Can anyone tell me if the version of the Illustrious 18 plays & index numbers on a 6D S17 game is ANY different from the version of the Illustrious 18 plays & index numbers on a 6D H17 game?
As always replies are appreciated!
-PP
I do not recall if 12 v 6 is on the I18, but if not, it is close. On S17, the index is -1. On H17, it drops to about -3 or -4
The plays stay the same for 6 deck S17 vs H17.
The index# change for plays with a dealer 6 or Ace up card.
Also, since the original I18 was published, it was shown that
s19 vs 5,6
8 vs 5,6
were important plays in 6 deck shoes (original I18 was for 4 decks)
and they should be added giving you a 'Catch 22'.
(I think these plays knocked 13 vs 2,3 and 12 vs 5,6 off the original 18 list).
Here is the 6d,S17 Illustrious 18 plays submitted by Cacarulo in his excellent post of April 2000 which appears in the Archives under Post of the Month.
1) 16vT(0)
2) INS(+3)
3) 12v3(+2)
4) 15vT(+4)
5) 11vA(+1)
6) 12v2(+3)
7) 9v2(+1)
8) TTv5(+5)
9) TTv6(+4)
10) 8v6(+2)
11) 16v9(+4)
12) A8v6(+1)
13) 12v4(0)
14) A8v5(+1)
15) 13v2(-1)
16) 10vA(+3)
17) 8v5(+4)
18) 9v7(+3)
To Sotsog's point about replacements,Cacarulo says in his post that 10vT(+4),12v5(-2),12v6(-1) and 13v3(-2)were replaced by A8v5&6(+1)and 8v5&6(+4,+2).
In looking at another source,as best I can determine, the 6d,H17 game would change only two index numbers in the S17 game. First, 11vA from +1 to 0 and second, 12v6, which has been replaced, from -1 to -3.
