Yes you are right.
I was just going to edit my post. You"r too fast Cac!
OK, now my post has been corrected. Absence of 7s wins when using Basic Strategy
With Basic strategy the winner is an absence of 7s (+0.5257)
Second place is an overload of 9s (+0.2253)
Third place is an overload of 89s (+0.187)
Those are the only positive EVs at TC0
When...
With Best Strategy at TC0 using HiLo
the winner is absence of 78s (EV= +2.48 for 0x7 and 0x8))
second place is absence of 789s (EV = +1.955 (0x7, 0x8, 0x9))
third place is absence of 7s (EV=...
But with the count of sevens, the true count of Hi-Lo is also zero.
I think you could do more tests with different blocks and see which one is the most effective. For example: 78s, 89s, 79s,...
Not surprisingly using same as above with 0x12, 12x8 and 12x9 the EV is positive (+0.525 with Basic strategy and +1.35 with Best strategy. With 24x7sm 12x8 and 12x9, EV is negative (-1.609 basic...
"I get player edge ~= .1646%"
I used BJA3, pp. 492-3. Can you show me your breakdown to see where we may differ.
6D H17 = -0.761. DAS = + 0.144. Split aces once with multiple hits = +0.177. ES...
"Hit 10 vs. 9 at TC < -2. Surrender 8 vs. A at TC >=+10. Surrender 13 vs. T at TC >=+3. Surrender 12 vs. T at TC >=+8."
Sorry for the typo. Don't know how the zero got in there.
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