Ace007 said:
I've played with speed count before. I'm not sure if I'm going to use it anymore. I tend to agree with the other replies with learning something like hi-lo or KO is better time spent. I like KISS 3 as well.
No need to be skiddish about the capabilities of KISS 3. It's a competent tool in the real world. I've received feedback from players who've logged roughly 6000 combined hours with pleasing success. Some "half-point" count all the deuces and "true fudge" their bets & index plays
(both illustrated as optional playing upgrades in chapter 11 of the book). Some just play it right "out-of-the-box". True story for what it's worth.
Then again, quickly crunched, it looks like even 6000 hours still has 1 standard deviation of about 0
.25% in EV.
This is not an attempt to demean the value of level 2 balanced counts, such as Zen, Mentor or RPC. Just that KISS 3 should garner about 90% to 95% of their hourly gain.