Ease of Use vs. Efficiencies of Various Card
Counting Strategies
There is no best Blackjack Strategy. In an attempt to visually illustrate
the differences in ease of use and efficiencies between various Blackjack
Card Counting strategies, I’ve created a 3D Scatter
Chart. The chart consists of 14 balloons suspended above an x-z grid.
(Note: Definitions are provided at the end of this page.) The x-axis is
Betting Correlation. The z-axis is playing efficiency. The string from
each balloon intersects the grid at the BC and PE for that strategy. The
height of the balloon (y-axis) is the ease of use of the strategy. Thereby,
each balloon indicates all three variables. The ideal system (impossible
to obtain) would be at the top, right, back. Note, the two strategies
in the center (Omega II and Uston APC), are very high PE, Ace-Neutral
strategies. If Ace side counts are kept for these strategies, they would
move substantially to the right placing them closer to the ideal combination
of efficiencies. However, they drop in height as they become more difficult
to use. Be careful of the parallax problem. Balloons closer to the front
appear not to be as high as they are.
Card Counting Definitions
- Playing Efficiency - PE indicates
how well a card counting system handles changes in playing strategy.
Playing efficiency is particularly important in hand-held games (one
or two decks.)
- Betting Correlation - BC is
defined as the correlation between card point values and the effect
of removal of cards. It is used to predict how well a card counting
system predicts good betting situations and can approach 1.00 (100%
correlation.) BC is particularly important in shoe games (six or eight
decks.)
- Insurance Correlation - IC is defined
as the correlation between card point values and the value of cards
in Insurance situation. A point value of -9 for tens and +4 for all
other cards would be perfect for predicting if an Insurance bet should
be placed.
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