Quote Originally Posted by refinery View Post
Somewhat related: I'd like to understand the blank rows as well. Never understood why that happens.
It's a quirk in how true count is calculated with multiple players at single deck. With three players (four hands, with the dealer), you'll use, on average, 10.8 cards per round, so close to one-quarter of a deck. For the next round, say your running count is +2. The TC is now 2 x 4/3 = 8/3 = 2.67, which is floored to 2. But what if the RC is +3? Then the TC is 3 x 4/3 = 4! So, there's no way to get to 3!

The same thing happens at various other levels of the deck, and with various TCs. Play with it a little bit, and you'll see that you can't get to TCs of 3 or 7. It's just a quirk of arithmetic; don't let it bother you.

Don