I understand that hi low count is based on low cards 2-6 assigned plus 1 and 10, face cards and ace are assigned -1.
Why wouldn't there be a count of 2-7 and 9-A? The only card left out would be the 8.
Would having more data make the count stronger? Just curious
"I understand that hi low count is based on low cards 2-6 assigned plus 1 and 10, face cards and ace are assigned -1.
"Why wouldn't there be a count of 2-7 and 9-A? The only card left out would be the 8.
"Would having more data make the count stronger? Just curious."
In fact, the simple answer is no. Counting the 7 as +1 and the 9 as -1 is the Silver Fox Count of Ralph Stricker (adapted from Koko Ito's Green Fountain count). It is slightly less powerful than Hi-Lo, mainly because its .69 Insurance Correlation is quite inferior to Hi-Lo's .76.
Don
But it involves more than just counting the 2, 7, and 9 otherwise yo run into the issues described by Don.
One of my colleagues a highly respected long-time professional counts the following way: 2-6 +1 and 9-10 -1
Now this is excellent for playing efficiency but for betting correlation it's rather poor since the Ace is not taken into account.
Of course he counts the Aces separately for the betting but even after the ace correction the betting correlation is still unsatisfactory since the 9 is overrated.
So he performs also a side-count of nines. The purpose of this is to get back to the high-low count by switching the nines against the aces for correct betting!
Could there be a better proof of the power of hilo!
Francis Salmon
As Don knows, I do use the Silver Fox Count.
