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The Hi-Lo Lite is a more advanced card counting strategy for blackjack players who are willing and able to devote the time and effort necessary to mastering it. It is simpler to learn and play than other true count strategies, because the strategy indices have been streamlined for maximum efficiency with minimum effort. Also, the true edge method has been incorporated into both the betting and playing strategies, so that one simple adjustment can be used for all decisions. The recommended exercises for learning how to count cards are the same for the Hi-Lo Lite as for the Red Seven Count, so these exercises will not be repeated here.

While I sincerely believe that most players should stick with the Red Seven Count, the Hi-Lo Lite is the system I most strongly recommend for dedicated single-deck players, or for shoe players who use advanced techniques, such as team play, shuffle-tracking, and so on. Balanced counting systems can lead to significantly more profits in these types of advanced play than unbalanced ones.

If you're serious enough about blackjack to consider forming or joining a team, then you should know that as counting systems go, the Hi-Lo Count is the industry standard. More professionals use the Hi-Lo Count than any other system, and many blackjack teams require that team players use the count as well.

The Hi-Lo Lite is a variation of the standard Hi-Lo Count that uses the same point values for the cards. I believe the Hi-Lo Lite is a more practical version of the traditional Hi-Lo, easier to learn, easier to play, yet just as strong. Those players who already know the traditional Hi-Lo, and who feel that they can play it easily and error-free, should probably stick with it, but if you are new to this counting system, I suggest you learn this easy version. Also, if you are training new players for a team, you may prefer to use the Hi-Lo Lite method—your players will train faster, and play with fewer errors.

You should also note that the Lite indices could easily be converted to traditional count-per-deck indices (just multiply by 2). If you prefer the traditional true count method, but would rather take advantage of the Lite approach to index rounding, then simply adjust the indices for your purposes. You may do this for the purpose of easily learning dozens more indices, either for single-deck opportunities or camouflage plays.

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If you use the true edge method in single-deck games, in the first half of the deck, you simply divide your running count by 2 (since your denominator is 1×2). So, a running count of +3 indicates about a 1 1/2% raise from your pivot advantage. At the half-deck level, your raise in advantage is your running count, since 1/2×2= 1, and if you divide any number by 1, the answer is the same number. I.e., with a +5 running count and a half-deck dealt, your advantage has risen 5%. So, in single-deck games, don't even bother to make a fraction—in the top half of the deck, divide by 2. In the bottom half, just use the running count.

Should you ever play in a really deeply dealt one-deck game, in the last quarter of the deck, you can actually multiply your running count by 2, as a +3 count means a 6% raise in advantage. Low stakes players may occasionally find games like this.

One convenient feature of the Advanced Red Seven Count is that all strategy decisions, which must be made very quickly, are still made by running count. The betting decisions, which are less rushed, can be made with all the accuracy of a true count system, simply by using the true edge method of directly converting your running count to your raise in advantage.

A mathematician and longtime correspondent, Conrad Membrino, who has written definitively about true count conversions with unbalanced counts, believes that estimating your true advantage with an unbalanced system tends to introduce less error into the calculated advantage than the traditional true count methods with balanced counting systems.

If you use the true edge method of estimating your advantage, you should also employ the same proportional betting techniques that professional players use, based on the "Kelly Criterion." You will want to read the following chapter on bankroll requirements, as well as the chapters that follow on true count and betting strategies, in order to develop the best betting strategies for your bankroll, the games you attack, and your style of play.

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