Under/Over strategy

I'd appreciate some advice regarding under/over 13
betting.

I use Advanced Omega II with Ace side count. The
indices for under/over are 8 or more, bet over; less
than -11, bet under. Bryce Carlson makes no mention
about the use of Ace side count (Blackjack for Blood) in under/over betting (nor does he say that it shouldn't be used).

Can someone tell me please if I can use my Ace side count
to assist in calculating under/over.

As Ace is counted as a low card (ie 1, not 11), do I
therefore treat Aces as +2 instead of -2 to the
running count for under/over side bet purposes only,
and do the indices mentioned above remain unchanged if
I use the Ace side count? Also is there any way to
work out what the playing efficiency of the Advanced
Omega II count is with regard to under/over, with and
without the side count, and how this compares with the
Crush Count. (It would be impossible for me to use
the Crush Count and the Advanced Omega count at the
same time.)

Thanks and kind regards,

Alan

P.S. Does anyone have any information on how to contact Bryce Carlson or if there is a discussion forum for those who use Advanced Omega II.

...maybe you should try to get an answer in the green chip boards.

Yours,
Ed

I play O/U, every six months a poster asks if he can use or somehow modify his count to bet the O/U effectively.

For all practical purposes, no, you can't. Sure, you could hop up any system with side-sounts and anything else you can think of, and get it to give you an improved feel for when to bet O/U. You have to figure out how to get the aces to count as a +1 (+2 in two-level counts) is one hurdle; no matter what you do, betting the Under with anything other than an O/U count is hopeless.

But you'll find it isn't worth it. If you are going to play O/U, learn an O/U count like Snyder's O/U, Crush (Professional BJ by Wong, he discusses it) or the one I use, Ubalo by brh (brh@bom.gov.au).

With good penetration, precise O/U bets are more profitable than the regular bj bet on your hand. If you're going to play O/U, go all the way.

SJ

I understand your point about it being more profitable than normal bj betting. Thanks for the tip.