Originally Posted by
SplitFaceDisaster
Just wondering Moses; do you use many cover plays, or hardly any? ).
I don't use cover plays for a couple of reasons.
1.) the game is so fast. Single deck straight is like a 220 yard dash. A shoe is like a mile run.
2.) With a column and/or percentage count, many of the cover plays take care of themselves. For instance, suppose you had a TC 3 in a conventional count. In a column count, it might reflect also rich in 5-7s. Therefore, you'd pass on a large bet. The 5-7s come out on the next round, now you're in a even higher TC with a far better balance. After reviewing sims, I could never figure why about 52% wins and 48% losses was about the best one could do with the highest TCs. 51% to 49% in the mid range more common TC. It's the balances of the 2-4s and 5-7s that have a dramatic effect. So, large bet frequency is reduced but win percentage increases significantly.
Originally Posted by
SplitFaceDisaster
I`m curious because using a column count like you do on a single deck game, I would think some of your plays have to be pretty wild in comparison what would be done on a shoe game due to the TC making big jumps. I`m guessing those plays happen relatively frequently too. So if I`m correct about the play variations happening a lot, that`s a good thing from a standpoint of how the pit views you. What I mean is that you have the opportunity to play the same hand match-up differently pretty frequently, rather than how in shoe games you only have the opportunity to play a hand match-up differently according to the count a very small percentage of the time (assuming that in this example on the shoe game the person is playing exactly as the count calls for).
I would think one would have far more split opportunites in a shoe game than a single deck game.
I talked about splits in another thread on this forum. Unlike in shoe games, the frequency of large bets draws attention in single deck. Bet amounts are far more limited. So a key is not to get too far behind in the first place. So I'm very selective on Double Down bets as well.
My style of play is very rigid, downright boring. But to others it would appear very inconsistent. Perhaps cover plays. In a straight up game, quite often, I'm playing the next round before finishing the current round. Even the first hand of the deck with consideration given to the last hand.