Revere Plus-Minus – Card Counting Strategy

Revere Advanced Plus-Minus – A Level 1, balanced strategy found in Lawrence Revere's Playing Blackjack as a Business, Lyle Stuart, 1980. Revere was an interesting character in the 1980s. Originally a dealer, he worked both sides of the table and trained many players. He trained players to avoid detection and casinos to detect counters. This is the simplest of many strategies published by Revere. Aimed at single deck games, it is not in heavy use these days.

Card Tag Values

Strategy

A

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

T

Revere Plus-Minus

0

1

1

1

1

1

0

0

-1

-1

Specifics

Revere-Plus-Minus

Strategy Type

Balanced

Level

I

Betting Correlation

.89

Playing Efficiency

.59

Insurance Correlation

.76

Ease of use

6

Ace-Reckoned

No

Compromise Indexes

Yes

Suit Aware

No

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

 

       

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