How Does Shuffle Tracking Affect SCORE?

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Ø  I. Standard card counting, no shuffle tracking.

Ø  II. Extended NRS (as per Ted Forrester’s methodology) used with a multiplier of -1.4 and an adjustment of .2. (This is the extended NRS adjustment used to take into account the count of the cards before the play zone starts and is typically not used by shuffle trackers.)

Ø  III. Standard NRS used with a compromise -1.5 multiplier and no adjustment. (This is the benchmark. All further sims were run in this manner.)

Ø  IV. Play zone +6. That is, the play zone starts 6 cards late.

Ø  V. Cut +6. That is, the cut is made 6 cards too deeply.

Ø  VI. Cut -6.

Ø  VII. Play zone length +12. That is, ending the play zone 12 cards late. Note: I generally set the PZ length about 6 cards short to avoid zone edge problems. Thus, +12 is not as far off as it sounds. Although a few STers seek to make use of the count differences at zone edges, I believe most do not.

Ø  VIII. Track zone -6. That is, the TZ is 6 cards short.

Ø  IX. Track zone +6

Ø  X. Combination of Cut +6 and PZ +6.

Ø  XI. No Play zone at all with a good slug. The bad slugs are still cut out of play.

 © 2009 Norman Wattenberger