Blackjack Card Counting - How & Why Card Works & How To Win

Title: Blackjack Card Counting - How & Why Card Works & How To Win
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Author: sacha tarkovsky

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Blackjack card counting can give you an edge against the casino
when playing help you win over the longer term.

Here we outline some basic questions and answers regarding the
concept. Contrary to what many players believe card counting is
relatively simple and it is easy for ANY player to blackjack
card count and win.

Q. Does Card counting work?

Card counting allows the player to keep track of how many high
cards or low cards have already been dealt, and how many are
still to come.

When high cards are expected, the player has an advantage, and
can increase the bet size. When predominantly low cards are
expected, bets are reduced to the minimum size as low cards
favor the dealer.

Thus, the player has a better chance of winning when dealt high
cards, and the dealer benefits from getting low cards.

This is because the dealer is forced to hit on any hand under
17, high cards therefore will bust the dealer.

In addition to this, being dealt high cards increases the
players chance of getting a blackjack, which has the highest
payout ratio of all the hands ( usually 3-2 ) Furthermore, high
cards are better after you have split pairs or doubled down.

Q. Does card counting guarantee I will win?

Long term blackjack card counting is effective, however in the
short term results can of course vary dramatically.

The reason for this is blackjack card counting is simply a
probability theory NOT a predictive theory.

Using mathematical simulations and depending on strategies,
rules, and playing conditions over the long run the player can
play at a small edge over the casino

Q. How much of an advantage can card counting give?

A typical blackjack card counter will play with an edge of up to
about 1.5%, depending on the card counting system used, the
skill of the player, and the house rules that the player is up
against.

It is quite unusual to find playing conditions that allow the
player to get more than a 2% edge against the house, even in a
single deck game, although you here many say 2% edge is the
norm, it's not.

The player's edge in multi-deck games is less than in single
deck and is normally less than 1%.

Q. So Single Decks Better Than Multiple Ones?

Playing single deck blackjack is better than multiple deck
blackjack for blackjack card counting due to the probability of
cards coming out of the deck.

Additional decks make busts less likely. Busting less helps the
dealer's hand more than the players, as the dealer is forced by
the rules to hit more often than the player.

Blackjacks are also less frequent in multi deck blackjack, which
is bad for the player as they get paid 3 to 2.

Q. What is the best card blackjack counting system? There is no
accepted best card counting system and opinions vary as to which
blackjack card counting system is best.

In recent years their has been a move to highly complicated card
counting strategies, but don't be fooled into thinking as it's
more complicated it will be more successful.

There is no correlation between the complexity of a system and
its expected success. Complicated systems can also be harder to
apply and therefore are more prone to errors.

A simple blackjack card counting system applied with no errors
will be far more effective than a complicated one that is
applied with errors.

There is a tendency to think that complicated strategies are the
way to go, however we have found that simple systems work just
as well and if there is a difference it's very marginal.

Q Can anyone master card counting and make money?

The answer is yes. Card counting can be as simple or complicated
as you like and longer term you get an edge over the casino you
can take advantage 0f.

A simple card counting system can be learned in an hour and no
maths knowledge is required

How successful you are with blackjack card counting is then
really down to you. How you bet and how you apply your system.
Shorter term results will vary but longer term you can get an
edge with any card counting method simple or complicated.



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