Posted: 5/31/2011 11:41:19 PM EDT
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ayone here know how to do it? my boss tells me there are still some casinos in vegas dealing one or two decks. Wife wants to go to vegas next year for her birthday and I figured I might as well try to figure that shit out so maybe I can pay for the trip. Also how many hands and how much money can you win before someone notices what you are doing and takes you out back to break your legs? |
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Here's the deal: "The Worlds Greatest Blackjack Book"
That is the best book to learn counting. And it's all going to depend on the individual pit worker whether/when he drops a hammer on your play. You could only be betting green and be up only 6 units and he could make you bet flat. (happened to a friend) |
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Quoted: A way I've heard about, but never tried, is to use a simple mental count. When you see low cards dealt, you raise the count by one. When you see high cards dealt, you lower the count by one. When the count's high, you bet high. yeah thats the one that seems most common on the web. Im going to start practicing it for now and see if I can get fast enough to try it out. |
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It's quite simple. You don't have to be very smart at all. Look it up on Google or youtube for a detailed explanation and different methods of playing the count. BUT- You need to have quite a sum of money behind it and a lot of cards need to be played in order to take advantage of the very slight advantage it gives you and actually consistently make decent money. |
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A way I've heard about, but never tried, is to use a simple mental count. When you see low cards dealt, you raise the count by one. When you see high cards dealt, you lower the count by one. When the count's high, you bet high. This is the simplest way. there are 3 outcomes to playing blackjack: Win, Draw, or Lose. The reason counting works is that, when you play a PERFECT game of blackjack, the house only has about a 1.5% advantage. (Did you notice that I said, a "PERFECT" GAME?" There's a reason for that. If you eliminate or even decrease that advantage, then you only have 2 possible outcomes: Draw or Win. The number of decks played is actually irrelevant. The only things that matter are (1) get in when the deck is fresh (being dealt for the first time since shuffling*) and 2: Keep a good mental count in your head. Be sure that the casino is playing with fair decks. Many casinos nowadays have a 'revolving deck,' where they have maybe 20 decks in a shuffler that dispenses 3 or 4 decks at a time for play. This means that a 'shuffle' makes your count irrelevant: you may have any number of decks hidden by the shuffler machine. I was counting for awhile and having some good luck with it.... maybe even drawing even. But I have come to the conclusion that the only people getting rich from blackjack are the people writing books about it. Quoted:
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A way I've heard about, but never tried, is to use a simple mental count. When you see low cards dealt, you raise the count by one. When you see high cards dealt, you lower the count by one. When the count's high, you bet high. yeah thats the one that seems most common on the web. Im going to start practicing it for now and see if I can get fast enough to try it out. Here's a neat drill to try: Shuffle a deck of cards, and flip each card up. Increment or decrement the count accordingly. When you get to the end of the deck, you should be at zero. If you can do an entire deck accurately in 30 seconds you are ready to START playing at the table. |