Zen Count – Card Counting Strategies

Zen Count – An advanced, Level 2, balanced Blackjack strategy optimized for betting found in Arnold Snyder's Blackbelt in Blackjack, RGE Publishing, 1983. This is perhaps the strongest level 2 strategy barely beating RPC. It was designed as a compromise between single-deck and multi-deck strategies. It was published in two flavors. In the first version, you divided by remaining decks to calculate the true count. In the latest version, you divide by remaining quarter-decks. The original version is markedly stronger.

Card Tag Values

Strategy

A

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

T

Zen Count

-1

1

1

2

2

2

1

0

0

-2

Specifics

Zen Count

Strategy Type

Balanced

Level

II

Betting Correlation

.96

Playing Efficiency

.63

Insurance Correlation

.85

Ease of use

4

Ace-Reckoned

Yes

Compromise Indexes

Yes/No

Suit Aware

No

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

 

       

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