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T-Hopper,
Looks like you put alot of effort into making this a useful and easy to read reference. I am a KO player and noticed your ranking for TH system on page 79 which shows your system superior to KO and Hi-Lo so I will take the time to read through and see what the differences are. Perhaps you could help by just summarizing quickly the differences you that make your system rating higher than KO. Thanks in advance and congratualtions on your efforts!
the K-O basic strategy is much too conservative. T-H Basic is a dollar-weighted strategy, which means it is ideal for a card counter who varies bets with the count. Take a look at the strategy chart and you'll notice several plays like 12 vs. 3 and A8 vs. 5 that make it different from K-O Core.
Mr. Hopper -
Could you please explain how T-H expert outperforms AOII and HOII (AOII received a rating of 98 and TH a rating of 100). From looking at the tags it does not seem to have higher BC or playing efficiency.
Comparing tags of TH expert
+1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 0 0 -1 -1
to HOII
+1 +1 +2 +2 +1 +1 0 0 -2 -2
How could it possibly outperform HOII (AOII and HOII perform similarly)???? Is the Insurance Correlation that much higher
if we don't double certain tags?
thanks
marti dani
T-H Expert has a BC and PE nearly as high as the top multi-level counts. It took only a little boost for it to catch up with them. T-H Expert uses a simple system of +1, -1, or 0 playing adjustments for the ace side count to bump the PE up to .70. This is enough to make the single-level T-H Expert competitive with the premium strategies like Hi-Opt II and AOII in any game. The entire playing strategy still fitting in a single page that looks a lot like the T-H Basic strategy chart.
Thus, these Ace side count playing strategy deviations could also be used on HOII/AOII bringing these systems to outperform TH-Expert. The difference being that TH Expert is still only a level 1 system that performs well.
What I am interested in is a relatively simple count system that can be used for pitch games and 6 deck games. Did you study any of these systems that can be used relatively well? Right now I use
HOII for pitch games
Hi Lo for shoes
However, I would like something that does as well as the above but with less work (not having to use two systems). For example, right now now all I can think is Wong Halves times 2 and maybe UBZII. Do your serious of books have any information on using "one system" for all games? I have given up on using HOII for 6 deck shoes.
thanks.
marti dani
> Thus, these Ace side count playing strategy deviations could also
> be used on HOII/AOII bringing these systems to outperform TH-Expert.
Yes, that's just one example of how the books could be used by someone who wants to use a different count system. Either way, the difference of 2-3% one way or the other is insignificant compared to the 10% or greater difference between T-H Expert and all other single-level counts.
> What I am interested in is a relatively simple count system that
> can be used for pitch games and 6 deck games. Did you study any of
> these systems that can be used relatively well?
Did you also look at the Bushido systems? There are running count (Bushido Intermediate) and true count (Bushido Advanced) flavors to choose from. Bushido Advanced is nearly as strong as T-H Expert in many games, with no side count required. And you could even switch between the counts just by counting 7s and Aces as 1/2 point.
> Do your serious of books have any information on using "one system" for all games?
Every one of the systems has a detailed set of System Reports covering the same 20 standard games detailed in T-H Basic Blackjack. In addition, the Intermediate volumes also include extensive coverage of various rules variations found all over the world, presented in a series of another 20 reports. These are real games that all exist in multiple locations today, not just various permutations of a few rules.
Due to a server upgrade, my web site had reverted to a backup copy, from BEFORE I added the order form for T-H and Bushido Blackjack. The order form has been added, and can be easily reached from the home page.
Over 100 people have downloaded the T-H Basic Blackjack book in less than 24 hours. I hope most of you read it!
Thanks T-Hopper! I imagine that you are mainly giving up some data in order to SELL some data, but that is ok. You are very knowlegable on the art of Blackjack and I am pleased to see you giving up some free info. I am reading it now. First thoughts are... I can make some use even from the free stuff. Maybe the costly stuff is worth it too. My hat is off to you.
quark...
> Maybe the costly stuff is worth it too
Actually the books are on sale at bargain-basement prices right now and I can't guarantee how long these prices will last. Certainly the prices will have to go up when the books begin to be sold through third parties.
