KO vs HiLo For SD

I will be heading for Vegas for a long (for me) 5 day trip in a few days. I'm a red chip player 1-4, 2-6, sometimes 2X4/6 in high counts. I've played using HiLo running count on my trips previously. I don't feel comfortable converting to TC, especially in 6-deck games, and have both won and lost.

This trip I am planning to play only 1 & 2 deck games, and have done a pretty good job mastering KO count.

Unfortunately, sometimes I think too much, and have come up with a quandry when it comes to SD. If I'm way off base forgive me, but I could use some advice here.

For example, in SD if there is approx 1/2 deck left, in KO if the count is +2 you double your bet. Since the final count at the end of the deck is +4, this makes the deck about where you would expect it to be. Isn't doubling the bet risky?

If the same thing happened in HiLo, and at 1/2 deck you were at a 0 count, you wouldn't be increasing your bet.

On the other hand, with 1/2 deck left if the HiLo count was +2 this would be a TC of +4 and you would be betting & playing strategy accordingly.

Does this make HiLo more powerful for SD than KO?

I plan to play KO on DD games, as I'm not comfortable with TC conversions, but which system gives me a better advantage at SD?

BTW, I've considered and rejected using a L2 count for SD this trip - maybe next one.

Thanks for your assistance.

Jay

P.S. I've done some unscientific sims dealing & betting both ways during my practice, and damned if I don't make more money on SD using KO. Maybe it's because so many more negative counts come up in HiLo?

Click on simulations, and the one you're looking for is the first one.

According to what I gather from the sim, instead of using the standard betting formula for KO, Grinder ignores the Key Count, and increases the bet only at Pivot -1 (+3 in SD where Key is +2 & Pivot is +4).
Now this makes a bit more sense to me. One of the reasons I like KO (other than the ease of use) is that it leaves less uncounted cards in play due to the seven count as +1. Playing HiLo it drives you nuts when a dealer gets a 7 on a hard 14 in a wicked plus count.

I'm going to try a few more of my unscientific sims with the adjusted betting & see what happens. Thanks for the link!

When playing SD, I up my bet at +2 after the first hand (first two hands if playing heads up), and +3 thereafter. This makes it just about as good as HiLo.

Also you can add at the 50% level and RC +2 if the cards delt have contained lots of 2s and 7s you dont raise.
If it was made up of cards 4,5,6 you almost certainly have an edge.
(alas only a small one) but I agree your method of +3 after the first
hand is perfect.
A real gem.

D.