> I responded to your question on my pages,
> but I will expand a bit here -- added value
> for Don's Domain. :-)

You made my point about "paid" vs. "free"

> It is true that most of the gain from going
> to a level 2 system comes in the area of
> playing efficiency, which is more important
> in single and double deck games. George C.
> developed UBZ2 with the double deck game in
> mind.

Which is precisely WHY I am considering switching.

> Me too, although this is a personal thing.
> It is pretty well documented that I had a
> tougher time than I expected going to level
> 2 tags. However, many people struggle with
> true count conversions and having to keep
> track of two numbers (running count and true
> count), as evidenced by the popularity of
> systems such as KO and Red 7. I guess it
> just depends on the individual, and how
> his/her mind works.

That's my problem, mine don't work too well... Quite frankly, not even sure which would be more difficult, learning to TC or a level 2 system. By the sound of your experience, TC seems much, much simpler. Of course, I could be wrong.

> Not yet, at least not that I'm aware of.
> Perhaps Cac or Zen can crunch some quick
> numbers (which I can shamelessly appropriate
> for my book :-)).

With their permission, of course.

> Most certainly. You will need true-counted
> indices. You can get the I-18 and Fab 4 from
> John Auston's BJRM, you can use CVData or
> SBA to generate your own . . . or you can
> wait for my book. :-)

May have to wait for the book, although, I plan on "attempting" a sim with BJRM. (Of course, Zen or Cac could come through in the pinch...like they always do)

> Here's another thought to mull over: Keep in
> mind that UBZ2 can be true-counted just like
> KO. I ran a sim on this a while back that
> seemed to indicate that a true-counted UBZ2
> would out-perform balanced level 2
> ace-reckoned counts such as Zen and RPC.
> Brett Harris came to essentially the same
> conclusion with his BrH systems.

Come on, Parker. I want the SIMPLE life...it's going to be hard enough for me to either learn a level 2 system or TC...you can't possibly expect me to do BOTH?

btw, Prof Harris system is in his book that I can't find anywhere. I didn't even know who this guy was until I started researching UBZ II. I would like to read his book, know where I can get a copy? Bettie?

Again, many, many thanks.

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