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@tonyevan1241

2 жыл бұрын

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@gordoneli3786

2 жыл бұрын

@Tony Evan Instablaster ;)

@tonyevan1241

2 жыл бұрын

@Gordon Eli I really appreciate your reply. I got to the site on google and Im in the hacking process atm. Looks like it's gonna take quite some time so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.

@tonyevan1241

2 жыл бұрын

@Gordon Eli it worked and I actually got access to my account again. Im so happy! Thanks so much you saved my ass :D

@gordoneli3786

2 жыл бұрын

@Tony Evan Happy to help :)

"We are not at the casino to play blackjack." That really sent the message of what card counting is all about.

@raymondphilip6232

3 жыл бұрын

Yup, all i do when playing blackjack was just to see the numbers of cards (i.e. card counting) and not my money. As i've gained this trait, cuz i got trading background where by money is not the leading indicator, it's merely a byproduct.

@snay6869

3 жыл бұрын

@@raymondphilip6232 I'm a trader too, scalper :) New to blackjack. Seem to like it.

@raymondphilip6232

3 жыл бұрын

@@snay6869 wow cool man,, im more a systematic approach because of various reasons why systeatic is superior to discretionary at least for me,, but hey if u r making money in he long run who am i to judge

@snay6869

3 жыл бұрын

@@raymondphilip6232 Yeah I am making money in the long run because of volatility. I use a systematic approach to trading too.

@raymondphilip6232

3 жыл бұрын

@@snay6869 wow thats neat Lemme guess,, volatility breakouts? 😏😏

I've watched 3 of your vids recently, and I'm very impressed by the quality of your points and presentation. As a long-retired counter, the difference between the material I learned from, and your vids, is amazing. Well done.

@Blackjackapprenticeship

5 жыл бұрын

Wow. That means a lot! I take the craft seriously... thanks for the kind words.

Thanks for this knowledge, I'm now limiting my self to a 20 - 40$ start and usually end up having 300-400$ by 2 hours in.

As a dealer, we are trained to deal cards and recognize them from the center pips of the card, not the indices. Esp for 6s and 9s, look at the center of the card and notice each card is different. 6s, no middle pips. It's faster to recognize cards like this than trying to read the number.

@laloeastside9669

5 жыл бұрын

+ionalieen I've always noticed, that when the cards are dealt, the cards are dealt where the card on top is placed top right, thus showing both numbers on top and bottom for the bottom card. I always figured that was for camera reasons. So wouldn't it also be a good practice to only cross cancel, or count the cards reading their values at the tops, since looking at the bottoms only show the numbers upside down? I thought that was kind of odd that a counter would make that mistake, since I've always counted looking at the top of the cards. I've never seen deals where only one of the bottom numbers is showing.

@ionalien

5 жыл бұрын

Lalo Eastside The eyes in the Skye don't mainly look at the numbers. The dealers make sure to place the card so the center is visible.

@laloeastside9669

5 жыл бұрын

Interesting.

Thanks Colin. These are excellent points to be driven home. I have at one time or another done each of these mistakes. Seeing them like this drives it home in a stronger fashion! Great job!

@Blackjackapprenticeship

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Larry!

this is probably my favorite video with the five most common mistakes. Thanks Colin

Thanks Colin. This advice is pure gold. Downloaded the app yesterday and on several occasions my count was off, I was so confident of my count that I thought there was a bug in the app.But I was always counting the dealer's card again. Hopefully I can get near perfect scores soon by enough practice

I an so excited for my next casino visit. I already made some money with some rational reflections and rules for playing but this is way better of course :) But I count the small numbers as -1 and the higher numbers as +1. From the emotional side, this feels more accurate and easier :D and then just count how many small and high numbers you have and then do the addition. So not calculate the whole time +1,-1 and so on...that makes it a lot easier to be quite fast. Thanks so much!!

One strategy that helps me count is that I group the “double” count from the starting cards with the dealer up card, rather than counting each card individually. For example, a blackjack is automatically a “-2” running count, rather than counting the ace and 10 card individually.

@Blackjackapprenticeship

5 жыл бұрын

If that works well for you, that's great!

@hotwork115k4

2 жыл бұрын

You should always wait for the second card to start your count duh

@christophercarlone9945

2 жыл бұрын

I use Mike Aponte's concept of meaningful pairs. It made keeping track of the running count a lot easier for me. That's when it clicked in my head.

Another great video. Also, your card counting mini-course on the BJA website is great too.

@Blackjackapprenticeship

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Eli!

Thank you Colin. I just got basic strategy memorized and I’m now working on counting. Looking forward to watching your video about casino distractions, I think that’s going to be the hardest thing for me to overcome and adjust to.

@MW3TIM

4 жыл бұрын

How's it going?

@jso2332

2 жыл бұрын

Squirrel....

@thrusteavis

Жыл бұрын

I'm trying to practice for this right now by just playing while I multitask and do other things, being able to play perfectly while watching a video or tidying the house so it feels more like an instinct

Unbelievable ! You have blown my mind again!! You are so helpful colin!! Thank you thank you thank you!! I know now why my count is off sometimes. It has to be the 6 and 9 lol wow God bless you my friend! I plan on burning down the house in KC MO in January. I will have over 500 + hours of practicing. I'm taking my time and loving it! Oh and building my bankroll. I'm doing it all for fun also! I love hobbies. I appreciate you alot. Thank you!

@Blackjackapprenticeship

5 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it! Keep up the good work.

@jayryan2900

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you colin good luck with your boot camp this weekend:)

Wow, I just watched this and I'm so confused. I don't gamble and am not sure why this was on my homepage, but now I'm intrigued ♥

@Blackjackapprenticeship

5 жыл бұрын

Hahaha. This is about card counting at blackjack. Not sure why it was on your homepage either. If you're intrigued, I'd start with this video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/gWdpwaimcti5o8o.html

Mistakes #1 and #3 (mostly 3) are what have sunk me. Can't say that I have experienced the other ones for mistakes. Another mistake is when The hand is done and I'm looking at the dealer's hand and going back and forth from his last card to what the running count was before his last card, instead of saying the current running count over and over. Sometimes, I will accidentally stick with the running count before his last card. It is just an OCD thing my brain does to clarify that my count matches what I am seeing and that I counted correctly. A bad habit I need to break!

Nice Colin, great video.

Thank you Colin. If this is any indication of the content of your book (I WANT IT!), it will be a instant classic.

I'm Dutch and I kept the running count in English (I've been speaking English for a long time and am nearly fluent) for a while, and then I started doing it in Dutch and it became so much easier, which in hindsight doesn't surprise me at all. P.S. The Dutch word for "minus" or "negative" is the one-syllable word "min", i as in dip, which means I can actually say the whole number without abbreviating.

I didn’t understand true count. His forth explanation confirmed what I didn’t know. Now I’m ready to work on basic strategies

please keep the videos coming!

@Blackjackapprenticeship

5 жыл бұрын

Will do!

Super analysis! I haven't seen this aspect of CC covered so thoroughly anywhere else. I have to admit that I have been guilty of one of these errors. On many occasions I have forgotten to count the dealer's card or I have forgotten after the round which card was the dealer's up card. So, I doubt if I counted the up card! One additional error I have made is counting in the wrong direction! Negative running counts can be a little more challenging. When I am a bit tired, I might make this mistake.

@Blackjackapprenticeship

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah that’s an important one as well... be careful when count goes from negative to positive and train until you never count the wrong direction! Hope that helps.

Best video you’ve made tbh

these videos are amazing and im taking this knowledge to the next level i promise🙂

@luisalexander8492

Жыл бұрын

How's it going?

@jordan11184

Жыл бұрын

@@luisalexander8492 pretty good actaully lmaoo im up 15k net win over all after i said this but obv not just because this videos but his vids helped alottt for sure

Very fascinating.

Is there a decent way to prepare for a casino 6 deck atmosphere as opposed to just going there and playing? I've tried this in the past but between figuring out where I am $ wise (how much ahead/down) and keeping up with the actual hand (going to stop doing this until the end), I always lost count. Also, do you have your deviations and bet sizes available publicly?

excellent video

Excellent!

I'd add a 6th and 7th mistake here: Getting distracted and not being fast enough. That happens to me a lot when I'm back counting. Otherwise I don't make any of these mistakes. I'm taking time off counting for awhile but I'll be back in the casino for the holidays, I've definitely lost a lot less money back counting and knowing basic and index strategy opposed to what I used to do which was play penny slots for comp money and free play lol. I just need to save up the money to do this legit instead of back counting and "sniping" tables that have a high running count lol. All I need is a good $1000 really. I know the strategies, the counting techniques, and have a good bet spread plan.

This is exactly what threw me off this weekend!@ #1

This video helped!

I use count of +1 for 2,3,7, +2 for 4,5,6, -1 for 9, and -2 for tens. Way more accurate, and makes the simple +1, -1 count look like it has counting errors built in. For example @6:10 I thought you made a counting mistake because I wanted to count the dealer bust card nine as -1. But counting is easy. The hard part is memorizing all the tables based on true count for hitting/splitting/doubling. The other hard part is putting up with bad players who think you took their card or dealers card when you make a hit that is based on the count and not basic stratetgy.

@Blackjackapprenticeship

5 жыл бұрын

Fair enough.

As someone with ADD this is something that will always be a challenge for me, and that more than the money is why I want to master it....and also screw casinos

@brianbaker2884

2 жыл бұрын

earnings at 670$, 2 weeks in

I finally go kicked out of the Claridge in AC after a couple of months back in the 90's, problem was it was the only casino that had 4 decks so I had to keep going to the same place. I was never a big bettor so they just told me not to come back. Glad they didn't notice the quadruple down and capping. 😎😎

Awesome video Colin. Would you say in your honest opinion, that many well seasoned (5 plus years of experience) counters still at times make the "off by one" mistakes? Have you seen any counters with similar experience that have been off by more? How well do you do with perfect counting, at least when you practice?

@Blackjackapprenticeship

5 жыл бұрын

Occasionally off by 1. Not by more than that with a seasoned pro.

lol...i get caught up in the big hand hype and just give up on the count...I know my weaknesses include having too much fun and my BS needs buttoned up. I've been playing BJ for many years and always treated it like a fun activity, but I'd like to improve that, or I've started to improve. This isn't the first time I've seen Colin's stuff so maybe some of it will stick this time.

The 6s and 9s Haha I did that once as well.

Thanks mate! I've got this, but just lacking my speed

@sportspokerguy3506

4 жыл бұрын

You’re 4 months ahead of me but I’m curious if you’re faster now because I’m a beginner and I’m pretty slow too

@quentincook3870

3 жыл бұрын

I’m slow to tho

@callmeclutch24

3 жыл бұрын

How’s it coming? Any updates?

One thing I’ve noticed is getting the plus and minus counts mixed up especially when they’re around zero. In some situations, it can be easy to forget if say, the running count is +2 or -2

card counting seems so complicated and i could never do it nor do i have the desire but i still enjoy these videos haha

@laloeastside9669

5 жыл бұрын

Lol. It's not really that complicated, but it does take patience and practice. Anyone with enough persistence and dedication can get it.

@phoebemclellan9447

5 жыл бұрын

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What do you think of a new card counter just playing one on one when they start? Wouldn't that be easier than counting a full table? I am training but was thinking that when I'm ready to try it in the casino I would go when it is very slow like early in the morning etc.

@Blackjackapprenticeship

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but you've got to be able to play any scenario.

I only play at a table alone (plus a dealer). Assuming no worry about being backed off. If the true count is in my favor do I add 1 or 2 or 3 hands? How does a player have an edge over the house if I play 1 hand and the dealer plays 1 hand?

Hi, thanks a lot for the tips. I've watch few of your videos. Need some advice here, how do I want to keep track the running count when each time the dealer draw card, he take out 1 card and put it a side without open it?

Any tips for someone who,has a brain injury as well as ADD? I have a lot of trouble concentrating and remembering. I’ve been playing for 20 years, so basic strategy is fairly solid, it’s betting strategy and card counting that need work. Can you count using only a running count, and not a true count? I’ve also played poker for years to help my brain, but another concussion last month has really set me back. Not only do I love blackjack (for the most part), but it’s helping keeping my brain going. Any tips or tricks are appreciated

Colin when I count I make sure I count all player hands but I don’t count the dealers up card until after she flips over her bottom card it keeps me from forgetting or double counting all together I want your advice would you say that’s a good tip

@Blackjackapprenticeship

5 жыл бұрын

That's fine. If you are always accurate, that will work.

Regarding the dealer changing up which side of the up card / down card he just flipped that he starts placing his hit cards, why can't you just always add the dealers cards to the count at the end? (Well, at the time he flips the card up you add/sub those two to/from the count and then continue adding and subtracting as he hits.) I know you want to update the count as the cards come out of the shoe but I think you should only do that for players. Do it my way for the dealer's cards if you get confused as to what was the up card.

When I was a beginner it was difficult keeping count when the deck got negative. Once in the negative tens and aces make the running count “bigger” and low cards make it “smaller”. Kind of counter initiative at first. It definitely takes practice!

@Blackjackapprenticeship

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it was hard for all of us at the beginning.

@guibox3

5 жыл бұрын

For me, I get easily messed up when the count hovers in and out of the double digits. -11 to -13 easily lose me when it goes up and down continually around there. I don't know why. I'm good at math but my brain sometimes has trouble shifting back and forth around those numbers. Weird

Do you ever come to Columbus GA?

I’m that guy who lost the count after multiple doubles and splits. But hey, I was super excited because I had 15k on the table in splits and doubles and the dealers busted. I swear I thought they were gonna take me in the back room like in the movie 21.

Another mistake is accidentally counting your A as a +1. As a poker player I've done that thinking of the A as a wheel straight in poker A-2-3-4-5. If I get too much in a rhythm of positive running count cards and an A comes up, I sometimes count it as a positive as well. lol

@tetralux2798

5 жыл бұрын

I've been catching myself doing this when an A comes up as a 1 in a hard hand, whoops

Should I count once the first player is set to hit or stand or as soon as the first player receives their 2nd card. I've been training the latter way for so long now. Should I retrain my brain?

What are your thoughts of sitting "3rd base and deviations from basic strategy..?? Or avoiding to play one on one with the dealer?

@blackjackapprenticeshipgus6559

5 жыл бұрын

I'm having a hard time understanding your question, but I'll attempt to answer. (1) your seat at the table does not matter at all and you play the exact same way (perfect basic strategy, perfect counting, perfect deviations) no matter where you sit. (2) as far as playing heads up with the dealer or with other players, each has its merits and detriments but both can generate EV.

Can anyone provide tips on how to keep the running count while also making decisions on your hand? I'm struggling with simple addition while retaining the separate running count, or forgetting the running count while deciding on my decision.

@royjonzejr

4 ай бұрын

What I did was develop and write down an association with every number from 1 to 20. For example, for running 9, I think of that notoriously terrible Beatles song "Revolution 9" and hear the repeated "NUMBER 9 ... NUMBER 9" in that song. So when the running count is 9, I put that in my head, which is easy to remember, then I can move on to doing the math for the playing decision. Another association is 6, I think of that Iron Maiden song "Number of the Beast" and hear the singer going, "SIX, SIX SIX, THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST!" for 4, I think of the jersey number of a famous hockey player "Number 4, Bobby Orr!" You can come up with your own personalized associations for each number that's easy to remember.

If you missed 1 card and you know absolutely it was missed, do you simply get up from the table and start over at a fresh shoe? Or do you treat it like a high card to be conservative, and continue playing with that assumption?

@rudymartin8583

2 жыл бұрын

This is a very good question, I'd also like to know the advice on this

I get it, but once it gets down to the end of the shoe and there is a deck+ left, depending on where it's cut, you still have a lot of unknowns, or am I wrong with this?

How do you know the count when sitting down without someone there on a team? Or do you wait for a shuffle to sit down if solo?

@Blackjackapprenticeship

5 жыл бұрын

Wait for a shuffle to sit down.

Can you be a “casual” card counter just enough so when you do go to the casino you can generally go in with odds on your favor? Or does counting only work if you go to the casino 4 times a week for a few hours

@chriscarlone527

3 жыл бұрын

You can treat it like a hobby. It's knowledge that so long as you use it correctly, it should never leave you once you pick it up solidly.

@grifter84

2 жыл бұрын

Even perfect card counting involves short-term variance in both directions - the point is to generate EV over the long run, and the law of large numbers says you will be profitable. It does take a certain number of hours in the casino to reach that long run, so it will take the occasional player longer to generate a high enough sample size to cancel out variance.

Is the move with the 3 of hearts with the upcard because most people are right handed? That they all go to the left from the players perspective

Does the running count add each round? I have never seen u mention it in any video.

@yuviamendoza4317

4 жыл бұрын

Yes it does

"All you had to do is count the damn cards CJ "

At my casino the dealer burns a card to start and they burn a card when they switch dealers between a shoe. How would you handle those burn cards?

@Cowtymsmiesznego

Жыл бұрын

Just ignore them. Imagine those cards are at the very bottom of the shoe where they'll never get reached anyway. It effectively decreases your deck penetration by 1 card.

So when do you finally buy in ? Like when do I put bigger amounts down ? What’s the count where I do that and when do I retract

@DylanGonzalezl

4 жыл бұрын

patronboy777 great question I would also like to know the answer to

@bobylantin1429

2 жыл бұрын

+2 or more

How do you know exactly when to start raising your bets? Or when to stay low?

@royjonzejr

4 ай бұрын

It depends on how good or bad the rules are at your particular blackjack game, but a general rule of thumb is you start off with a 0.5% disadvantage against the house with a neutral count. Then at true count 1, you are either at break even or have a tiny little advantage over the house of less than 0.5%. So this can be a good time to raise your bet by a little bit. Then finally at true count 2 you start to get a comfortable advantage of about 1%, so this is a good time to make a big raise. Then with each additional true count, another 0.5%. I pretty much max bet at true 4 or higher, though your appetite for risk/heat may vary.

I've always hated gambling. When I found out you could go to a casino and win money without gambling, I was all in with card counting.

I estimate to the nearest half deck. If your eyeball there are 2.9 decks in the discard tray, do you round 2.9 to 3, and use 3(decks remaining) as the divisor for the TC? or round down 2.9 to 2.5, and use 3.5 as the divisor for TC?

@Blackjackapprenticeship

5 жыл бұрын

I teach people to truncate, or "round towards zero." So a true 2.9 is a true 2. A true -2.9 is a true -2.

@754759119

5 жыл бұрын

@@Blackjackapprenticeship Thanks for the reply, but you misundersood my question. it's not how to round the TC, it's how to round the DIVISOR of the TC, a step before rounding the TC.

When we sit at a BJ table, how do we know how many deck of cards they use? And wouldn't we have to start at the beginning of a new case of cards? (Because we wouldn't know what the true or running count would be if we started around half way)

@jso2332

2 жыл бұрын

Each table has some way of telling you how many decks they are playing with. Either it is advertised on the table itself or via a digital display. You could also just ask the dealer.

In my country, they deal only one dealer card. Does it effect the strategy ?

@adamk4733

4 жыл бұрын

Wouldn’t change other than her getting the next card from the shoe once all the players have stayed/hit/busted. In the long run it would even out.

done.

Man I could do this for sure

On a new shuffle where the running count/TC is zero: what is the best strategy when you see high cards in the first few hands? Your TC is negative....but for awhile, you're seeing high cards.

@danielyuan9862

2 жыл бұрын

Your true counts gives you information about cards that you _don't_ know. You already see high cards face up, but those don't count. When you make playing deviations, play as "normal".

Lol going from true count to using that for running RIP

If the dealer is tripping up the player's count by their card movement (especially if you see one dealer do it one way, and another might move the cards differently), what about counting up each of the players hands in meaningful pairs, then count up the entire dealer's hand LAST? It would seem to me that there would be benefits in waiting to count ANY of dealer's cards until the dealer is playing their hand. Since the dealer does not start turning and / or hitting on their own hand until all player hands are completely played out, then it would allow you to: 1. Focus ONLY on the player hands as the cards are completely dealt, hit, split, etc. No need look up to the dealer's up card, then back down to player(s) hand(s), back and forth, etc., getting all messed up. (Of course, you still have to glance at dealer's up card right after you look at your first two cards so you can decide basic strategy decision, but you just haven't started COUNTING the dealer's up card yet.) 2. Once ALL the player(s) hands are played out, and you mentally scoop up the count quickly as you can in meaningful pairs, and have the total running card count of player's hands committed to memory, you would now have no need to look back at ANY player cards for the remainder of that round. Once you have the complete running count (of all player's cards up to this point), then you can focus your full, undivided attention to the dealer's hand, without worrying about whether or not you counted the hole card yet as the dealer moves, turns, and hits cards. Plus, since a lot of dealers scoop up hands very quickly after they have played their last card, you also will not be in a potential mad panic trying to go back and count player hands again. What would be the downside or risk in doing it this way?

@88KeysIdaho

4 жыл бұрын

I understand what you're saying, but if it's a single-deck (I'm most familiar with that), the players receive their cards face down, with the additional hit cards dealt face up. So you can't count them until the dealer finishes with his cards to see if he busts, then turns over the players' other cards to see whether then won or lost. I usually count the dealers up card and my two cards first, and then count his additional cards, and then all the players' cards as they're getting collected or paid out.

@__Paul__

2 жыл бұрын

@@88KeysIdaho You are talking about a completely different game, which is not the scope of this video. Also, there are very few double-deck games, let alone single deck games left, and the ones that are available, now have too many restrictions added to them to make them less worthwhile to play. All of this is why the main focus is on 6 or 8 deck shoe games, hence BJA's focus.

Why nobody doing a count app?

Are you sure - updating RC with ANY card coming out..? I start counting, when looking at the pairs in the second round of cards, which gives you time to relax or even chat...less suspicious as well. - Gives your brain time to RECOVER a bit:)

15 years winning $600,000 and let’s say he got another $400k from the teams still isn’t that much per year versus just going to work

@violentpeacemaker7822

4 жыл бұрын

he had generated an ev of 400$ / hour approx. imagine making 400$/hour, doing something you love, experiencing the rush,travelling,comps etc. even if he had an ev of 50$ that is still 1000 times better than any job if u ask me, as long as you enjoy what you do.

@codeninja1832

4 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure he made that $600k in the first 2 years. I remember him saying something about that in one of his videos.

Just wondering... is there a reason face/10/ace are negative 1s? Seems like it would be more intuitive, for me personally, if they were +1 and the 2-6 were (-)1.

@danielyuan9862

2 жыл бұрын

Because the cards that are dealt are those that are _leaving_ the shoe. A positive count would mean there are high cards in the shoe, and vice versa.

What is true count vs running count? Please give detailed explanation

@Blackjackapprenticeship

5 жыл бұрын

This will break it down for you: www.blackjackapprenticeship.com/how-to-count-cards/

When u have the running count 20 , and there are 5 decks left, the true count is 4! My question is, you replace the running count with the true count?! Or is just to know whats going to bring the left decks?(true count!) And you have to do the true count every round? Thanks Colin i apretiate you comment

@modellking

4 жыл бұрын

don't replace your running count! You use true count to evaluate how high to bet and nothing else the running count should only be affected by the usual rules (+1

@Cowtymsmiesznego

Жыл бұрын

The running count is just the pure (numerical) difference between the number of high and low cards LEFT in the shoe. It gives you a vague idea of whether the player or the house has an advantage at any particular moment. However, to truly *quantify* this advantage, you are interested in the *proportion* of high cards left vs the low cards. This is why why you calculate the "true count" - by dividing the running count by the number of decks left in the shoe. The true count is simply the average prevalence of the high cards left in the shoe PER DECK (instead of the pure amount for the entire remaining shoe). You use the running count to count cards, and you use the true count to estimate your edge and inform your betting decisions. The "true count" is only a temporary calculation to decide how much to bet - but you should only really remember the running count when counting.

When should one calculate true count in a 6 deck shoe & how many times?

@jso2332

2 жыл бұрын

Every hand. This is how you know if you should be increasing your bet or not.

What’s the true count used for??

This is probably odd, but I find it so much easier to use the -1 for small cards and +1 for face cards. I'm assuming it would be ok to learn like this as long as I use the logic backward right?

What happens if they use an auto shuffler and they feed every discarded card immediately after discard? So its always a full 6 deck shoe. I dont think card counting works then right?

@GaryLuKOTH

3 жыл бұрын

Correct. It does not. That is what makes card counter harder now than it is 30 years ago. You need to find tables that do not re-shuffle too often.

I think I’m gonna stick to basic strategy this was way over my head lol

@GaryLuKOTH

5 жыл бұрын

Logan Naslund LOL you’ll still do better than most gamblers.

So when missing a card, it is better to don’t change your running count or make -1 because then you’re on the safer side

My guy! Then what is the purpose of a "True Count" if the running count is most important!?! Thank you too Bro.

@Blackjackapprenticeship

5 жыл бұрын

True count is how you know what to bet (and when to deviate), but it's all based on an accurate running count.

@avreeevans3464

5 жыл бұрын

Apprenticeship, Lastly but not the least-what is the highest "True Count"? Thanks again my friend. Im gonna try my education on this soon. I do not want a million, just a cool 70,000.00 or roughly in this area...

@avreeevans3464

5 жыл бұрын

Bro???

@JANICKGMO_

5 жыл бұрын

@@avreeevans3464 it depends, how many decks?

How does the True count help the Advantage player over the Running count? I would surmise that the running count is the metrics you would care about. If you could do a short video on this or direct me to one...That would be great 👍

@Blackjackapprenticeship

3 ай бұрын

The RC only is useful to get to the TC, that's the metric that matters and informs all decisions.

@davidmaier1817

3 ай бұрын

@Blackjackapprenticeship Thank you for that response. So, having established that... then at what "True" count do you decide or at least consider increasing your wager? Thanks!

@Blackjackapprenticeship

3 ай бұрын

That depends on the game. Generally, once the edge is on your side you start to raise the bet. Usually thats around True 1 or 2

@davidmaier1817

3 ай бұрын

@@Blackjackapprenticeship Thank you so much! Practice continues...

6:12 ... aha aha i like it !

I've come with my own variable of card counting, but I realized that the real thing that needs to get practice is the running count once one get that, the rest should be eaten bread!!!!!

In the Netherlands the state owned casino's, who have a monopoly, reshuffle after every round of blackjack, making card counting useless; why don't US casino's do this, instead of having to go through the hassle of trying to spot card counters and backing them off?

I count to slow. The cards are being swept away before I can count them. Is this normal when first learning how to count or is my brain just to slow to count cards.

@Blackjackapprenticeship

3 ай бұрын

Very normal - it takes a lot of practice to get the speed down. On our website we have a free basic trainer where the speed can be adjusted, we also have an app with adjustable speeds to help when you're starting out.

Now a days I see casinos put the most recently played cards into machine for immediate shuffle. So does this mean u can not use count card method again?

@chriscarlone527

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, if the house is using immediate shuffle every turn, card counting is no longer possible because you're counting on cards coming through the deck that will no longer reappear until the end of the game. Immediately shuffling cards back in makes counting impossible.

Boss when we need to get true count after what number count

How do you know when there is a new deck or when one is finished? Like if you are playing a 5 deck game when do you know that one deck has finished?

@GaryLuKOTH

2 жыл бұрын

You don’t. You estimate how many decks there are left. Here is how you can estimate: look into the discard tray and estimate how many decks are in there. Then subtract that number from 6 (or however many decks the shoe started with). That is how many decks remain.

@osamaissa9819

2 жыл бұрын

@@GaryLuKOTH thank you! That was my last remaining question

Colin, have you ever had a player count, say, +1 instead of -1? I would occasionally do that when I started out.

@Blackjackapprenticeship

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, definitely. Should have included this in the mistakes.

@MondoLeStraka

5 жыл бұрын

@@Blackjackapprenticeship One other thing is not counting the hole card when it's flipped over. Sometimes due to excitement and sometimes due to the importance of a hand.

@MondoLeStraka

5 жыл бұрын

@@Blackjackapprenticeship If your count is usually off by +/_ two then that's what has happened. This also may happen when the count is going up, or down for that matter, and the RC is going +1, +1, +1, +0, +1, then a low card, and you add +1. The same applies for the RC going down: just reverse the numbers for the RC.

Does that count start new with every new shoe?

@jso2332

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

This came to me easy. Where do I learn the betting at. Seriously

@blackjackapprenticeshipgus6559

5 жыл бұрын

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No, the simplest reason why people mess up the running count is because of mental arithmetic; you're doing a lot of mental calculations in real-time, and it's easy to make a mistake without even realizing it. Unfortunately, that being the case, not realizing they made a mistake, a counter continues on with a false count. I would bet this is very common and has happened to even the best of us.

I need a private session with this guy Fr

how do you count in a double deck game when they deal the cards face down?

@maustian

4 жыл бұрын

Can’t

@88KeysIdaho

4 жыл бұрын

You wait for the dealer to turn them over to see whether to pay or not.

@billyhack9673

3 жыл бұрын

You have to count the cards as soon as you see them. Sometimes players don’t show their cards until the dealer turns them over to settle the hand. You can’t wait bit the end of the round although this would work for betting decisions. You need to update the running count as often as you can to use the total count to make playing decisions. But it’s tricky because now you have to keep track of the hands you’ve seen and those you haven’t. But up to date info is the only way to make deviations from basic strategy work in two decks and especially in one deck . And don’t play any shoe game that cuts off more than half the shoe. Peter Griffin, who was a blackjack expert and math professor at Cal State in the 1990’s came up with this solid piece of advice. He wrote “The Theory of Blackjack,” available from Huntington Press, Las Vegas. But unless you’ve had some uppergrad courses in statistics don’t expect to understand a lot of it. He is a good writer and he uses many entertaining anecdotes to get his points across. The area of statistics is sometimes called multi parameter estimation theory.

Isn`t it better to count just the absolute number of high and low cards? Then you have a rough grasp of the number of middle cards in the deck too.

I took $7k yesterday playing like an absolute jackass. Splitting 10s on 7s for example. Not the worst move but still silly.