Cover 3 – Same bet after push

Now let us add the “same bet after push” rule. Few players change their bets after a push since there is already a bet up. The yellow bars in the charts indicate even more over-betting at TCs +3 and +2 and below since the rule does not allow us to change our bet after a push even if the count changes.

Cover 4 – No large increases or decreases

OK, let us add a “no large bet changes” rule. With this rule, we cannot jump bets, like jumping from 2 to 8 or 16 to 4 units. This is depicted by the set of violet bars. Here we show a dramatic decline in max bets at TC +4. And, to a lesser but very significant degree, further decreases in max bets at TCs +5 and above. This rule is very costly when the count changes a great deal from hand to hand. Large changes in count are more likely at full tables or single-deck.

 © 2009 Norman Wattenberger