Brick: If I decide to never split tens,

[Brick]

what is the cost of ev?

thanking in advance.

[Don Schlesinger]

> what is the cost of ev?

> thanking in advance.

Impossible to answer without more info. What game, decks, rules, spread?

For one estimate, see BJA3, p. 62, where, for the I18 Hi-Lo player in the article, gain was 0.034%. If your average bet is $100, and you play 100 hands an hour, ten-splitting is worth $3.40 an hour.

Your mileage may vary.

Don

[a bj player]

> Impossible to answer without more info. What
> game, decks, rules, spread?

> For one estimate, see BJA3, p. 62, where,
> for the I18 Hi-Lo player in the article,
> gain was 0.034%. If your average bet is
> $100, and you play 100 hands an hour,
> ten-splitting is worth $3.40 an hour.

> Your mileage may vary.

> Don

I have only BJA 2, and in mind, that you split the tens at TC 5 or 6, when dealer has 5 or6.
About the average bet> I think this means the average bet at these certain TrueCounts and this will be difficult, to average 100 plus TC situations{hands} in one hour

[Don Schlesinger]

> I have only BJA 2, and in mind, that you
> split the tens at TC 5 or 6, when dealer has
> 5 or6.

Right.

> About the average bet> I think this means
> the average bet at these certain TrueCounts

Right again.

> and this will be difficult, to average 100
> plus TC situations{hands} in one hour.

No, the figure cited already takes into account how frequently the play comes up -- which isn't very frequently at all.

Don

[Brick]

> About the average bet> I think this means
> the average bet at these certain TrueCounts

When bj player asked about average bets,he's asking if the average bet of $100 is for that particuliar TC of where the index number is used. How can he be correct if the bet for a TC is what it is ? In other words there's nothing to average. When you said "average bet" I assumed you meant the overall average bet of total money in action for all hands,is this correct?

thanks.

[Don Schlesinger]

> When bj player asked about average bets, he's
> asking if the average bet of $100 is for
> that particuliar TC of where the index
> number is used.

And, I answered yes. Reread the I18 article. I get the edge by surmising what the average bet will be at the TC at which the play is made and above. In my example above, I assumed $100; in reality, it could be anything.

> How can he be correct if the
> bet for a TC is what it is? In other words
> there's nothing to average.

If your max bet is made at +5 or lower, there's nothing to average; if not, there may be something to average.

> When you said
> "average bet" I assumed you meant
> the overall average bet of total money in
> action for all hands,is this correct?

In action for all hands at which the index is equal to or higher than what is necessary to make the play.

Don