Round of 5?

How do I estimate cards cutoff for a sim?

So if it's a 2r to 3 game you would set up your sim to have 3 players and a penetration of 21.6/52.0 or 41.5%. (remember each round has 4 hands as the dealer gets a hand).

SoCal game and w/ 2 hands heads up the score is over 100 but w/ 1 hand it's lower. And I know I tried to guesstimate a few cards less cutoff and then the game is really good w. one hand. I'm sure you know the game I am talking about, I guess the key is to know the indices or have a strong count. And i read in Wong's book I think that playing 2 hands is better w/ other ppl but is it different in pitch games? I think he even said play 1 hand heads up 2 with othere people at the table.

In a SD game, you want the best penetration possible. Take a more normal Ro6 game:

you play 1 hand, heads up. You get 5 rounds, which is 10 hands counting the dealer's hand, or 27 cards dealt.

you play 2 hands, heads up, you get 4 rounds, which is 12 hands counting the dealer's hand, or 33 cards.

you play 3 hands, heads up, you get 3 rounds which is again 12 hands counting the dealers hand, or 33 cards.

you play 4 hands, heads up, you get 2 rounds, which is back to 10 hands counting the dealer's hand, or 27 cards.

You play 5 hands, heads up, you get 1 round or 6 hands, which sucks completely.

I always play 2 hands (if possible) in Ro6 games. Only time you might choose to not do this is if the table min is at your lower betting limit, and they make you bet 2x the table min if you play 2 spots. That could over-bet your B/R and increase risk unacceptably.

This only affects the RoN games (I have seen N=6 frequently, 7 on a few occasions, have not played N=5 nor have I seen it anywhere.)

I would also choose to play more than one hand at a crowded shoe game should the count go up, to try to greedily eat more of the good cards in the + count...

When I said "I always play 2 hands in a Ro6 game" I meant "in a heads-up Ro6 game". If there is one other player, I typically play 1 except for those _rare_ occasions where I am allowed to (and choose to) spread to two hands in mid-shuffle.

Just do whatever it takes to maximize penetration to make the game as good as possible.