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    Don - one thing I've never understood about the True Count Theorem is how can it be correct, as the last few cards are dealt (assuming no cut card), the TC has to finish at 0, so it is moving towards that point. Right? or are you going to say the TC is undefined when the last card is dealt because you can't divide by 0?

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    Quote Originally Posted by 21forme View Post
    Don - one thing I've never understood about the True Count Theorem is how can it be correct, as the last few cards are dealt (assuming no cut card), the TC has to finish at 0, so it is moving towards that point. Right? or are you going to say the TC is undefined when the last card is dealt because you can't divide by 0?
    The TC never has to finish at 0; only the running count does. And, of course, there is no TC if there are no cards left to divide by. Yet again, the RC reverts to zero; the TC doesn't revert to anything.

    Don

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    Quote Originally Posted by 21forme View Post
    Don - one thing I've never understood about the True Count Theorem is how can it be correct, as the last few cards are dealt (assuming no cut card), the TC has to finish at 0, so it is moving towards that point. Right? or are you going to say the TC is undefined when the last card is dealt because you can't divide by 0
    And in terms of the TC staying the same (rather than tending toward zero, as the RC does)... As I understand it, leading up to the end of the deck, because the divisor keeps decreasing more and more with each card dealt (fewer decks remaining), even though the RC approaches 0, the TC doesn't necessarily head in that direction. Let's take an extreme example of only two cards remaining in hi-lo.

    There are 2 cards left in the deck, one X and one 8. The RC is at 1. The TC is at 1 / ~.04, so *25*. After the next card is dealt, the RC will either still be 1 (8 came out) or 0 (X came out). In the case of the RC staying 1, the TC is now 1/~.02, so *50*. If the X came out, then the RC is 0 and the TC is 0/~.02, so it is also 0. Take the "average" of those two possible results (so, run simulations of those possibilities for however long) and you will get a result of the average TC after the next card staying at ~*25*. The average RC after that next card, however, is .5; unlike the TC, the RC is properly approaching zero. I'm sure Don can explain it even better, but that at least kept it clear in my head haha.

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    "I'm sure Don can explain it even better, but that at least kept it clear in my head haha."

    No, your explanation is just fine, thank you. The takeaway is that understanding how the RC behaves is somewhat intuitive and straightforward. It starts at zero, ends at zero, and so, wherever it is other than those two points, it is tending to zero along the way. Understanding how the TC behaves is a great deal LESS intuitive, as we can make no such analogous statements other than, before the deal begins, it is zero.

    Don

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