Who can learn to count cards at Blackjack?
“Professional” stories about blackjack card counting can be heard from journalists, engineers and internet users – all those who know about the real game only from rumours and “pictures” from entertainment movies. Focusing on the public’s curiosity, these people colorfully describe the situations that take place at the gaming tables, with no understanding of the rules of the game or its intricacies.
On viewing a blockbuster film in which the main character (undoubtedly America’s or England’s most brilliant mathematician) easily wins a game of blackjack by anticipating the all-in-one, the average viewer marvels and goes home with the thought that he can’t do it again. That blackjack is a game for the card elite is a myth! Any person can understand the rules of the game, having armed the special literature or having visited web-sites on the Internet.
Fields of Dreams and Mathematics
Winning at Blackjack is not a miracle, but a matter of human hands and brains. The principle of card counting is not as complicated as it seems:
- In an online casino, every hand is played with all the cards;
- which means that the virtual shuffle accepts absolutely all of the cards dealt;
- Blackjack has a minuscule % of the casino’s advantage over its players. It serves as a safety cushion for the house, should the outcome of a long hand be any different;
- You must choose the best style of blackjack to play now;
- Do not deviate from this strategy even one step, strictly following its instructions (force majeure circumstances are not taken into account).
Strategy is one of the conditions for gaining an advantage over the casino. You have to be able to count the cards returned to the eliminator. The concentration of certain cards (active and passive) affects the positive outcome of the game for those sitting at the table. If there are a lot of big cards in the buff, the chances of winning increase. If not, it is easy to guess the answer…
The essence of the counting technique
It consists of counting the large and small cards (reasons given above) that “come out” from the table. The formula for success: a large card is dealt – score +1, a medium card – 0, a small card – -1. There is a direct correlation: the higher the score, the higher the bet should be. That’s it. Concise. Concise. Specific.
All card counting systems are based on this rule. Details which help to increase the accuracy of the result serve as a supplement to the counting methodology.
Closing remarks
Anyone can learn to count blackjack cards; all you have to do is add very simply and methodically step by step, recording the value of the cards. The main condition – attentiveness, accuracy and strong nerves.
Blackjack professionals and card-counting professionals do not always walk away from a casino in the blackjack game in the black. Their acquired counting skills can only be productive for long stretches of the game. The casino does not like such visitors, it must be taken into account if the decision to count cards becomes final.
