Single Deck vs 6D

I enjoy playing SD. Easy to count (I use Hi-Lo) even with the Ace side count! and the spread needed to get an advantage is 1:4 (RO6)or even 1:3, which is easy on your bank roll and also if you play low stakes (red or green, not black)-the casinos won't bother you that much with that spread.

A recent 3 day trip to downtown Vegas was very profitable! This counting stuff really works. Will try Reno next! Any recommendations

Now the questions. What is a good ramp up with TC for the SD? (I used TC<+1 1 unit; TC +2 2; +3 - 3; > +3 4 but avoided playing black). Also, here we don't have any SD's-so what is the best way to attack the shoe? Wonging in/out is hard with ploppies complaining, not enough tables/seats etc-but I try. You need at least 1:10 spread to make any progress-play all-and the variance is high then! What is a good ramp up with 6D? play all? and wonging? I have PBJ, BJ attack etc-so understand the SCORE etc

Hey midwest...

Congrats on the LV win -- better than I did on my first trip (last week).

For Reno SD, you will find downtown full of D10, NDAS games. Many can be played, but pen varies a ton. Nice thing is lots of ploppies to deflect attention. Better games are in outlying casinos. Some are really nice, if isolated. You can find lots of DA2, NDAS (-0.14%) games for as cheap at $2 min. look at www.cheaporeno.com for a map of the outlying reno/sparks casinos. I've found very little heat for 1-5 red spread. I haven't gone higher than that with my bankroll, yet.

So how do you adjust your betting for the ace side count for hilo? can't be as much of an adjustment as for a system that doesn't account for aces (i.e., hi-opt 2)

RC

p.s. anyone know what the heck happened to Elliot's message board on cardcounter.com?

Thanks for the comments.

Looks as if Boomtown (from CBJN) may be one of the best-need a car?

With Hi-Lo, Ace side count is essentially for playing/strategy variations-the betting is same as normal Hi-Lo, unless you want to bet a little more when there is an abundance (more than 1 in 13) of Aces left to be dealt-because of the natural BJ potential.

Ace is a small card (or smallest) for some hands such as double down on 11, or hitting stiff hands etc-but is a high card for double down/hitting on 9 or 10 etc-hence you have to adjust the count (temporarily) for hitting/doubling/splitting decisions. If you have a stiff hand and want to hit- Ace is not 11 but 1-so it is small-and you can hit again if needed etc. Already with Hi-Lo, you have counted Ace as a high card -1 and when hitting a hard hand it becomes a small card so you can adjust the count accordingly-only if there is a disproportionate number of Aces left or missing (Ie not 1/13 as typical). Hope this helps or someone else can explain this better than myself.

Is not worth the trouble. The betting correlation is already 0.97
and the effect on playing decisions is small.

I agree with you for 6D or 8D

But I think (personally) it is very useful for 1D even 2D. Also you can use fingers to count them

I have finally entered the High-Low with ace side count strategy from Wong's old Professional Blackjack into my simulator. I will post the results within a week.

in putting this "old" argument in its proper perspective.

About a 3% improvement in a shoe game with 1.5 decks cut, and a 9% gain in single deck with 4 rounds to 2. Halves with no side count is better the High-Low with the side count.