Uston APC – Card Counting Strategies
Uston APC – Uston Advanced Point Count is an advanced, Level 3, balanced strategy with a large number of indexes optimized for Playing Efficiency. This is one of the more complex card counting strategies. Found in Ken Uston's Million Dollar Blackjack, Gambling Times Inc., 1981. This is one of several strategies sold under Uston's name. Although there are still a significant number of Uston APC players, it is not recommended these days. It is far more complex than needed. Uston himself did not use this strategy.
Card Tag Values
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Uston APC |
0 |
1 |
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2 |
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2 |
2 |
1 |
-1 |
-3 |
Specifics
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Strategy Type |
Balanced |
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Level |
III |
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Betting Correlation |
.91 |
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Playing Efficiency |
.69 |
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Insurance Correlation |
.90 |
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Ease of use |
2.5 |
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Ace-Reckoned |
No |
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Compromise Indexes |
No |
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Suit Aware |
No |
Definitions can be found at the bottom of Card Counting Summary.
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