"The Color of Blackjack" – My Observations

[RatherNotGiveMyRealName]

I use the KO with catch all risk averse indices. It pushes the betting ramp forward slightly to +15/+24 6D and +20/+27 8D while removing or delaying the indices that add variance for small gains in EV.

I would highly recommend you add some from of depth-based true counting to your KO system. It is oft-repeated but true that KO has you under-betting early and over-betting late. For example, and assuming you are using an IRC of 0 for six-deck, you are at a TC of 1 at +9 with 5 decks remaining. At the same depth, a +15 is a true 2. On the other end, with two decks remaining, that +15 that you increase your bet at gives you a true count of -0.5 (and a -5 if there’s one deck left).

I have spent a lot of time on my version of CKO and feel like I have the perfect KO system but am not 100% confident on my bet ramp and indices. That’s partially a symptom of me not owning any CV software for sims but I am not going to drop $100 on it just yet (I have a small bankroll and have already amassed indices and a bet ramp).

Cheers

[PinkChip]

I would highly recommend you add some from of depth-based true counting to your KO system. It is oft-repeated but true that KO has you under-betting early and over-betting late. For example, and assuming you are using an IRC of 0 for six-deck, you are at a TC of 1 at +9 with 5 decks remaining. At the same depth, a +15 is a true 2. On the other end, with two decks remaining, that +15 that you increase your bet at gives you a true count of -.05 (and a -5 if there’s one deck left).

Cheers

I think that after 4 decks (2 decks remaining), your RC in a neutral 6 deck shoe should have increased from 0 to 4*4 = 16, so with +15, your real RC is 1 below par, so the TC is -1/2 = -0.5 , not only -0.05, isn't it?

[RatherNotGiveMyRealName]

I think that after 4 decks (2 decks remaining), your RC in a neutral 6 deck shoe should have increased from 0 to 4*4 = 16, so with +15, your real RC is 1 below par, so the TC is -1/2 = -0.5 , not only -0.05, isn't it?

Yeah, that’s a typo. I’ll fix it.