terrellj: Floating Advantage

[terrellj]

In Blackjack For Blood, Carlson advises the reader to follow betting indices that relate to the running count for each number of decks. I noticed that the actual true count for these indices actually decreased as the decks decreased. Is this supposed to make full use of the floating advantage? Because I thought that even though the floating advantage does exist, it's value is too small to take advantage of. Thanks

[Don Schlesinger]

> In Blackjack For Blood, Carlson advises the
> reader to follow betting indices that relate
> to the running count for each number of
> decks. I noticed that the actual true count
> for these indices actually decreased as the
> decks decreased. Is this supposed to make
> full use of the floating advantage? Because
> I thought that even though the floating
> advantage does exist, its value is too
> small to take advantage of. Thanks

Can you give specific examples?

Don

[terrellj]

Sure, here are his betting indices (pg.89 of Blackjack For Blood) for when to double your bets with the Omega 2:

Bet = 2 units

Decks= 6 ; RC = +20 ; TC = 3.33

" "= 5 ; "" = +15 ; "" = 3

= 4 ; = +10 ; = 2.5

= 3 ; = +7 ; = 2.33

= 2 ; = +4 ; = 2

= 1.5 ; = +3 ; = 2

= 1 ; = +2 ; = 2

= .75 ; = +1 ; = 1.33

= .5 ; = 0 ; = --

So for example, if 5 decks remained with a running count greater than or equal to +15 the player would double their original bet to two units. (The column with true count numbers is my own division of the running count by the remaining decks)

[Don Schlesinger]

Without using the term, Bryce's footnote 19, at the bottom of p. 88, indicates that he is adjusting for floating advanatge. But, I can't give you any guarantee that he did it correctly.

Don