I guess this post is directed for Gronbog.
Gronbog’s sims are posted starting with the SCORE for HL with full indices and then the SCOREs of other count systems are listed for various scenarios such as play-all, back counting and bet spreads and for late surrender and no late surrender.
It is sometime difficult to assess what exactly the benefit of a SCORE with, for example, an 8% increase in SCORE over HL with full indices really means. If the HL with no indices SCORE was included, this increase 8% increase in SCORE would be more meaningful since counters have a good idea of the benefits of using indices with the HL as opposed to just using the HL for betting and basic strategy for all plays.
I have seen the benefits of using HL indices as opposed to HL with no indices ranging from 10% to 40% with a disclaimer that the increase in SCORE of HL with indices over HL with no indices depends on the bet spread, play all or back counted, Late Surrender, no late surrender and more.
Therefore, what would be especially helpful to gauge what an 8% increase over HL with full indices really means would be relating that 8% increase, for each particular situation, to the HL with full indices to the increase in the SCORE of the HL with full indices to the HL with no indices for that same situation to get a better grip on how beneficial the increase in SCORE really is.
For example, consider a six deck, five decks dealt, Late Surrender, back counted, 1-8 spread as follows:
HiLo Full no indices...........n/a
HiLo Full Indices ...........88.18
HiLo+7m9c-b-p top 6.....95.66
HiOpt II + ASC.............102.08
From this it can be seen that the SCORE of HL w 7m9c-b-p top 6 is 8% greater than the SCORE of HL with full indices and the SCORE of HO2 w ASC is 16% greater than the SCORE of HL with full indices.
But what would be helpful to get a better idea of exactly how much this 8% increase in HL w full indices SCORE really means would be to have the SCORE of HL with no indices for this situation.
So, for example, and I am just making this number up, the SCORE of HL with no indices was 80. Then the increase in the SCORE of HL with full indices to the SCORE of HL with no indices would be 10%
Then the increase in the SCORE of HL w 7m9c of 8% can be compared with the 10% increase in the HL SCORE if full indices were used and you can then say including 7m9c top 6 gives almost as much extra advantage as including a full set of indices to the HL. That would make the 8% SCORE increase more meaningful.
If Gronbog has the SCOREs of HL with no indices and HL with full indices for say a six deck, five decks dealt, late surrender game and a six deck no late surrender game under various scenarios (play all and back counted) and various bet spreads that would be helpful to put the increase in SCORE for various counts in better perspective.
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