Hi all.

I'm curious whether people are memorizing deviations for a variety of games. Specifically, I'm practicing deviations for S17 shoe games, but it seems like if you really want to be versatile you need to learn at least H17 shoe games. And then there are DD games with another set of basic strategy and deviation rules.

Are people actually learning 2 to 4 different sets of basic strategy rules along with their associated deviations? This would seem difficult, if not impossible, to keep track of without mixing up the various index plays.

If you're only learning one composite set of BS and deviations, do you typically try to play only one type of game?

The reason I ask is that there are many H17 shoe games near me, so eventually I would try to learn both S17 and H17 deviations. But it seems challenging.

Thanks for any input.