Recent content by T-Hopper

You should start your TC at -4, and that will represent what you used to think of as a count of 0.

JohnPatrick.com now has Frank Stanton & his famous "flaw"

Bally's in the same city has a sign that says anyone under 40 will be asked for ID. Guess they knew Jamie must be in his 30's.

Spotted recently on the Palace Station marquee: <h2>WIN WITHOUT WINNING</h2>

Re: Indices for HiLo from -10 to 10? *LINK* See the link below

Some theory The only time the number of decks makes a difference in the outcome of a hand is when you are drawing more than one card - not for insurance. A given (exact) TC represents the same ratio of 10s no matter how many cards remaining. Since we use not exact TCs but TCs bundled into...

Look like a cut & paste from High-Low See the Hi-Opt II chart on the same page, where the index is 3 in 1 deck and 4 in 2+ decks. That's a difference of just one point between 1 and 6 decks (and probably just a fraction of a point) with an ace-neutral multi-level count.

Totally wrong. The correct answer is... The insurance index only changes based on the number of decks for counts that include the ace. When you count the dealer's ace as -1, you are introducing an error in your true count that varies according to the number of decks remaining at the time. If...

Did you read about this count in my book or come up with it on your own?

That bug was in Microsoft's program, not mine!

See T-H Basic Blackjack, page 23 A 1-3 spread gives a tiny .04% ROI using the T-H Instant strategy for playing in a H17 4 rounds to 2 game. The "1-3" column in the charts at (Dead link: http://thbj.com/samplespng.htm) gives the same figure for several "real" systems.

Re: Side Count KO *LINK* I have created an ace side count system using the K-O point count values, and it is comparable in strength to the best multi-level ace side count systems. See the link below for a comparison with Hi-Opt I and Omega II.

It IS a winning system in that game It doesn't take much to overcome the house edge of 0.2% or so in a single deck DOA game. This very count is discussed in T-H Basic Blackjack, complete with stats for a 1-3 spread. Still the fact that a casino would sweat silver action from someone whose bets...

I have data for 5 rounds to 2 which is pretty close to 70%. "Low Variance" spread Win/100 3.92 SD/100 26.79 "High Variance" spread Win/100 4.37 SD/100 30.75 My computer suggests a more conservative spread: +2 2 units +4 3 units +5 4 units +6 5 units Win/100 3.68 SD/100 25.09 This has...

Re: reed chip barrings There are plenty of casinos in Vegas and especially in Reno that back off red chippers. In many cases, these are the same places where red chippers should be playing - not at a mega-deck grind joints like the MGM.