There is confusion here. By basic strategy, you mean the pre-deal TC=0 situations; by card-counting TC=0, you mean the post-deal TC=0. They are quite different for single and double deck games.
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You're making the mistake of thinking of indices as counts where we deviate from basic strategy above the index. This is not the case. They are simply the counts at which the decision changes from...
Thanks all for the replies. I appreciate the details here, and it has helped me with the 0 index. Your explanations make perfect sense especially in the context of 16vT, where basic strategy differs...
Well yes. But human errors generally have patterns instead of being random. For example, some folks have trouble with negative numbers. Some with double digits. Some with cancelling pairs of cards....
I don't know how to program a simulator but there must be a way to make it simple...
each time the simulator reads a card can it factor in a certain percentage of the time the value is inverted
Many years ago, many of us were taught that "truncating" was the correct method for rounding a TC. As time passed, it became evident that "flooring"
was a more accurate approach, given that all TC...
My simulator program said at TC 0.1, players should stand regarding 12 v 4. At TC -0.1, player should hit. At TC 0.0, you flip a coin. So for every book, no matter they choose stand or hit on 12 v 4,...
In simplest terms
In positive situations, the value floored or truncated is the same value.
In negative counts, flooring reduces to the lowest value, therefore -1.5 is floored to -2.
Truncation...
No. There is no discrepancy for 12 vs 4. The index to stand is zero. The RC is always positive for a two card 12 vs 4, so we stand which once again agrees with basic strategy.
That's a good point, and it makes perfect sense for 16vT since it always creates an RC of -1. And at RC 0 it's extremely close to equal EV for standing/hitting, tilting one way or the other in 6D...
It is a common misconception that TC=0 strategy is the same as basic strategy. 16 vs T is the most obvious difference but there are others depending on the rule set. To understand why, remember that...
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I’m in no...
