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Blackjack Insider Newsletter, Feb. 2005, #61

There are many card counting systems available to players. These systems are usually grouped by levels, with the level of the system being the highest value any card is assigned in the system. Examples of level one systems include Brawn’s +/-, KO, HiOp I, Red Seven, Revere Advanced+/-, ITA Systems, DHM (Gordon), and Uston Advanced +/-. Level two systems include, HiOp II, Omega II, and Revere PC. A Level three system is Uston APC, and the level four systems are Ultimate Count, Revere APC-71, and the Revere APC-73. Also, a level nine system is the Ten Count and level eleven is Thorp Ultimate. So as you can see there’s a lot out there for you to research.

My recommendation is that if you want to learn how to be an excellent card counter you need to learn a system that is easy for you to understand and use. If you’re going to be playing multiple deck games dealt from shoes than learn a simple level one +/-. If you want more accuracy playing your hands based on the count then learn HiOp II, Omega II, Revere APC-73 or Uston APC. The latter all have excellent indices but be forewarned it will take you a very long time to master these systems. If you are a novice counter, my advice is to keep it simple and learn a level one system with the Illustrious 18 indices.

Below is a Count System Efficiency Chart, for your information. The Betting Efficiency is how close the counting system is to a perfect betting count. The Playing Efficiency is how close the system is to a perfect playing system.

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