How about different counts?

One aspect that does change the average number of cards per round is the count. In this chart, we see the overall average cards by the Hi-Opt I true count. The red line displays the number of cards per person from true counts -13 to +13. The green line is used as a reference and is set to the average of 2.74 cards. Here we do see an effect with cards ranging from 2.53 to 3 cards per person per round. Higher counts use fewer cards because there are more large cards available.

I would have included charts showing the impact on these stats of different numbers of decks, different rules, different strategies and dealer peek vs. dealer no peek, but after running numerous sims, it turns out that the numbers barely change.

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 © 2009 Norman Wattenberger