Alexost: Ace adjustment question.

[Alexost]

Thanks to everyone for taking the initiative and time to answer this question. I did not realize that I would have to take an ace reckoned count and un-reckon it to increase the PE. (for when I find my best playable game is SD or DD) It sounds as if it would be easier to use AOII/ace or Hi-OptII/ace, but I want to stick with an ace reckoned count which allows a smoother transition between 1-6 deck games. Thus ends my research on which system to use, I have decided on the normal RPC. It's now time to go back to school for another semester and save up some more bankroll. The casinos can expect Reveres' wrath to be alive and well during my subsequent visits to Reno/Vegas. What an advantage it is to have all the Blackjack Doctorates at my fingertips!

P.S. Off Topic Question for Don S.- Are there any suburban (non-Wall St.) niches in the business finance world that you see being favorable in the next two years? Thanks.

[Don Schlesinger]

> P.S. Off Topic Question for Don S.- Are
> there any suburban (non-Wall St.) niches in
> the business finance world that you see
> being favorable in the next two years?
> Thanks.

Hundreds of hedge funds spring up every week. There are thousands of them. Most of them are located far from Wall Street, in comfortable suburbs, where people sit around in jeans and sneakers, with their feet up on the desks all day. :-)

Don

[Alexost]

Interesting...

[Alexost]

[Zenfighter]

[Cacarulo]

According to my calculations a side count of aces is worth 6.58% in a 6D game.

               1-4     1-8     1-12    1-16    1-20 

RPC/A         12.33   30.55   40.35   46.37   50.44 

RPC           10.90   28.27   37.86   43.78   47.80

Take for example a 1-12 spread:

$40.35 is 6.58% more than $37.86. The game analyzed is 6D,S17,DOA,DAS,SPA1,SPL3,NS,5/6,Catch-22.
Note that for 1-4 the percentage is even bigger (13.11%).

Sincerely,
Cacarulo

[Alexost]

I try and play SD or DD, but will sometimes play 4 or 6 deck games. Do you have the Catch-22 indices (adjusted from published) for sidecounting the ace available? How do you side count the ace? Subtract or add to the excess/lack of aces (-2 tag) from the RC before converting to the TC for PE purposes?

Thanks for your time.

[Cacarulo]

> I try and play SD or DD, but will sometimes
> play 4 or 6 deck games. Do you have the
> Catch-22 indices (adjusted from published)
> for sidecounting the ace available? How do
> you side count the ace? Subtract or add to
> the excess/lack of aces (-2 tag) from the RC
> before converting to the TC for PE purposes?

I can't post ALL the indices since it won't be fair for software developers. However, I can disagree with them if I happen to find any discrepancies

Now, forget about the traditional method of side-counting aces. The modern way is a little more accurate.

The modern way

1) Keep a primary count (PC) (RPC-A) = 0 1 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 -2 starting at IRC = -48 (for 6D) or -32 (for 4D).

2) Keep a secondary count (SC) for aces = 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Every time you see an Ace count it as +1.

Whenever you have to place a bet calculate your count as follows: (PC + 2*SC) / full_decks_remaining

Whenever you have to make a playing decision only use your primary count as PC / full_decks_remaining.

There are many variations to the above.

The indices are calculated based on the PC. For getting this you can substract 8 (full-deck indices) from each of the published indices and you'll be fine.
If the published are for half-deck then substract 4.

Of course, it's better to generate them with an index generator.

Hope this helps.

Sincerely,
Cacarulo

[Cacarulo]

> The modern way 1) Keep a primary count
> (PC) (RPC-A) = 0 1 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 -2 starting
> at IRC = -48 (for 6D) or -32 (for 4D).

> 2) Keep a secondary count (SC) for aces = 1
> 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Here, you should start at an IRC of 24 (for 6D) and 16 (for 4D). Every time you see an ace you "substract" one from this IRC.
The rest is correct. Sorry for the mistake.

> Whenever you have to place a bet calculate
> your count as follows: (PC + 2*SC) /
> full_decks_remaining

> Whenever you have to make a playing decision
> only use your primary count as PC /
> full_decks_remaining.

> There are many variations to the above.

> The indices are calculated based on the PC.
> For getting this you can substract 8
> (full-deck indices) from each of the
> published indices and you'll be fine.
> If the published are for half-deck then
> substract 4.

> Of course, it's better to generate them with
> an index generator.

> Hope this helps.

> Sincerely,
> Cacarulo

[Alexost]