(2deep) said:
o ight thx
and in blackjack blueprint Rick Blaine writes about optimal betting but i dont really understand it all the way
if playing hi lo in 6 deck games
he says to get the betting unit by dividing the bankroll by 100 to get the max bet because your bankroll should have 100 max bets
and having a true count of +3 or less bet 1 unit
+3 = 1 unit
+4 = 2 units
+6 = 3
+8 = 4
+10 = 5
+12 = 6 units
so would this betting strategy be effective and have around a 5% ROR
Don't feel bad. I'm not sure I understand optimal betting either.
I'm just trying to say every situation is unigue and always dividing by x to get max bets is too simplistic.
Like, for instance, in Table 10.43 of Don's book,a 4.5/6 S17 DAS using indexes, he suggests practical spreads of 1-8, 1-12 and 1-16. The min unit, in this case is $10 in all cases. Each with a $10K roll. The resulting ROR's are intended to be about the same. But, obviously, the first case has a max bet of $80 or 125 max bets. The second case a max bet of $120 or 83 units nd the third a max of $160 and 62 max bets in his $10K roll.
So why confine yourself to some absolute rule?
In the same game, a back-counter always entering at TC+2 could spread 1-2 and have a $200 max bet (his unit is $100 or a 100 unit roll now). That's only 50 max bets. A back-counter spreading 1-3 would have a $300 max bet. That's only 33 max bets. All with the same risk.
Change the same game to 5/6 pen and almost none of the above applies anymore.
The easiest answer is buy a sim and learn what assumptions you have to tell it etc.