Betting Strategies

Base class to create your own betters

class betting_strategies.BaseBetter

Base better. The parent class of all betters.

static get_bet(cards_seen, deck_number)

Raise NotImplementedError. To be overridden in the other classes.

Parameters:

cards_seen (list[int]) – The cards we have already seen from the shoe. Used when card counting.
deck_number (int) – The number of decks in the starting shoe.

Returns:

How much money to bet.

Return type:

int

Example custom better:

class MyBetter(BaseBetter):
    @staticmethod
    def get_bet(cards_seen: list[int], deck_number: int) -> int:
        running_count = get_hilo_running_count(cards_seen)
        cards_left = deck_number * 52 - len(cards_seen)
        true_count = running_count / (cards_left / 52)
        return min(max(int(true_count), 1), 8)

Pre-built betters

class betting_strategies.SimpleBetter

Simple better. Bets the same amount every time.

static get_bet(cards_seen, deck_number)

Bet 1 every time. The bet doesn’t change.

Parameters:

cards_seen (list[int]) – The cards we have already seen from the shoe. Used when card counting.
deck_number (int) – The number of decks in the starting shoe.

Returns:

How much money to bet.

Return type:

int

class betting_strategies.CardCountBetter

Change the bet according to the true count.

static get_bet(cards_seen, deck_number)

Bet true_count ^ 2 / 2 if true_count >= +1 else 1. Cap at 15 (using a 1-15 spread).

Parameters:

cards_seen (list[int]) – The cards we have already seen from the shoe. Used when card counting.
deck_number (int) – The number of decks in the starting shoe.

Returns:

How much money to bet.

Return type:

int

class betting_strategies.ConservativeCardCountBetter

Change the bet according to the true count conservatively.

static get_bet(cards_seen, deck_number)

Bet true_count if true_count >= +1 else 1. Cap at 5 (using a 1-5 spread).

Parameters:

cards_seen (list[int]) – The cards we have already seen from the shoe. Used when card counting.
deck_number (int) – The number of decks in the starting shoe.

Returns:

How much money to bet.

Return type:

int

class betting_strategies.WongingCardCountBetter

Change the bet according to the true count and use wonging (don’t play if TC < 1).

static get_bet(cards_seen, deck_number)

Bet true_count ^ 2 / 2 if true_count >= +1 else 0. Cap at 15 (using a 1-15 spread).

Parameters:

cards_seen (list[int]) – The cards we have already seen from the shoe. Used when card counting.
deck_number (int) – The number of decks in the starting shoe.

Returns:

How much money to bet.

Return type:

int

class betting_strategies.WongingConservativeCardCountBetter

Change the bet according to the true count conservatively and use wonging (don’t play if TC < 1).

static get_bet(cards_seen, deck_number)

Bet true_count if true_count >= +1 else 0. Cap at 5 (using a 1-5 spread).

Parameters:

cards_seen (list[int]) – The cards we have already seen from the shoe. Used when card counting.
deck_number (int) – The number of decks in the starting shoe.

Returns:

How much money to bet.

Return type:

int