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Why we firmly oppose using
the Hi-Lo system from the movie 21

Effective, but definitely not precise
A video explaining why we firmly oppose using the Hi-Lo counting system

The Hi-Lo system is undeniably an effective method, but it is definitely not a precise counting system.

You might wonder: "If it's not precise, why did the movie 21 use this method?"

In the movie 21, the action takes place in Las Vegas, USA. The most common blackjack tables there are two-deck tables.

In a two-deck shoe, the variance of the standard deviation is relatively small, so using Hi-Low to win is not very difficult. However, winning is one thing, and winning more is another. If you use a more precise counting system on a two-deck table, you would win even more.


But what about six-deck Blackjack tables?

In our course, we teach a Level 1 card counting system that is just as simple as Hi-Lo, as well as a Level 3 card counting system that is far more accurate than the Hi-Lo Level 1 system.

If you use our Level 1 card counting system on a six-deck blackjack table, it provides greater accuracy than the Hi-Lo (Level 1) system commonly taught elsewhere.

Even when applied to a double-deck table, our Level 1 card counting system is still more accurate than the Hi-Lo (Level 1) system commonly available on the market.

If you use the Hi-Opt III (Level 3) system that we teach, then whether you are playing on a double-deck or six-deck table, it delivers an expected value approximately 12% higher than the Hi-Lo (Level 1) systems commonly taught elsewhere.


Additionally, our course teaches Shuffle Tracking.

The effectiveness of shuffle tracking is several times higher than even the Level 3 counting system. However, shuffle tracking must be based on our Level 1 system. If you use Hi-Lo, the effectiveness of shuffle tracking decreases significantly.


Our method uses our own system: we use Level 1 counting as the basis for tracking, then apply shuffle tracking to increase effectiveness, and we also incorporate some Level 3 concepts to adjust strategy and betting.

This allows us to leverage favorable probabilities in the simplest way, achieving at least six times the effectiveness of Hi-Lo.