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Originally Posted by
pokertito
Thanks so much for the detailed response NaLaAa,
You touched on the REKO-F being a good starting point, is this a derivation of the KO system? If I decided to go with the REKO-F system would "Knock-Out Blackjack" and "Blackbelt in Blackjack" still be good starting resources?
Blackbelt is a wonderful starting resource, but will not give you information on KO. Blackbelt will give information on the Red 7 unbalanced count (and also the Zen count, level 2 and balanced). Modern Blackjack, the free book on this site, will give you information on the ReKO count, which is a simplification/steamlining of the already simple KO system, to answer your question, and is another wonderful starting resource. You'd do well to read them both to start with.
If you do decide to go with an unbalanced count, then KO and Color of Blackjack would be two more excellent reads, even if you didn't go specifically with KO, as they will increase your understanding of unbalanced strategies.
Although the debate between level 1 vs level 2 system recommendations will always rage on, with both sides making valid points, I do believe that in either case, starting with an unbalanced count (KO/KISS/Red7 as examples for level 1 and UBZ2/BRH-Systems as examples for level 2) is a wonderful plan for the new counter. It allows one to start slow, gain confidence, get the feet wet, and avoid errors a novice will be prone to make, all with the option of adopting true-counting as part of the game plan in the future when they are ready for it.
And once the player has some seasoning at the tables, and if they decide to start TCing their unbalanced count, which is as easy to do as with a balanced one, they will now be armed with a strategy that will outperform their balanced counterparts in many-to-most games AND will have a pivot point that helps mitigate errors - a difficult to quantify benefit that will contribute towards our goal of precision play.
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