does anyone here use any of lawrence revere's strategy's?
what do you guys think about his APC (advanced point count)
altho i'm quite young, i eye revere's strategies like a hawk. I grew up with revere's book in the home library and treat it like my bible. There are many other systems that are simpler to use and more fit to the current BJ world (multi deck)...the other members here can help you there. In revere's world, there were sd s17 games a plenty, which is obviously a pipe dream anymore......but the games he wrote strategies for do exist; you just gotta go find them. I have had good, winning success with revere's gospel.
Revere's PC and APC is mentioned in almost every BJ book i've ever glanced thru.
From your question, you are probably alot like me.....you have only been exposed to the very old school revere, and want to know what else is out there. For me so far, i know there are updated systems, but why change when you keep winning???? I will change one day, but why now??? Win win win is the idea, eh?
are obsolete and not as effective as simpler systems availiable today. A02 and HiOpt-2 are both better, simpler, and stronger than Revere's APC.
Revere's assumptions about bankroll are basically stone-age guestimations based on his own experience at games that no longer exist (S17 single deck dealt to the bottom).
"Playing Blackjack as a Business" is useful only as a historical artifact....but has nice basic strategy charts.
There were two Revere APC's--a '71 version and a 73, the latter with ace values of 0. AO II and Hi Opt II have both been shown to be more effective than the APC's. APC indices using half-deck true count adjustments are nearly identical to AO2 indices using full deck adjustments and it is easy to make the switch.
As others have noted, Revere's bankroll recommendations are not correct for today's games; the 3-4 % advantage he quotes for the APC is also not correct.
Revere's advice for the preparation necessary prior to playing in a casino is excellent; his betting variation recommendations are also on target.
IMO, Revere is still a must read for serious counters.
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in what books can i find the aos and hi opt strategies?
are they the most powerful strategies?
