Don,
In your "Attacking the Shoe" article you stated: "I, for one, would be interested in similar charts, ranking the order of dominance of the plays, for: 1) Different number of decks; 2) Different penetration levels; 3) Different betting schemes; and 4) Different point counts."
Do you know if any of the above has been done and are you still interested in the above?
I think that I may well be on the way to providing most of the above.
> Don,
> In your "Attacking the Shoe"
> article you stated: "I, for one, would
> be interested in similar charts, ranking the
> order of dominance of the plays, for: 1)
> Different number of decks; 2) Different
> penetration levels; 3) Different betting
> schemes; and 4) Different point
> counts."
> Do you know if any of the above has been
> done and are you still interested in the
> above?
I came to realize, after a while, that there wasn't much difference for different point counts and for different betting schemes, provided a decent spread was used. I would still be interested for SD and DD, with small bet spreads, where there might be some re-ranking of the order.
Note that, with the "Catch 22," we found four more indices, so it's doubtful that we've really missed any other important ones.
> I think that I may well be on the way to
> providing most of the above.
Go for it!!
Don
When BJA3 arrived at home, it?s clear that I?ve some ?juice? with Bettie, after looking with amazement at Appendix A ( and B! of course), specially at the splitting/resplitting section of EV?s, I knew ( intuition?) that if there is someone who can extract accurate EoR?s when the rule spl/3 is in effect, a task reserved to very, very few BJ experts in the whole World, this man was named Cacarulo. Time is gold, so I put to work my more than dubious diplomatic skills, to convince him of the possibility to share the work here. That is, I?ll do the spl/1 (a lot easier) section and he will do the other one. Alas, he has bitten! So the readers of Don?s Domain will have both tables printed together and their differences will be quite instructive, as what really is going on, when they let us resplit.
Deadline for the coming tables will be July 1st, probably sooner. So stay tuned. One thing more. There is also an Excel?s version in mind. Next fall? Why not. Bjmagic has had a great idea, I guess.
Regards
Z
You guys are great! Keep up the good work!
Don
I have already "discovered" two very important additions to the I18. If the dealer hits soft 17 in a 6-deck game dealt to 75% with a 1-8 optimal spread the plays of 16vA and 15vA are important. The 16vA ranks 8 on the list and the 15vA ranks 18th. Care to guess what plays they replace?
John
P.S. I am still perfecting my excel spreadsheet and I am not sure if I will get it done this week. Next week I will be on vacation in Las Vegas and will be away from the forums.
> You guys are great! Keep up the good work!
> Don
> I have already "discovered" two
> very important additions to the I18. If the
> dealer hits soft 17 in a 6-deck game dealt
> to 75% with a 1-8 optimal spread the plays
> of 16vA and 15vA are important. The 16vA
> ranks 8 on the list and the 15vA ranks 18th.
Very interesting. Of course, when there is surrender, the importance decreases, because the indexes get used for multi-card totals only.
Still, I'm a bit surprised, since the indexes are so high for those two plays.
Don
> Very interesting. Of course, when there is
> surrender, the importance decreases, because
> the indexes get used for multi-card totals
> only.
> Still, I'm a bit surprised, since the
> indexes are so high for those two plays.
> Don
Per Wong the Index for 16vA is 3 and 15vA is 5 for Soft 17.
> Per Wong the Index for 16vA is 3 and 15vA is
> 5 for Soft 17.
I kjeep forgetting it's h17 -- a game I've never played in 29 years of playing.
Don
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