Jackie,

Couple of thoughts: First, and hopefully Don or Norm could chime in on this one, but couldn't you get a decent ballpark figure by doing a sim and punching in your average "neutral ev" bet for the neutral ev TCs?

Second, another idea for opposition betting: If you wong in at a very high TC, you could raise your bet after seeing a lot of high cards, lower it after a round of low cards, etc. Maybe you've already thought of that. But I think you'd want to have a fairly good sense of your opponent -- I mean the particular casino you're dealing with, or maybe even the particular surveillance shift -- before trying gambits like these. Right?

And to know the enemy that well. . . hmmm. This gives me another idea, but I'm going to have to start a new thread. . .