True Count distribution changes after spreading horizontally.

[bec88]

When in CVCX i notice if you switch to playing two hands (all the time,) all the true count frequencies remain the same as playing one hand BUT if you raise your count where you spread to two hands (i.e. play 2 hands at TC>1,) the true count distribution would alter slightly. WL% and SD remains the same no matter what you do. I am confused as to why spreading to 2 hands mid game would affect the TC frequency? Maybe I am missing something but it doesn't seem like any changing of your bets would change the TC frequencies of the game....it doesnt change it much (fractions of a percent) but still don't know why....

[Norm]

In blackjack, pretty much any time you change anything, other things change. If you change the number of hands that are played at a count, you tend to decrease the number of rounds that start at that count and nearby counts because you are using up more cards in each round. This is one of the problems with increasing the number of hands played at higher counts. You decrease the number of rounds with a positive count. You will note that when you switch from playing one hand to two, SCORE goes up. But, if you then change it to play one hand at low counts and two at higher counts, the SCORE decreases from always two hands.

[bec88]

Thank you, that makes sense.