BJ myth:
"A bad player sitting at third base can hurt a
good player's game."

It has been proven mathematically (by running sims
more commonly) that bad players at the table tend
to help a good player as often as they hurt him,
or if you prefer, how they play their hands has
absolutely no effect to a counter's expectation in
the long run.
Despite this obvious fact,I still, more often than
you friends out there are going to believe,tend to hear comments from somehow "experienced" players who shouted on me:"I know, I know, Zen,
but these 'b.....s', wait until I've my 'blacks'
out to hit their stiffs and 'always' hurt me."

With the help of a CA analyzer, let's look at
this example:

Dealer showing: 6
Counter : T,9
Third base: 7,5

Subset A: Off the top 6dks.

Third base...............Counter

s = -.156831..... .49778
h = -.174835..... .49778

Subset BCards ordered A through T; 21,19,19,19,19,19,20,20,20 and 84 Highlow TC 1)
260 cards

s = -.132783..... .513608
h = -.178169..... .513608

Subset C17,15,14,14,14,15,16,16,16 and 71
Highlow TC 2) 208 cards

s = -.0974548..... .536148
h = -.179292....... .536148

Subset D: (14,10,10,10,10,11,12,12,12 and 55
Highlow TC 3) 156 cards

s = -.0810131...... .552123
h = -.18286.......... .552123

Moral: The 'civilian' is hurting himself progressively as a function of the TC, by hitting his stiff. For the rest of us, Good night and wonderful dreams!

Regards
Z