my first 125 hours of counting

[Deathclutch]

I was under the impression that hi-opt II was A LOT HARD to do than hi-opt I and that the difference between the benefits of each counting system is very small. Do you know how much more of an advantage hi-opt II will give vs hi-opt I?

Anyways, the game I'm playing is DD H17, double any 2 cards, double after split, resplit aces, peek, no surrender.

I have been counting using Hi-opt I with an aces side count, though I dont really know what the right thing to do with the aces side count is, I just know more aces left in the deck is good so if the ace density is more I count it as good and I add +1 or +2 to my TC for betting, and if its bad then I bet min.

Could you please run a sim for the game and find all the index's for TC of +/- 8. for the 0/1/1/1/1/0/0/0/-1/-1/-1/-1/0 (hi opt I) counting system?

Before I address the rest here's what you do with the ace side count. You need to be able to estimate to 1/4 deck accuracy (you should anyway playing double deck.) For every extra ace in the deck you need to add 1 to your RC for betting purposes only. For playing and insurance decisions it doesn't effect you at all. Subtract 1 from your RC for every ace in deficit.

 

[Bondy3]

Before I address the rest here's what you do with the ace side count. You need to be able to estimate to 1/4 deck accuracy (you should anyway playing double deck.) For every extra ace in the deck you need to add 1 to your RC for betting purposes only. For playing and insurance decisions it doesn't effect you at all. Subtract 1 from your RC for every ace in deficit.

cool thats close to what I was doing, but I wasnt changing my RC unless there were are least 2 extra aces in the shoe because I figured 1 Ace extra isnt enough to make a difference