Add on: You have to understand that peter Griffins work and most of these level 2 and 3 counts came about in the 70's, into the 80's. Blackjack at that time was single and double deck. And higher level counts could offer some improvement at that time with those games and conditions. The improvement is really very minimal if anything with 6 and 8 deck games, Like I said, today you are better off keeping things simple, minimizing mistakes and implementing some advanaced techniques that really do make a difference.

And it is funny, most proponents of higher counts are older guys, who may have played at that time. So they learned some level 2 or level 3 count that did make a difference at that time and they just can't bring themselves to say that you just don't need that any more with the 6 and 8 deck games that most people play. Don Schlesinger is really the only older player I have heard admit that. Don has said something along the lines that he plays RPC (revere point count) because that is what he learned at that time, but that if he was starting out today, he would learn and play a level one count. THAT statement speaks volumes IMO.