agc28 said:
yes. i think i've read 2D explanations on this forum but I still don't understand it.
and i dont know what loss of resolution means.
let's say you have a running count of 8, with 1 deck remaining.
if you were using the 1/4D '98 version, you would divide 8 by 4, and get 2 as your TC. if you were using the 1D version, you would divide 8 by 1, leaving you with TC of 8. simple enough.
but what if your running count was something like 4, 5, 6, or 7 with 1 deck remaining? no matter which of the running counts above, with the '98 version, your TC will always be 1 since you are dividing each of those running counts by 4 and rounding down/flooring. but with a 1D true count conversion, your TCs will actually differ and be 4, 5, 6, or 7 respectively. make sense so far?
with the 98 version, you will have "compressed" your information into 1 single TC for each of those 4 running counts and your strategy deviation by TC will not be able to differentiate between which situation you are in. with the full deck conversion, you get separate TCs for each of the running counts i list above and so you can actually be more accurate with playing deviations since you have "expanded" your possible TC into 4 different TCs for that situation. and you can then learn a different deviation (if needed) for each of those TCs. but if all four running counts convert to a TC of 1, you will have no choice but to make the same play/deviation for each of those counts even though they might not all precisely call for it. does that make sense?
if not, there was a good thread on these boards a while back that did a better job explaining it than i could ever hope to do. search for something like "2D TC conversion" or "true count resolution", something like that. maybe someone else can chime in with a link?
