SpiderMan: How do you true-count an unbalanced system?

[SpiderMan]

Is it the same as true-counting a balanced system?

[Don Schlesinger]

[SpiderMan]

[Parker]

This is how you true-count an unbalanced count:

Determine where to start with this formula:

IRC = -(count imbalance) x (number of decks)

For example, KO is unbalanced by 4. So, for a 6 deck shoe, we would do this:

IRC = -(4) x (6 decks)

So, we start our running count at -24. We then divide by the number of unseen decks, just as with a balanced count.

Note that this means that the pivot point is now 0. So, a TKO count of 0 is equivalent to a Hi-lo count of +4.

Ideally, you'd want to generate a set of indices for this with the appropriate software (you certainly can't use the running count indices!), but if you were to subtract 4 from the Hi-lo indices, you'd be in the ballpark.

[SpiderMan]

[Don Schlesinger]

> Ideally, you'd want to generate a set of
> indices for this with the appropriate
> software (you certainly can't use the
> running count indices!), but if you were to
> subtract 4 from the Hi-lo indices, you'd be
> in the ballpark.

Thanks for stepping up, Parker. Note that BJRM has, in its Systems 101 section, all the I18 and Fab 4 indices for both TKO and for deck-by-deck RC levels of penetration.

Don