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    CV Blackjack Indexes?!!! or Book Indexes?!!!

    I have noticed when playing on Casino Veritee! that they use slightlyy different numbers than in Standford Wongs Pro Blackjack book! Which ones shall I use? The one on Casino Verite! or in the Wongs Book!!?

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    CV uses the indices in Stanford's books. However, Stanford made a large change to the negative indices in '94 and has made other minor changes from time to time in new printings.
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    I don't buy every printing. I don't think I've changed a Wong index in the last decade or so. Oddly, I think the AOII numbers are in advance of the book. Bryce would make occasional changes in new printings and e-mail them to me. The last one he e-mailed was before the next printing, and I don't think they bothered to make the change.
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    NORM! You are wrong. On the software! Some numbers are off by 1! I'm looking at the tables pg 46 table 9 and pg 48 table 10 OF professional Blackjack.The numbers in CV are slight ly different than on pg 46-48!!

    For example! No indexes for late surrender 17vA in book, but Casino veritte says to surrender. I think Verite is correct on 17vA though for H17 as I believe that's the correct play! Why does PBJ not have surrender index for 17vA??!
    Last edited by RoadWarrior; 04-27-2016 at 06:54 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RoadWarrior View Post
    I think Verite is correct on 17vA though for H17 as I believe that's the correct play!
    I never play H17 but if memory serves 17vA is a BS surrender.

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    WO ng does not have an index for surrender in his Book!. Does that mean just follow basic strategy and surrender!?

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    Quote Originally Posted by RoadWarrior View Post
    WO ng does not have an index for surrender in his Book!. Does that mean just follow basic strategy and surrender!?
    Yes, indices are departures from BS. If there is no index you use BS.

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    Thank you! Can you explain why Casino Verite uses slightly different numbers?! Norm says they are the same but they are not!!

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    The index is a reverse one. You surrender if the TC is < +2. So, yes, that is BS, but no, that doesn't mean that there shouldn't be an index for the play.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RoadWarrior View Post
    Thank you! Can you explain why Casino Verite uses slightly different numbers?! Norm says they are the same but they are not!!
    As I said, the indices come from the book. But, the indices in the book vary by edition. In particular, he changed all the negative indices by 1 in 1994.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Norm View Post
    As I said, the indices come from the book. But, the indices in the book vary by edition. In particular, he changed all the negative indices by 1 in 1994.
    Im going by the 1994 book. And some positive numbers are reduced by 1 as well NOT just the negative ones!

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    Give me an example.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Norm View Post
    Give me an example.
    I think i know whats wrong, the numbers in CV are based on s17! like 12v3 in CV says 2 but the H17 table in wong! says 12v3 is 1 NOT 2
    Last edited by RoadWarrior; 04-28-2016 at 10:36 AM.

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