Card Counting System Comparisons

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This table lists all blackjack card counting systems that are listed in this book. 1)If you see an error or if I missed something, let me know.  Mobile users may only see a portion of this chart.  To see the full chart, expand your browser width greater than 760px. For ease of use of some of the more popular systems refer to Norm Wattenberger’s site at QFIT.com.2)If the Ace is counted as 0, then the Betting Correlation (BC) suffers.  The BC improves with a side count of aces.   For example, if aces are side counted in the Omega II count and properly used to adjust the true count it can improve the BC from 0.92 to 0.99.3)BC = Betting Correlation4)PE = Playing Efficiency5)IC = Insurance Correlation6)SUM = SUM OF POINT VALUES = (A+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9)*4 + (T*16)
If SUM = 0 then count is balanced!

CountA23456789TBC
PE
IC
BC+PE+ICSUMNOTE
AceMT
-1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-1
.89
.49
.84
2.22
-20
Unbalanced
AWK-211121000-1.96.4.601.960 
Ambition (Courter/Tibbetts)
-1
1
1
1
1
1
.5
0
-.5
-1
.99
.55
.74
2.28
0
 
Ambition-U
-.5
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
-1
.95
.57
.82
2.34
2
Unbalanced
Andersen (Reppert)-21112110-1-1.97.45.571.990 
Archer (Goldberg, Hecher, One-Two / J.Noir)
111111111-2.72.611.02.334Unbalanced Ten Count
BRH-0-222222100-2.98.54.782.304Unbalanced
BRH-I-212232100-2.99.56.762.314Unbalanced
BRH-II011222100-2.91.67.902.484Unbalanced
Bushido-122222100-2.97.6.842.418Unbalanced
Canfield Expert00111110-1-1.87.63.762.260 
C-K or Precision Count (Cant / Keen)-11222210-1-2.97.62.802.390 
C-R (Chambliss, Roginski)
-1.51111.500-1.98.56.782.320 
DHM (Gordon)011110000-1.86.56.852.270 
RecommendedDMPro (Sharp)-21223210-1-2.99.57.722.280Wong Halves x 2
EBJ II
-22222210-1-2.99.55.742.280 
EBJ II-U
-222222100-2.98.54.782.304Unbalanced
EBJ III
-21223210-1-2.99.56.722.270 
EBJ III-U
-22223210-1-2.99.55.732.274Unbalanced
Graham 2-211111100-1.96.42.642.020 
Graham 7-64457430-1-51.0.54.732.270 
Griffin000111100-1.84.64.852.330 
Griffin 301223221-1-3.90.69.902.490 
Griffin 401234331-1-4.90.69.902.490 
Griffin 502245431-1-5.91.69.912.510 
Griffin 7-64457530-2-51.0.54.722.260 
Griffin Ultimate-603745527046270-17-501.0.54.722.260Only a computer could play this 🙂
RecommendedHi-Lo (Dubner, Revere Plus-Minus, Braun, Wong, Thorp, Extreme)-111111000-1.97.51.762.240 
RecommendedHi-Opt I (Austin, Einstein, Humble)001111000-1.88.61.852.340 
RecommendedHi-Opt II, Accu-Count, Humble011221100-2.91.67.912.490 
HNF111221100-2.83.67.932.434Unbalanced
J. Noir Count-211111111-2.89.49.842.22-8Unbalanced
KISS 10.50111000-.75.87.58.812.262Unbalanced
KISS 20.51111000-1.90.62.872.392Unbalanced
KISS 3-1.51111100-1.97.56.782.312Unbalanced
RecommendedKO (T-Hop Basic, ESP-U)-111111100-1.98.55.782.314Unbalanced
Lima-1011111000.82.27.341.4316Unbalanced
Mentor (Renzey)-11222210-1-2.97.62.802.39 0 
Olsen TruCount-111121.50.5-1.96.52.762.248Unbalanced
RecommendedOmega II, Canfield Master, Griffin 201122210-1-2.92.67.852.440 
RecommendedRed Seven (Snyder)-111111.500-1.98.54.782.302Unbalanced
Red Zen (Linsenmeyer)-1.52222.500-2.97.62.852.440 
Revere Five-Count0000100000.43.15.190.774Unbalanced
Revere Plus-Minus01111100-1-1.89.59.762.240 
Revere Point Count-212222100-2.98.56.782.320 
RecommendedSilver Fox (Systems Research, Ita/Green Fountain, Revere)-11111110-1-1.96.54.692.190Revere claimed he used this count in 1954
Tek’s1-1-1-1-1-1-1011.96.54.692.190Opposite of traditional
T-Hop 1 (Hopper)001111100-1.88.65.872.404Unbalanced
T-Hop 2 (Hopper)011222100-2.91.67.902.484Unbalanced
Thorp Ultimate-956811640-3-71.0.53.702.230Only a computer could play this 🙂
Tri-Level-21112110-1-1.97.45.571.990Why? Hi-Lo gives the same BC and better PE and IC.
RecommendedUBZ II (George C)-112222100-2.94.61.822.374Unbalanced
Uston Ace-Five-1000100000.54.050.00.590 
Uston Adv Plus-Minus-101111100-1.95.55.762.260 
Uston Adv Point01223221-1-3.90.69.902.490 
Uston SS Count-22223210-1-2.99.56.732.284Unbalanced
Victor Adv Point02223220-1-3.92.68.892.490 
Wilson APC
4
-1
-1-1
-1
-1
-1
-1
-1
1
.80.21
.451.460
Opposite of traditional
Wong Halves-1.5111.51.50-.5-1.99.57.722.280See DMPro
RecommendedZen Count-111222100-2.96.63.852.440 
Recommended= Popular / Recommended
 

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Footnotes

Footnotes
1If you see an error or if I missed something, let me know.  Mobile users may only see a portion of this chart.  To see the full chart, expand your browser width greater than 760px. For ease of use of some of the more popular systems refer to Norm Wattenberger’s site at QFIT.com.
2If the Ace is counted as 0, then the Betting Correlation (BC) suffers.  The BC improves with a side count of aces.   For example, if aces are side counted in the Omega II count and properly used to adjust the true count it can improve the BC from 0.92 to 0.99.
3BC = Betting Correlation
4PE = Playing Efficiency
5IC = Insurance Correlation
6SUM = SUM OF POINT VALUES = (A+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9)*4 + (T*16)
If SUM = 0 then count is balanced!

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