vpkingfish wrote (about Don Schlesinger's Illustrious 18):
They provide most of the benefit of using the count to make strategy variations.
But the lion's share of the advantage from card counting is the result
of bet variation.
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Blackjack isn't my game anymore, but I don't think this is true. The top entry in the Illustrous 18 list is Insurance --- which you only take at a Hi-Lo count of +3 or greater. The "value" given to this includes the fact that your bet is 5.26 units (which is the average size of your bet
in the betting strategy given in the article.) The next strategy variation shown, standing on 16 versus a 10, is made when you have a Hi-Lo count of 0 or greater. This is made, on average, with a betsize of 2 units. So the Illustrious 18 includes BOTH bet variation and strategy variation according to the count. Using a different count and/or a different bet variation strategy will change the numbers to the Illustrious 18 --- but I suspect the same 18 rules will come out to be the most important Bob
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