Additional deviations for KO-P?

[sprintmaster]

I have a hunch that some things in the Knockout Blackjack world have evolved since the book came out.

At the very least, the book was based on an S17 game. So playing H17 basic strategy (all my locals) would make a few obvious changes to the deviations.

And while Ken and Olaf don't recommend KO-F over KO-P, I can't help but think there are some other/different deviations than the ones in the book that are worth playing.

Part of what makes me think that is the greater number of deviations that Cacarulo calculated for REKO.

Thoughts?

 

[DSchles]

Just simulate both ways and see if there's a big enough difference (there won't be) to make learning all the indices worth your while.

Don

 

[sprintmaster]

I guess I need to get CVDATA after all, then ;-)

I actually didn't think adding more would make a big difference, considering that in the literally 100's of thousands of hands I've played in training apps, there are a few of the recommended deviations that I've seen less than 5 times.

 

[DSchles]

That's the point. Almost 40 years ago (!), when I developed the Illustrious 18, the whole point was to explain to people that 18 indices can capture up to as much as 90% of all the gain available from learning, say, 150 indices. To the casual player, that was more than enough!

Don