Quote Originally Posted by ZeeBabar View Post
Agree 100%. There is an excellent thread currently active on blackjackinfo.com about selecting a count for newbies. It seems that every thread here by a couple of posters is aimed at putting down HiLo players. When evidence is presented everywhere that in today's game the gain by using a higher count is really not much, you are drowned by graphs that show a significant difference in extreme counts that occur an insignificant amount of time or assumptions that HiLo will get you caught and backed off. This despite the fact that a majority of successful counters use HiLo or other one level counts. Some of us are now succeeding playing HiLo, many while even playing with a players card.

I started playing with a $15k BR, still around 200 hours a year and despite learning through many many initial mistakes (not doubling on A7 or splitting 9's against a 9 and many correct risk averse plays), after roughly 600 hours, my BR crossed $50k three days ago. This despite earning zero in year 2. $19k, Zero, $31k over the past 3 years starting August 2014.
Hilo is the worst for beginners because, becuase beginners have small bankrolls and hilo has huge variance compared to a strong count system like hi opt2!