Ao2
Disappointed with Hi-Lo performance and wanting more, I bought BJ for Blood a couple months ago. Mostly after Don's comments in BJA3 and seeing comparisons of PE and IC so much higher than Hi-Lo as listed on QFIT and other sites. It has been very very tough to master this count - with Hi-Lo I could count a deck down in 12-14 seconds; with AOII I am now only down to around 30 seconds. It has been very tough to re-learn especially the 7 and 9 values. I had burned it into my brain to completely disregard these. I still have many weeks of practice to go before I am casino-ready again. I can honestly say that learning this count was tougher than learning Hi-Lo even with a couple years counting experience under my belt. I have not yet begun to address the issue of an Ace side count yet, but was dis-heartened to hear the dissing of this count in favor of Zen. I am too much invested in these tag values to try change.
I could not understand the betting in BJ Blood at all. I can estimate the TC ok, and I too have been searching for AOII TC advantages. Assuming for Hi-Lo a .5% increase a betting schedule might look like:
TC Units
>1 1 or 0
2 2
3 4
4 8
5 10
6+ 12
I thought I could simply double the TCs but apparently its around .3% ?
Would it be safe to say the above translated to AOII would be something like:
TC Units
>2 1 or 0
3 2
4 3
5 3
6 4
7 5
8 5
9 6
10 7
11 8
12 8
Wow, seems way too conservative - are there players here using TC based bets with an AOII count?
Also, I have noticed numerous AOII indices not listed where they exist for Hi-Lo - I realize they are not the I18, but I would still like know them nonetheless - with some rough calculations, I have found that to convert Hi-Lo indices to AOII, mulitply by 1.2 or 1.4 for minus plays, and 2.2 to 2.4 for plus plays, not gospel, but this is what I found in comparing them.
Is this really worth it:
The most useful thing I found before concerning this question was a booklet of sims covering all games and rules along with penetration. John Auston did this a while back. I looked around on the internet and found a place that still sells the one for A02....
http://www.bjrnet.com/shop/blackjackreports.htm .
Any and all advice appreciated..
Thanks