Optimal Wong-Out Point with RPC

Hey Folks,

I posted this on one of the other sites and have gotten no response so far so here goes.

I've become very interested in the RPC lite strategy as shown on the QFIT website. Per Norm's suggestion, I ran CVCX and determined an optimal betting ramp using TC per whole deck (instead of half decks which I don't feel comfortable using). What is the optimal wong-out point for the RPC using TC per deck? I know that it is -1 TC for Hi-Lo. Would a good way to extrapolate that to the new strategy be to find a comparable negative EV that equals -1 TC in Hi-Lo? I can get that information from CVCX but I wanted to know if this was a reasonable approach.

I usually play all and bail to take a bathroom break when things start going downhill and will return at the start of a new shoe. I've always gotten this info (wong-out points) from counting strategy books (i.e., K-O, Blackjack Bluebook, etc.) in the past but this is the first time I've ever attempted to create my own strategy and I don't want to screw it up.

Thanks for any advice you can give.

euphdude,

When you run CVCX, the outputs shows the EV at each TC over a large range of typical values. Simply scan the list to find the highest TC that has a negative EV, and set that TC as your Wong point.

For example, if you click on the link below, you'll go to Norm's CVCX Online page. Select "Revere", and the program will automatically calculate the results for the default game (6D, S17, 5/6 Pen, etc.), which shows a %W/L of 0.883%. If you look at the output for this run, you'll see that the EV is negative for all TC less than or equal to 0, so here you should set the Wong in/out point to 1, check the "Back-Counting" box, and click the Calculate button. Now the %W/L jumps to 2.006%, because you're playing only +EV hands.

Since you have CVCX, you can do this with your own runs, to account for the particular rules, deck estimation, and other parameters that you set.

Hope this helps!

Dog Hand