Yes, that's much more impressive, but that stuff wasn't worked out till Thorp. "...

dmurray on April 13, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: They invented basic strategy (2008)

Yes, that's much more impressive, but that stuff wasn't worked out till Thorp. "Basic strategy" is the term for the correct way to play with an infinite deck, or equivalently, if you know nothing about the count.