If you're saying that you can't win as quickly at a five-player table than by yourself, isn't that obvious? You won't get as many rounds per hour; we all understand that.
But where you're getting into voodoo is when you study particular true counts and try to imply that because you're at a crowded table, somehow or other a particular true count becomes less favorable to you than if you were alone. That isn't true.
As for Phil, who wrote: " I don’t understand what this means: 'The average true count for one player, or fifth player, at the start of the round is going to be the same zero everywhere.'" It means, if you're playing alone, or with others, whatever TC you encounter, it's worth the same to you at the multi-player table than when you're alone. True counts aren't worth more just because you're alone. Finally, on average, the true count is zero. And it's zero when you start a round as a lone player or one at a multi-player table. It makes no difference.
Don
by: Don Schlesinger
On average the true count is the same when you receive your two cards. However, in a 2 deck game the standard deviation numbers I am seeing are indicating that there is a wider distribution of true counts at which you receive your two cards than in a 6 deck game. Particularly if you are sitting at 3rd base of a full table (5 players in these tests). The true count is the same or worth the same to you on average but there is more variability in each true count that is determining this average in a 2 deck game than in a 6 deck game. The highs and lows being more variable in 2 decks vs 6 decks. I am not implying anything about the quality of the game or about the quality of the true count. Am just trying to describe the numbers I am seeing. And only about the variability in determining the average, not about the average. And am not trying to say in what seat or how anyone should play.
For example for some of this variability, in a round starting with a true count of 2 in a 2 deck game, sometimes you will receive your cards at a true count of 0 and sometimes at a true count if 4. This rarely happens with 6 decks. But so what. If the true count is high enough it won’t matter. If the true count is on the lower side of where you raise your bet then the increase or decrease in advantage is pretty linear with these variations, so the average lower or higher true count will average out ok. But maybe more of a short roller coaster than a steady ride, lol. And outcomes are often compared to variations.