Recent content by schismist

woops... I overcompensated :p It should be 2-7: +5/6 8-9: 0 T-A: -1

Yeah, I think the PE for KO listed above is based on a count w tags 2-7: +5/6 8-9: 0 T-A: -6/5... Is that right?

I don't think my point is getting through. Let me make up a toy example. Option 1: play 70-100% of hands heads-up, 1% advantage, 150 hands per hour Option 2: play 50-60% of hands crowded tables, 1.5% advantage, 75 hands per hour. If I have an average bet of $40 for option 2, expected...

Thanks, everyone. I like your responses. Basically, I'm trying to make sure I keep an eye on my hands per hour. I would disagree with mdlbj that you never want to play in negative counts if you can avoid it. In my situation, there is actually table B, but sometimes it's not as appetizing...

If the strategy departure involves more money like a double, split or insurance then you might play it conservatively, but hit/stand decisions don't matter near the index.

No, like I said, of course they are not constant. Think of an extreme case: a deck with four tens, and only four tens. The push rate here is 100%!

No offense, Silent Bob, but it seems kind of odd to post three times on such a basic thread that was obviously over with 6 months ago... Oh I see, your posts weren't long after 4:20 PM! ;)

I believe at high counts, you actually push much more, lose a little more, and win less. However, when you win you win 150% as much when you get a blackjack and 200% to 800% as much when you double or split.

I have a question about wonging out. (I'm assuming no backcounting, only wonging out, e.g. No Mid Shoe Entry, or just shrinking balls and wearing out my welcome :p ) If I'm playing a 6D 80% pen game, at what hi-lo count should I wong out for each number of decks remaining, IF I assume that...

I don't have UBZII details in front of me, but I think your ramp must be off. Try letting PowerSim calculate the optimal 1-10 ramp (possibly with zero for very negative counts) and see what you get. You want a SCORE above 50 (or somewhat less if getting lots of hands per hour.) Even a BS...

http://www.proficientblackjack.com/articles/counthilo.htm This table is for H17. For 6D you can ignore all the negative indices (and replace them all by "switch tables!" :) )

If you have like a 1:100 spread, which is what BP team play is all about...

I measured a bunch of stacks of cards today because I had suspected that gravity would make the height rise nonlinearly with the number of decks. To my surprise, it actually was linear. Each deck is about 5/8 in. Can you actually tell the difference between 4.5 and 4.75 decks in the discard...

How about optimal with 5% RoR in each case? Wow, thanks again.

Hey AVS, that's great. Is the first player wonging out at +2 or at -1? The former seems unrealistic. Also, might you have switched the order? The +2 player should have better score. Could you sim the same thing with a 1-12 spread, possibly with LS? Thanks! How'd you do it, anyway?