KO Rounded Strategy Matrix

I have a question regarding KO's rounded strategy matrix and unbalanced counts. Is it possible to use KO's rounded strategy matrix with other unbalanced counts with the same pivot point? For example, both the unbalanced zen and the uston ss counts have pivot points of 4, which is KO's pivot point.

The short answer to your question is no.. BUT

I've looked quite a bit into this. The UBZII indices, as you know, are pretty well set in stone for multi-deck, but I wasn't happy with this so I did a bit (actually a lot) of experimenting.

I prefer to handle unbalanced counts by keeping the KC constant (at 1 for example) and moving the IRC and Pivot points depending on the number of decks. This way I can start betting up at KC and higher without having to adjust my thinking too much when it comes to betting.

I ran some sims using Blackjack Statistical Analyser and CVData for different deck sizes and found that using the KO principle of a rounded set of indices, I was able to adapt it to UBZII with favourable results. It's not absolutely perfect, but this adaptation works for any number of decks, and that's why I use it over KO.

With 4 deck, for example, I set IRC at -10, KC at 1 and Pivot at 10.

I also have figures for other deck sizes, but I don't have them on me at the moment. (I usually play 4 deck.)

Please don't ask me to explain the theory of it or anything like that. And I know it's a bit of a fudge, but I also know that I am getting superior sim results to the original UBZII multideck figures (and KO), and it's a lot easier and quicker to use because I play it like KO. Once you know KO it's a piece of cake (that is once you can count level 2).

Hope this helps.

Alan