The counting itself can be learned pretty quickly. The hard part is doing it in a casino and not being obvious about it.
I think the best way to learn is simply taking a deck of cards and being turning cards over 1 at a time and keep count while you go through the deck. You should be able to go through the enitre deck in under 30 seconds fairly quickly. There is also some card counting tutorial out there. Just do a google search. But like I said doing it at home is alot easier than doing it in the casino.
I think the best way to learn is simply taking a deck of cards and being turning cards over 1 at a time and keep count while you go through the deck. You should be able to go through the enitre deck in under 30 seconds fairly quickly. There is also some card counting tutorial out there. Just do a google search. But like I said doing it at home is alot easier than doing it in the casino.
Doing it right and getting away with it come with very long odds against the person of even above average intellect being able to become successfull at counting cards in this day and age..
25 years ago was a different story but today the casinos are just to aware and there is to much surveillance. Very few individuals have the brains, nerve and the patience required to succeed at card counting.
I used to dabble with single and double deck games back in the late 70s and early 80s in places like Binion's and The Castaways and can say first hand it works but those conditions are no longer available today.
I used a simple plus/minus and count aces and fives system.
The best souce of literature on the subject can be found online at The Gamblers Bookstore located in Las Vegas. You can order anything by UPS or Fed Ex online. Check the section marked blackjack, there are dozens of books including Ken Uston on Blackjack and Busting Vegas by Ben Mezrich.
Gamblers Bookstore..
All things considered it is a very difficult way to make an easy living and not recommended for the feint of heart.
wil.
25 years ago was a different story but today the casinos are just to aware and there is to much surveillance. Very few individuals have the brains, nerve and the patience required to succeed at card counting.
I used to dabble with single and double deck games back in the late 70s and early 80s in places like Binion's and The Castaways and can say first hand it works but those conditions are no longer available today.
I used a simple plus/minus and count aces and fives system.
The best souce of literature on the subject can be found online at The Gamblers Bookstore located in Las Vegas. You can order anything by UPS or Fed Ex online. Check the section marked blackjack, there are dozens of books including Ken Uston on Blackjack and Busting Vegas by Ben Mezrich.
Gamblers Bookstore..
All things considered it is a very difficult way to make an easy living and not recommended for the feint of heart.
wil.
For shits and giggles spend $20 plus shipping and order this.
SO YOU WANNA BE A GAMBLER CARD COUNTING
by Patrick, John
Order 527002...$19.95
Six topical sections include: basic strategy; single deck application; neutral deck and variations; card recognition; reading a hand; playing two, four, six and eight-deck games; side count of aces; Covers regression systems; soft increases; Martingale; percentage return; importance of charting. 370 pages, paperbound. 1986.
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It is kind of dated but by the time you are done reading it you will have an idea what you are up against and hopefully try something more doable gambling wise..
BOL. wil..
SO YOU WANNA BE A GAMBLER CARD COUNTING
by Patrick, John
Order 527002...$19.95
Six topical sections include: basic strategy; single deck application; neutral deck and variations; card recognition; reading a hand; playing two, four, six and eight-deck games; side count of aces; Covers regression systems; soft increases; Martingale; percentage return; importance of charting. 370 pages, paperbound. 1986.
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It is kind of dated but by the time you are done reading it you will have an idea what you are up against and hopefully try something more doable gambling wise..
BOL. wil..
That is how I play it. I'm not rich nor am I trying to bankrupt the casino. I'll sit at the $10 table and bet anywhere from $10 to maybe on a very rare occasion $50 or $60. I basically play just to try and pay for my trip. Last time I went to Vegas I won about $800 in 4 days. And betting that small I never had a problem with the casinos. Now if your betting $1000 a hand I'm sure they will pay far more attention to you. I don't pay very often anymore but usually I play on the gambling boats down here in Florida. They seem to be even more lax.
shdw02 likes to semi-count his cards.....
he sits at a 1-2 deck game and if the first few hands are number-heavy he increases his bets.
It really is funny to watch....dealers watch so when he bumps up the bets pretty big, instead of dealing, the dealer just starts to shuffle (funny)...and the best part is now shdw02 has to go back to the low betting amount and he tries to be sly about it....
....really funny to watch player+dealer both fully aware of the other yet both trying to be sly about their actions.
he sits at a 1-2 deck game and if the first few hands are number-heavy he increases his bets.
It really is funny to watch....dealers watch so when he bumps up the bets pretty big, instead of dealing, the dealer just starts to shuffle (funny)...and the best part is now shdw02 has to go back to the low betting amount and he tries to be sly about it....
....really funny to watch player+dealer both fully aware of the other yet both trying to be sly about their actions.
Beating Blackjack with Andy Block
Features: DVD Running Time: 50 mins. Andy teaches you: Basic Strategy, Counting Cards, Optimal Betting and Team Play. This DVD will take you inside the mind of a M.I.T. team card counter as he gives you the secrets that made him and his team millions in Vegas. Bonus Features: Audio interview with Andy Bloch about playing with the M.I.T. Team. Basic Strategy Chart. Optimal Betting Tear Out.
Interesting Blackjack website.
http://www.bjmath.com/index.html
Check it out if you want to learn something you might not already know about the game of blackjack.
Contains some interesting hand value charts:
http://www.bjmath.com/bjmath/ev/ev.htm
wil..
http://www.bjmath.com/index.html
Check it out if you want to learn something you might not already know about the game of blackjack.
Contains some interesting hand value charts:
http://www.bjmath.com/bjmath/ev/ev.htm
wil..
