Does anyone have good advice on opposition betting for the purpose of cover? Thanks!
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I can find it easily. It's a brick of bytes on my hard drive. I can't open it since I upgraded four computers ago. Beware of DRM; you own nothing.
From memory, it is another Intro book with its own share of useful small innovations, written by one of our math luminaries from yesteryear. It was a good book as far as that goes, but not a $2k on EBay book. It isn't in the same vein as CAA. It's only rare because it is a now unobtainable ebook, bricked the world o'er.
Dynamic betting essentially is betting two ramps, one at your full bet sizes, the other at half your full bet sizes. You alternate every hand. Round #1 you bet $300. Round #2, given the same TC, you bet $150. Repeat.
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There are several forms of it. It should be noted, at least IMO, should be reserved for strong bankrolls to betting ramp. In other words, if your bankroll is marginal, the strategy should be avoided. I use a slightly different approach - I use a bucket approach whereby I have a top, bottom and mid range for each TC, thereby avoiding consistency of betting. There are factors I use to determine which range to use. I continue the chip up approach, or chip down, depending on win or loss, continuing the anticipated winning by continuing to chip up once the count has plateaued, and has started coming down.
Best advice is probably not to use it, unless you're spreading in black or higher. Even then, hit and run might be preferable. In any case, it won't fool a computer if they run a skills check, and PBs are usually alerted by a large spread, which opposition betting still requires.
It's definitely a valid way to play. It helps a lot if you have a certain act, and can pull it off. Also, realize it will increase variance. This is not to be used to spread 1-20 on a mediocre shoe game. It's to be used to spread min to max on a pitch game.
I won't discuss specific methods in public, and I ask others to do likewise, so as not to give "tells" to the dark side.
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