What score (the cvcx value for given game parameters) do most players consider the minimum at which they'd play
first you should know that SCORE came from Don Schlesinger in his excellent book Blackjack Attack (the 3rd version just came out). CVCX borrows the term, but I believe it used c-Score which is kind of a modified version. Unforunately, I cannot answer your question. I believe that with the original score, 50 was considered acceptable. However, with the c-SCORE, I think it varies depending on your unit size. Any help on this from some of the other APs who have been working with CVs a little longer then I have?
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In my opinion this is the determining factor, but there are other considerations. For most people interested in a profit, 50 is the number. For casual gamblers who like to play at a favorite spot and enjoy the comps, a much smaller score is not only acceptable but probably preferred to avoid heat. A full time pro playing with black and a massive bankroll can hide amongst 6 deckers with a small score and still make a killing per hour. The variance is huge, but it doesn't matter when you are playing 1/10 Kelly. This appears to somewhat be Ian Anderson's preferred method. I am partial to his methods of playing the game.
So as you can see, it depends. Very few questions in blackjack can be answered without defining numerous variables. But...for most of us I would say a SCORE of at least 50. Even if the game is poor there are ways increase the SCORE. It is amazing how much control a player actually has.
Krillion the Great
A 6 deck game with rules: DAS,DOA, NO surrender, aces 1, 75 % pen
has a c-score= 32 with a spread of 1- 12 and leaving when count is below -1 . I consider this acceptable and would definitely sit down at this game.
Change the pen to 66 % (2 deck cut off) and the c-score= 20 . I don't consider this very good but have wonged games like this.
Wonging this (66 % pen) game boosts your c-score to 28.
One of those midwestern double deck games that allows you to only double 9, 10, and 11s, with 65 % pen gets a c-score= 19 and 75 % pen gets a c-score = 36. I wouldn't play this game unless the pen was at least 70 %.
A good double deck game with DAS, DOA, 70 % pen, no surrender, split to 3 hands, aces 1, gets a c- score = 94 playing 1 - 12 . wow, no wonder I cleaned up. Playing green earns you $140/hr. This is about as good a game as I've gotten.
balanced by playing at tables with as few players as possible, and tempered by the need to not go back to the same trough often enough to be overly familiar to the pit.
In any one venue, the list of "highest available" scores, at least at my bankroll level (low roller), is pretty dam short.
Given the passage of time, scores in some venues have gone down over the years, and some have gone up. Picking one number doesn't seem relevant to me as a recreational player.
That is tough to do and be welcome back without some seriously clever cover.
I guess we will find out if I am welcome back at some of these places this month. Maybe they will write something in the computer that will come up when my card is swiped through ? Actually, I wasn't using a 1-12 spread on double deck. I was using a 1 - 30. I guess we will see.
Man, you got guts...Ill give you that...
I just cant bring myself to go greater then 1-10 on DD, and thats under ideal circumstances...
