By Blackjack Rebel.
HL (High-Low) ignores 7, 8 and 9 and counts them as zero. But there’s info to assist primarily with betting but in addition with a number of enjoying technique choices by contemplating the sevens and nines so that you may as properly use it than simply ignore it.
I’m suggesting protecting the HL and every part you discovered about it however simply add a facet rely, 7m9c, to assist with betting and 6 technique adjustments.
7m9c = Seven Minus Nine rely which counts the 7’s as +1 and the 9’s as -1.
7m9c is a straightforward degree one facet rely which counts solely two ranks, the 7’s and 9’s, which the HL ignores. In the best use of 7m9c, you retain the HL and all of its enjoying technique adjustments and use the 7m9c to assist solely with betting.
There are degree 2 rely techniques that embody the sevens and nines within the major rely and no facet counts which enhance betting effectivity however these are difficult degree 2 rely techniques and also you additionally must be taught new enjoying technique indices which is horrible and an important enjoying technique determination, taking insurance coverage, is negatively impacted by these degree 2 counts that embody seven and 9 within the major rely.. I might by no means suggest that. Keep the HL since it is extremely easy and straightforward to make use of and that is what nearly all groups use. So hold what works so there aren’t any new enjoying technique indices to make use of and no difficult degree 2 rely to be taught.
So I’m suggesting a SIDE COUNT of 7m9c to make use of with the HL. There is nothing new to be taught right here since for many enjoying technique you retain the HL and use the 7m9c facet rely with the HL to assist the HL primarily with betting. Betting is what’s most vital for the shoe sport however there are additionally six main enjoying technique adjustments, 5 of that are late give up as proven under.
Some terminology
tc = true rely
dr = decks remaining
dp = decks performed
n = variety of decks
brc = betting operating rely
psrc = enjoying technique operating rely
Top 6 chosen technique adjustments
- Stand arduous 14 v T if HL + 3*(7m9c) ≥ 10*dr
- Surrender 8,8 v T DAS if HL + 2*(7m9c) ≥ 2*dr
- Surrender arduous 14 v 9 if HL + 2*(7m9c) ≥ 6*dr
- Surrender arduous 14 v T if HL + 2*(7m9c) ≥ 3*dr
- Surrender arduous 14 v A if HL + 2*(7m9c) ≥ 6*dr
- Surrender arduous 13 v T if HL + 2*(7m9c) ≥ 8*dr
You can hold the HL in your head and the 7m9c additionally in your head (so you’re monitoring solely two integers in your head) or you should utilize chips to assist with protecting the 7m9c as proven under. You can nonchalantly transfer across the 7m9c chip stack so it seems like you’re simply enjoying with your chips, so it doesn’t increase suspicions. The on line casino will do not know what you’re doing. Or simply hold each counts in your head as talked about above.
So my advisable method to hold 7m9s could be very easy and requires little or no work. It minimizes motion of chips out and in of the 7m9c chip stack if utilizing chips or minimizes updating 7m9c if protecting 7m9c in your head with the HL.
Keep the HL in your head as normal, updating the HL as quickly as every card hits the desk. Wait till all playing cards are on the desk and earlier than gamers make any enjoying technique choices to replace the 7m9c. So as soon as all playing cards are on the desk and earlier than gamers make any enjoying technique choices scan for 7’s and 9’s seen and calculate the 7m9c for playing cards seen on the desk and replace the 7m9c from the earlier spherical with the 7m9c of playing cards seen on the desk. Then as every participant performs his palms one card at a time the HL and 7m9c are up to date. So if an 8 is performed neither rely is up to date. If a 7 or 9 is performed, solely the 7m9c is up to date and if another card is performed then the HL is up to date as normal.
If calling in a giant participant, the spotter can use chips to relay each the 7m9c and the HL to the large participant. For instance, if HL is 13 and 7m9c is 4 then have a stack of chips representing the HL with two inexperienced chips (every inexperienced chips representing a rely of 5) and three pink chips and one other stack of 4 pink chips for the 7m9c. Keep the HL in your head till the large participant involves the desk after which put out a chip stack representing the HL. Then the large participant simply wants to have a look at the HL and 7m9c stack of chips and he is aware of the counts. The massive participant can simply replace the HL rely in his head and the spotter can take down the HL chips stack as the large participant is updating the HL himself and the spotter can simply carry on updating (the HL in his head and) the 7m9c chip stack So the large participant retains updating HL in his head and may look on the spotter’s 7m9c chip stack to know the 7m9c rely and so doesn’t need to hold a 7m9c facet rely himself.
Alternately the spotter merely bets the chip stack representing the HL rely so there is no such thing as a placing out and pulling again a HL chip stack. So on this case the spotter bets his HL stack of two greens and three reds (which represents a HL rely of 13) after which the large participant seems at what the spotter guess and he is aware of the HL operating rely. The spotter was betting desk minimal of say $15. All of a sudden the spotter bets $65 on this case. So as an alternative of utilizing two inexperienced and three pink chips the spotter can use pink chips to represents a HL operating rely of 5. Thus for HL operating rely of 13 the spotter bets three pink chips and placed on high of these pink chips two pink chips so the HL operating rely is 13 and spotter shouldn’t be abruptly making a giant guess.
So right here is how utilizing the 7m9c helps the HL with betting.
brc = betting operating rely = HL + (1/2)*(7m9c).
btc = betting true rely = brc / dr the place dr = decks remaining
Thus for betting, as an alternative of utilizing HL true rely for betting, you’re utilizing btc for betting. For a six deck shoe with 5 out of six decks dealt, ABS(7m9c) might be as excessive as 14 or 15. But ABS(7m9c) being 14 or 15 are probably the most excessive values that are extraordinarily uncommon. But if ABS(7m9c) is even round 6 or so it could actually make a giant distinction in your blackjack guess particularly close to the tip of the shoe.
I will likely be publishing a sequence of books on each Blackjack and Spanish 21 with plus/minus facet counts hopefully inside the subsequent yr. These books are principally written however I’m ready for some ultimate touches. I intend to put up them as PDFs. These books are KO made easy (utilizing a Table of Critical Running Counts I created for straightforward search for of true counts), KO with facet counts, Spanish 21 with facet counts, High-Low with facet counts and Plus- Minus facet counts. I additionally analyzed some facet bets utilizing linear mixtures of the first rely and facet rely(s) to get the perfect derived rely for all sides guess.
Either KO or HL can be utilized as the first rely for the shoe sport however for the 2 deck sport use HL. I desire KO for the shoe sport for a lot of causes which I can’t talk about right here. I understand HL is nearly universally utilized by blackjack groups thus my separate guide HL with facet counts. Gronbog of Blackjack Forum had given me permission to publish his simulation outcomes if I gave him credit score. Thus, Gronbog’s HL with 7m9c sim outcomes are proven right here.
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