KISS 3 – Card Counting Strategy

KISS – Easy, yet powerful, unbalanced strategies found in Blackjack Bluebook II by Fred Renzey, Blackjack Mentor Press, 2003. The KISS strategies are designed to start simple and add complexity. KISS 3 is similar to Red7 and works better with shoe games. Thw betting correlation is substantially improved over KISS 2 with some loss in Playing Efficiency and Insurance Correlation. Note: This is a suit-aware count. That is, the 2 is counted differently depending on the color of the suit. I have always thought that this would increase errors. However, many people have said that they are quite comfortable with suit-aware counts.

Card Tag Values

Strategy	A	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	T
KISS 3	-1	0/1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	-1

Specifics

KISS 3
Strategy Type	Unbalanced
Level	I
Betting Correlation	.98
Playing Efficiency	.56
Insurance Correlation	.78
Ease of use	7
Ace-Reckoned	Yes
Compromise Indexes	No
Suit Aware	Yes

Definitions can be found at the bottom of Card Counting Summary.