neversplit5s
Active Member
A few weeks ago someone posted about indices for splitting non-ten pairs, and it was brought up that one reason they're not widely used is the low frequency of the hands. After thinking some more on the issue, I see three factors in determining how valuable a particular index is:
1. The TC that it is applied at: High-magnitude counts are rare, and at even moderate negative counts you've either left or are betting the minimum; this gives more weight to indices at neutral-to-moderate-positive TCs, since the TC values are either commonly encountered or you've got a large bet out.
2. Like I've said before, the frequency of the hand: Stiff hands and hard double down hands are quite common, with soft hands being less common, and (non-ten) pairs even less so.
3. This one is a little more abstract, but the difference in value between the two plays in question: If on an index graph you see the two lines running at a steep angle to each other, that means that making the wrong play is more costly than when the two lines run near-parallel.
Any thoughts on this?
1. The TC that it is applied at: High-magnitude counts are rare, and at even moderate negative counts you've either left or are betting the minimum; this gives more weight to indices at neutral-to-moderate-positive TCs, since the TC values are either commonly encountered or you've got a large bet out.
2. Like I've said before, the frequency of the hand: Stiff hands and hard double down hands are quite common, with soft hands being less common, and (non-ten) pairs even less so.
3. This one is a little more abstract, but the difference in value between the two plays in question: If on an index graph you see the two lines running at a steep angle to each other, that means that making the wrong play is more costly than when the two lines run near-parallel.
Any thoughts on this?