Count per Deck with the Zen Count

Complete Zen True Count Indices

By Arnold Snyder

(From Blackbelt in Blackjack, 1983 edition)
© 1983, 2005 Arnold Snyder

[For complete information on the Zen Count, the easiest of the highest-power multi-level professional card counting systems, see Blackbelt in Blackjack : Playing 21 as a Martial Art , by Arnold Snyder.]

A number of players have asked for true count indices for the Zen Count, using the conventional count-per-deck adjustment (that is, True Count = Running Count /Number of Remaining Decks).

Complete Zen Count Indices for True Count Method (Multi-Deck)

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Stand

Stand	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	X	A
17	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	-13/-10*
16	-16	-18	-20	-24	-25/-28	H	H	8	0	13/5
15	-10	-12	-14	-17	-17/-21	H	H	13	6	15/8
14	-6	-8	-9	-12	-12/-16	H	H	20	12	H
13	-2	-4	-5	-8	-7/-11	H	H	H	H	H
12	6	3	1	-2	-1/-5	H	H	H	H	H
A7	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	H	H	S

Double Down, Hard Totals

Double	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	X	A
11	D	D	D	D	D	-19	-14	-10	-91	11/-21
10	D	D	D	D	D	-14	-9	-4	71	51/41
9	2	-2	-5	D	D	7	H	H	H	H
8	H	H	10	7	4/4	H	H	H	H	H

Double Down, Soft Totals

Soft Totals	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	T	A
(A,9)	S	S	S	9	8/7	S	S	S	S	S
(A,8)	S	7	5	2	2/0	S	S	S	S	S
(A,7)	1	-4	-8	Ds	Ds	S	S	H	H	S
(A,6)	2	-5	D	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
(A,5)	H	H	D	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
(A,4)	H	H	D	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
(A,3)	H	H	D	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
(A,2)	H	H	D	D	D	H	H	H	H	H

Surrender (Late)

Late Surrender	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	X	A
17
16							8	0	-8	-1/-12
8-8								16	0
15							12	4	0	4/0
7-7									4
14								8	4	8/4
13								20	12

Surrender (Early)

Early Surrender	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	X	A
17									12	Y
16							12	0	-12	Y
8-8								16	-4	Y
15							12	4	-4	Y
7-7							16	8	0	Y
14							16	8	0	Y
13								20	8	Y
12									20	-12
7										-12
6										-8
5										0

* Number before slash (/) is index for S17; number after slash is the index for H17

1 = European No Hole: Hit

S = Stand, H = Hit, D = Double Down (if doubling not available, then hit), Ds = Double Down (if doubling not available, then stand), в = Surrender

Pair Splits
With Double After Splits

Pairs	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	T	A
(A,A)	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	-8
(T,T)	17	13	12	10	9/8	N	N	N	N	N
(9,9)	-4	-8	-8	Y	Y	4	Y	Y	N	4
(8,8)	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	16**	Y
(7,7)	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	4	N	N	N
(6,6)	-4	-8	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N
(5,5)	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
(4,4)	N	12	4	0	-4	N	N	N	N	N
(3,3)	-8	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	8	N	N	N
(2,2)	-8	-8	Y	Y	Y	Y	12	N	N	N

Pair Splits
No Double After Splits

Pairs	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	T	A
(A,A)	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	-8
(T,T)	17	13	12	10	9/8	N	N	N	N	N
(9,9)	-4	-4	-8	-8	-8	12	Y	Y	N	8
(8,8)	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	8**	Y/0
(7,7)	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	N
(6,6)	4	0	-4	-8	Y	N	N	N	N	N
(5,5)	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
(4,4)	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
(3,3)	12	4	0	-8	Y	12**	N	N	N	N
(2,2)	12	4	-4	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	N

**Split if below index number

INSURANCE: Take insurance at +5 True Count or higher

Complete Zen Count Indices for True Count Method:
Single Deck
For Depth Chargers and Serious Fanatics Only!!!
(Otherwise just use multi-deck charts)

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Single Deck Stand

Stand	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	X	A
17	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	-14/-12*
16	-16	-19	-22	-26	-23/-27	16	12	9	0	13/5
15	-10	-13	-15	-18	-18/-22	18	16	14	7	15/8
14	-6	-8	-10	-13	-12/-16	27	H	21	13	22/15
13	-1	-3	-5	-8	-7/-11	H	H	H	H	H
12	7	4	2	-2	1/-4	H	H	H	H	H
A7	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	H	H	-4/15

Single Deck Double Down, Hard Totals

Double	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	X	A
11	-24	-26	-28	-32	-34	-18	-13	-9	-9	-2/-4
10	-19	-20	-22	-26	-29	-12	-8	-4	7	5
9	1	-2	-5	-9	-12	7	14	H	H	H
8	23	16	11	7	6	26	H	H	H	H
7			24	20	20

Single Deck Double Down, Soft Totals

Soft Totals	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	T	A
(A,9)	17	15	11	11	10/9	S	S	S	S	S
(A,8)	12	6	5	1	2/0	S	S	S	S	S
(A,7)	3	-2	-12	-11	-13/-18	S	S	H	H	S
(A,6)	1	-4	-11	-16	-25	H	H	H	H	H
(A,5)	H	4	-4	-12	-25	H	H	H	H	H
(A,4)	H	8	-2	-9	-21	H	H	H	H	H
(A,3)	21	9	-3	-5	-12	H	H	H	H	H
(A,2)	15	9	2	-1	-6	H	H	H	H	H

Pair Splits
(For other pair splits, see multi-deck charts)

Pairs	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	T	A
X,X	19	15	13	11	11/10	26

* Number before slash (/) is index for S17; number after slash is the index for H17

1 = European No Hole: Hit

S = Stand, H = Hit, D = Double Down (if doubling not available, then hit), Ds = Double Down (if doubling not available, then stand), ¢ = Surrender ♠