When playing shoes do most people true count by dividing by the nearest whole, 1/2 or 1/4 decks remaining? Obviously using the nearest whole deck is the simpliest but is it accurate enough or does the playing system dictate which to use?
When playing shoes do most people true count by dividing by the nearest whole, 1/2 or 1/4 decks remaining? Obviously using the nearest whole deck is the simpliest but is it accurate enough or does the playing system dictate which to use?
The small gain in accuracy does not justify the extra effort required, especially with more than 2 decks remaining.
I play shoe games almost exclusively and true up my count to the "count per 2 decks" rather than per deck or half deck. It's not necessary however to divide by how many double decks remain, but to simply use a predetermined multiplier.
There are a couple of benefits to this method, the main one being that your running count and true count will be nearly the same as you approach the shuffle. Another benefit is that all your indices double in raw value, resulting in less truncating/rounding and therefore greater accuracy.
Examples: Off the top of a six deck shoe, the multiplier is one third the RC. With one deck gone, multiply by .4. With two decks in the discard tray, multiply by .5. 2.5 decks in, multiply by .6. Three decks equals two thirds. 3.5 decks in the discard tray equals .8. At the critical stage where four decks are gone, the running count IS the true count. If you get as far as having 4.5 decks in the discard tray, multiply by one and a third.
Your answer is much appreciated but you lost me. I use Brh-I true for 6 deck only. It is a level 3 unbalanced with a starting RC count of -24. Now could you take this count and explain again how you would TC it and do I double all the betting and playing indices? The RC should decrease by 4 for each deck dealt and a RC of 0 equals a HiLo count of +2.
