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    Quote Originally Posted by G Man View Post
    What I can see here is that aceside tries to avoid the problem of multiple hands associated with a dealer Blackjack. The strategy could be applicable to Ace sequencing... Play only one hand and share the Ace with the dealer (on average) instead of playing a "buffer hand" and lose both to a dealer BJ. This problem doesn't exist with decks that are ten rich.

    Is that what you mean aceside?
    I propose this new strategy, based on these two reasonings: card counting and ace prediction. Suppose we have a six-deck shoe with the strip rules.

    1. The effect of removal of a ten-valued card is about the same as that of an Ace card, meaning that a Ten and an Ace are equally important for the bet size. However, this assumes that you cannot locate Aces.

    2. If we can locate aces, the Ace card will be a lot more important: it gives an expected return of 51% for the player, but 37% for the dealer, depending on who gets it. The means a huge asymmetry for us to explore.

    When the remaining deck is Ace-rich but Ten-neutral (TC>0), we have the best odds for naturals, so we catch them using a large bet size. When the remaining deck is Ace-poor but Ten-rich (TC>0), we play two hands to take advantage of the player’s privileges: surrender, split, double down, and side bets of insurance and any others.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gronbog View Post
    Then you don't know what covariance is. Covariance by definition requires at least two simultaneous hands.
    I guess you often do not need two specific hands to find the covariance. Consider a six-deck shoe with the strip rules, and you just sit at the table to play two hand simultaneously. Your girlfriend asks you, what is the covariance of the two hand? Wong says 0.482456.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DSchles View Post
    First time I've ever heard that. I see no basis at all for that strategy.

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    Snyder was talking about this. As far as I remember, in his book « Cookbook».
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    Quote Originally Posted by G Man View Post
    What I can see here is that aceside tries to avoid the problem of multiple hands associated with a dealer Blackjack. The strategy could be applicable to Ace sequencing... Play only one hand and share the Ace with the dealer (on average) instead of playing a "buffer hand" and lose both to a dealer BJ.
    But that logic would be innacurate.
    Im far from being an expert in sequencing, but Ive done my fair share of it on simple shuffles and casinos with sloppy procedures where dealers showed cards and what you really want to do in a round with an ace is to bet big in the box where you have the ace tracked, but also bet minimum (or very small) in all the other boxes.
    That way if you miss the ace you reduce the chances of it going to the dealer at a very little cost which far outweights the risk of losing that max bet against a dealers ace.
    Of course doing this solo raises huge red flags, for obvious reasons.
    Most experts Ive seen play serious sequencing strategies had team members to play those minimum bets when required.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DSchles View Post
    First time I've ever heard that. I see no basis at all for that strategy.

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    Same here. First time.

    Quote Originally Posted by Gramazeka View Post
    Snyder was talking about this. As far as I remember, in his book « Cookbook».
    Dont remember reading about that in the Cookbook my friend. It's been a while since I last read it. I will take a look at it to see if I find that.

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    If you have the Cookbook 2003 Edition, it's at bottom of page 75 and top of page 76
    G Man

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    Quote Originally Posted by G Man View Post
    If you have the Cookbook 2003 Edition, it's at bottom of page 75 and top of page 76
    Thanks!

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    Quote Originally Posted by G Man View Post
    If you have the Cookbook 2003 Edition, it's at bottom of page 75 and top of page 76
    I will say more - all professional trekkers I know have used this strategy, agreeing with Snyder's findings. I'm not talking about keys and sequences, I'm talking about tracking slugs and segments.
    Playing a slug with an excess of aces and a deficit of tens can be losing your ass, which is what happened to most Ace hunters who don't understand the math of Blackjack.
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    Quote Originally Posted by G Man View Post
    If you have the Cookbook 2003 Edition, it's at bottom of page 75 and top of page 76
    Just took a quick look at it and from what I can tell from those pages Snyder is advising against all other spots at max bets, which would definitely be a mistake.
    I think it was very wise of him to include that heads up since playing only one hand in that situation might feel counter-intuitive to a person not familiar with the math of it.

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    One of the hidden reasons for this advice from Snyder when it comes to one-handed aces slug is that one-handed play has more control over the attacking zone.
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    One of the problems with ace tracking is it is difficult to generalize the process. With straight card counting, you just follow the rules. With tracking, the particular situation may require quick improvisation.

    But, that isn't how this conversation started. There is a difference between how to play dependent upon overall ace v ten richness (side counting) and slug tracking.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Norm View Post
    One of the problems with ace tracking is it is difficult to generalize the process. With straight card counting, you just follow the rules. With tracking, the particular situation may require quick improvisation.
    Exactly the reason why it is so difficult for teams to include any form of tracking to their play.
    Almost impossible to evaluate and analyze in a standarized manner.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gramazeka View Post
    One of the hidden reasons for this advice from Snyder when it comes to one-handed aces slug is that one-handed play has more control over the attacking zone.
    True, but for that particular section I believe he was analyzing the cost of steering in sequencing strategies.
    I find it very strange that in that same section he didnt cover the possibility of doing it with minimum bets to cover or steer for the max bet.
    Maybe he didnt do it on purpose.
    If I remember correctly he starts the book warning readers that some information is purposely not covered.

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