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  1. The Effect of Ridiculous Players

    The complaint from card counters is common: Stupid players are destroying the count. There is a high count, I bet large, and some player in front of me takes too many cards and ruins the count. It has been explained many times that, on average, this has no effect, and I will not repeat the explanation here. But, as is true so many times in Blackjack, there are exceptions.

    In single-deck Blackjack, some casinos deal a fixed number of rounds, and some a fixed penetration. But, there are
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  2. Is the Dravot Insurance Tweak Worth the Effort

    This is for readers of Color of Blackjack as I will not discuss the contents of a copyrighted text until it becomes more common knowledge. Basically, the tweak is an improvement to insurance betting. The question – is there a gain and is it worth going after.

    The sims are six deck, S17, DAS, 80% penetration, four players. Betting spread are 1-10, 1-15 and 1-20. System is Color of Blackjack. Tweak and no tweak are simmed:


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  3. Lucky Ladies Using Insurance Side Count

    This is an extension of the last post on Lucky Ladies. I received the following e-mail:

    “I read your chapter on Lucky Ladies using the Hi-Lo system. When I play I count Hi-Lo and my friend uses the 10-count system (all cards +1 except 10′s are -2) for insurance purposes. Would the 10-count system be better for Lucky Ladies since it keeps track of all the 10′s?”

    I know of people that use specialized side counts for LL, but have not heard of anyone specifically using an insurance
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  4. Lucky Ladies Double-Deck

    Normally, we think of improved odds with fewer decks. Of course, this is not always true with side bets. With Lucky Ladies, we are looking for two heart Queens. This is less likely with fewer decks. With two decks, there are only two heart Queens. So, if we have one, there is only one card left that will give us a large bonus.

    This is a continuation of the previous post on Lucky Ladies and uses the same payoff schedule. So, what are the results? With this schedule and two decks, the
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  5. Lucky Ladies Improved Payout

    In my book, Chapter Ten provides an analysis of the Lucky Ladies bet. The following payoff schedule is used:


    Q hearts pair w/ dealer BJ – 1000:1
    Q hearts pair – 125:1
    Matched 20 – 19:1
    Suited 20 – 9:1
    Any 20 – 4:1


    Results were an advantage at TC +7 (High-Low) but a better SCORE at TC +9. A reader found a better payoff schedule as follows:


    Q hearts pair w/ dealer BJ – 1000:1
    Q hearts pair – 200:1
    Matched
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