Card Counting Archive

Beating Blackjack Today – A Lesson in Preferential Adversity There are two types of blackjack players in this world. There are those that play for fun (making up the majority), and those who play for profit. What separates them is motivation. Those who just want to have a good time lack the motivation to...

Blackjack strategies that still work in today’s gambling age. Technology grows more advanced, more complicated, more beneficial to society with each passing year. Casino games – blackjack in particular – are not what they once were. As players grow smarter, rules become more strict, security more watchful for the advantage player. And that’s just...

So long as the dealer is not using a continuous shuffling machine (CSM) to reshuffle the cards after each hand (common in single-deck games), it is possible to count the cards. However, there are a number of factors that will inevitably diminish a player's ability to make a profit (of any notable size) while...

The underlying assumption behind ace sequencing is that during a minimal shuffle, such as two riffles of the deck, there is a high likelihood that cards discarded together will still be in close proximity for the next deal. The player will watch as Aces are discarded during play and take note of the two...

Blackjack players who seek greater refinement in their approach to card counting than made possible by the basic “Hi-Lo Count” may wish to delve into “Omega II”, a two-level system developed by Bryce Carlson and first introduced in his book “Blackjack for Blood” (2001). When correctly applied, it is claimed to provide a betting...

Among the many card counting strategies developed for playing blackjack, the so-called Hi-Lo Count or High/Low System is one of the oldest and probably the most commonly used. It is easy to learn and, if properly applied, can give the player a significant advantage in wagering against the House Edge, which changes from deal...

Card counting provides a method of keeping track of cards that have been played, identifying how “rich” or “poor” decks are and how that affects the odds. Card counters are thus able to know when the cards remaining in the deck favor the player, and a number of popular counting strategies have been developed...