memorize something you can actually use more...
In Illustrious 18, only 2 cases is are in the range of TC -1 to +1, namely:
Stand at 16 vs 10 when TC > 0
Double at 12 vs 4 when TC < 0
Even extending to TC +2, there are only 2 more cases:
Double at 11 vs 11 when TC > 1
Double at 9 vs 2 when TC > 1
I am playing online live dealer games and...