I was quite surprised how quickly I picked it up. Interestingly, this would be the first time I tried a new count (and a level 2 count at that) in my 30 year love affair with the game. So after about 20 hours fooling around with these side counts I decided to learn a new count. Obviously I should have the advantage when the shoe was very rich, but what about when the 8's were rich and 7's neutral or various other combinations? What about the 6's and A's I wasn't tracking? I may have bet at times without an advantage but most likely I was probably missing 80% of the opportunities. The problem was I wasn't smart enough to figure out at what richness level to start making the bet. I would then make the lucky lucky bet when the shoe was rich in 7's and/or 8's. I found tracking these with the clock/chip method to be quite doable.
Keeping a side count of 6,7,8,A was ideal but too difficult so I concentrated on the 2 most valuable cards - 7 & 8. It didn't take long to figure out most of what I needed to know after searching Eliot's website.Īt first I was hoping to figure out a way to beat the side bet as well as the main game (I use hi lo) simultaneously.
A couple of years ago I decided to take on a new AP strategy by counting the lucky lucky side bet in blackjack.
