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All Clear
I would recommend trying to find "Secret Monkey Count" on this site. It isn't secret anymore, but was when it first came out (prior to the release of Katarina's book, as I recall). It was created by a former poster here who had "Monkey" in his name- hence the name of the count. It is better than Katarina's count (KatCount), which is unbalanced, and doesn't give the A the power it deserves in Spanish 21. The tags for Secret Monkey are simply KatCount, but using the A as -2 instead of -1, and starting with a running count of zero, as it is balanced. The index plays may even be around here somewhere..... Automatic Monkey (the creator) had mentioned that he doesn't mind if it is given out (he uses a far more advanced counting system, and hasn't used SMC in years), and while there is so much further to go, that is definitely a big step beyond Katarina's count.
I know five people (T3 is one of them), all of whom used to post online often (I don't believe any currently do) that switched to counting Spanish 21 as their primary game- but all five of them use the S17 game, and not the H17 redoubling game. All of them use counts more advanced than Secret Monkey (which itself is more advanced than KatCount, as mentioned). When I go to casinos (not my full time job- I do have a day one, in the STEM area), I count the S17 game as well. I use a balanced playing count, and add a balanced level-3 side-count of aces (the ace tagged as -3, to reflect that aces are far more valuable for betting purposes than ten-valued cards, and in S17 games, are around three times as valuable), but it isn't one I can share- I worked on getting it, along with the appropriate index numbers, with other players, and can't give the information out. T3 was the one who used to post the most about this game- I do miss reading his input.
For more information about counting Spanish 21 in general, you can also do searches for threads that have "Spanish" in them, confirm they are related to SP21, and read through them. One can also try looking at threads that I've posted in- it seems like I have under 90 posts since I created my account in 2012, and almost all of them, and the threads they are in, likely relate to Spanish 21, which is the only game I've been counting for many many years.
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