For the SCORE study of BJA3, counts considered can be found on p. 172. On p. 176, I also added Red 7, so, in all, a dozen counts were included. If you look at Norm's SuperSCORE study beginning on page 188 of volume 1 of Modern Blackjack, you will see on page 191 that eight of our counts overlapped but that he included Mentor, FELT, REKO, and KISS III, but not UAPC, K-O, or RAPC, which I used. Below, you can find one of Norm's charts listing most all of the popular counts used by players today.
Strategy A 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 T BC PE IC Ease Type
Canfield Expert 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 -1 -1.87 .63 .76 6B1 Canfield Master 0 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 -1 -2.92 .67 .85 4B2 Hi-Lo -1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 -1.97 .51 .76 6B1 Hi-Opt I 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 -1.88 .61 .85 6.5B1 Hi-Opt II 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 -2.91 .67 .91 4B2 KISS 2 0 0/1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 -1.90 .62 .87 7US1 KISS 3 -1 0/1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 -1.98 .56 .78 7US1 K-O -1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 -1.98 .55 .78 7.5UC1 Mentor -1 1 2 2 2 2 1 0 -1 -2.97 .62 .80 4B2 Omega II 0 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 -1 -2.92 .67 .85 4B2 Red Seven -1 1 1 1 1 1 0/1 0 0 -1.98 .54 .78 7USC1 REKO -1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 -1.98 .55 .78 8UC1 Revere Adv. Plus Minus 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 -1 -1.89 .59 .76 6B1 Revere Point Count -2 1 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 -2.99 .55 .78 4B2 Revere RAPC -4 2 3 3 4 3 2 0 -1 -31.0 .53 .71 1B4 Revere 14 Count 0 2 2 3 4 2 1 0 -2 -3.92 .65 .82 1B4 Silver Fox -1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 -1 -1.96 .53 .69 6B1 UBZ 2 -1 1 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 -2.97 .62 .84 6.5U2 Uston Adv. Plus Minus -1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 -1.95 .55 .76 6.5B1 Uston APC 0 1 2 2 3 2 2 1 -1 -3.91 .69 .90 2.5B3 Uston SS -2 2 2 2 3 2 1 0 -1 -2.99 .54 .73 4.5U3 Wong Halves -1 .5 1 1 1.5 1 .5 0 -.5 -1.99 .56 .72 2.5B3 Zen Count
I am contemplating embarking on an extremely ambitious new project that would include an incredible amount of data even more voluminous than chapter 10. I would like to be as far-reaching as possible but, to not go completely crazy, would like to limit the number of counts considered to probably a dozen, as in BJA3. The question is, should they be the same dozen, or would you prefer any or all of Norm's four counts to replace some of those from my page 172? Obviously, there are still other counts as well (see above), but I don't see the point of using, say Silver Fox, if there are only three people in the country who actually use it.
So, considering that I will almost certainly use: Hi-Lo, K-O, Red 7, Hi-Opt I, Hi-Opt II, RPC, Halves, AOII, Zen, and UBZ2, which two additional counts would you like to see, assuming I stop at 12?
Thanks in advance for your feedback. (And, no need for a discussion or questions at this time. Just your vote for the counts would be appreciated.)
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