Recent content by DSchles

It's not N-O; it's N0 (N zero), and it's a number that tells you how many hands have to be played until the EV -SD equals 0. That is, the number of hands needed until the expected win overcomes a negative-one standard deviation. As such, it is the inverse of my metric of SCORE, which allows you...

Yes. CVCX and other CV products are the number one BJ software in the world. There is no number two! Don

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See BJA3, pp. 164-5 and 172. Don

FELT is basically the RPC. But, if you are to get the power of the RPC, then I would urge you to learn the proper indices for the count and not just the more simplified ones provided by Norm. RPC will outperform Hi-Lo, according to conditions, spread (which you didn't mention), etc., by about...

Go to blackjacktheforum.com and ask Norm there. Don

"Is the version 2 BJ strategy trainer optimized for Hi-Lo with basic strategy in mind because I was dealt a hand yesterday where I had 7,7 vs a dealer 8, I tried to hit the hand and the trainer recommended that I split in a Double deck H-17 game, DAS, no surrender? I'm not using Hi-Lo count."...

You realize you're responding to a thread from 15 years ago!! Don

This game/promotion can't possibly last. With the BJ payoff and ES, the player has a huge edge, and the casino is going to get hammered. Just play for as long as you can, as much as you can afford. Situations like this don't come around very often. Don

You're right. I thought he was asking a different question. But, I misread. Sorry. Don

No, BC, PE, and IC are not simply additive like that. You'd have to run a separate sim/analysis for the new count you propose. Don

Couldn't agree more. Don

Wong's Basic Blackjack, Table 10, pages 58-59 has the correct BS. Extra doubles are: 8 (including 4-4) vs. 4-6; 9 vs. 2 and 7; and A-2 and A,3 vs. 4. Don

Don't question anything that Mike does. His work is impeccable, and if he writes it, it's correct. When you write, "but you solved the question just using this site?," I gave you the source of the answer. Another would be Julian Braun's book How to Play Winning Blackjack, which has been out of...

They add that way because you have to specify whether this is after or before the dealer checks for blackjack; i.e., is it a playable ten or not? Don