I'm just learning Renzey's Mentor Count found in BJBBII, and I wish to know how it fares against Zen and RPC in 5 deck ENHC games. Unfortunately CVCX cannot run sims with 5 decks.
Thanks for your replies.
JJ
I'm just learning Renzey's Mentor Count found in BJBBII, and I wish to know how it fares against Zen and RPC in 5 deck ENHC games. Unfortunately CVCX cannot run sims with 5 decks.
Thanks for your replies.
JJ
> I'm just learning Renzey's Mentor Count
> found in BJBBII, and I wish to know how it
> fares against Zen and RPC in 5 deck ENHC
> games. Unfortunately CVCX cannot run sims
> with 5 decks.
I ran some quick sims on the Mentor count when I read Fred's book. I didn't run ENHC, and of course no 5 deck sims (DD & 6D only), but in every sim I ran, the Mentor count came out on top against both Zen and RPC, albeit by a small, insignificant margin.
I concluded that for all practical purposes, these counts perform about the same (with UBZ2 close behind). I would expect the results to be similar in a 5D ENHC game.
I was impressed with the Mentor count.
It would be also interesting to know how TC UBZII performs. Would it be worthwile to TC this unbalanced count?
> I ran some quick sims on the Mentor count
> when I read Fred's book. I didn't run ENHC,
> and of course no 5 deck sims (DD & 6D
> only), but in every sim I ran, the Mentor
> count came out on top against both Zen and
> RPC, albeit by a small, insignificant
> margin.
> I concluded that for all practical purposes,
> these counts perform about the same (with
> UBZ2 close behind). I would expect the
> results to be similar in a 5D ENHC game.
> I was impressed with the Mentor count.
Which Mentor count are you referring to? I was also impressed with Mentor's level-3 count but not so with Mentor's level-2. Mentor III is indeed very powerful. Mentor II is however better than UBZ2, TKO, Hi-Lo/A and many other level-1 counts.
Note: All my sims were run in 6D.
Sincerely,
Cac
> Which Mentor count are you referring to? I
> was also impressed with Mentor's level-3
> count but not so with Mentor's level-2.
> Mentor III is indeed very powerful. Mentor
> II is however better than UBZ2, TKO, Hi-Lo/A
> and many other level-1 counts.
> Note: All my sims were run in 6D.
> Sincerely,
> Cac
I referred to Mentor level 2 as provided for in Blackjack Book II. What are the card valued for Mentor level 3?
Rgds,
JJ
> Mentor level 2 can still be improved with a betting side count ( A=-1 5=1). That would result in my opinion in an improvement of at least 5% in 5 deck shoe games.
> Rgds,
> JJ
P.S. I made a quick scan of level 3 counts and found the follwing:
A=-2 ; 2,3 & 7 = 2 ; 4,5 & 6 = 3; 9= -1; T = -3
BC = 0.983
PE = 0.615
IC = 0.806
Is this the Mentor level 3 count?
> P.S. I made a quick scan of level 3 counts
> and found the follwing:
> A=-2 ; 2,3 & 7 = 2 ; 4,5 & 6 = 3; 9=
> -1; T = -3
> BC = 0.983
> PE = 0.615
> IC = 0.806
> Is this the Mentor level 3 count?
Mentor III:
A 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 T
-2 2 2 3 3 3 2 0 -1 -3
Yes, that's it.
Sincerely,
Cac
>
>
> Mentor III:
> A 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 T
> -2 2 2 3 3 3 2 0 -1 -3
> Yes, that's it.
> Sincerely,
> Cac
I still believe that Mentor level 2 with a beting side count (A=-1; 5=+1) is still stronger than Mentor level 3.
Rgds,
JJ
> I still believe that Mentor level 2 with a
> beting side count (A=-1; 5=+1) is still
> stronger than Mentor level 3.
Don't know what is better but the thing is that adding a secondary count makes things more complex.
Sincerely,
Cac
> Don't know what is better but the thing is
> that adding a secondary count makes things
> more complex.
> Sincerely,
> Cac
I agree. The betting side count is only for those who master completely Mentor 2. This brings me back to my main question. Would you advise me to keep mentor 2 count or switch to Zen or RPC for 5 deck shoe games?
Thanks in advance for your reply.
Rgds,
JJ
> I agree. The betting side count is only for
> those who master completely Mentor 2. This
> brings me back to my main question. Would
> you advise me to keep mentor 2 count or
> switch to Zen or RPC for 5 deck shoe games?
> Thanks in advance for your reply.
Mentor II is pretty close to RPC so If I were you I wouldn't make any change.
Sincerely,
Cac
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