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Blackjack Card counting

Blackjack Card counting

Basic blackjack card counting strategy gives the player a major advantage for any blackjack situation based on the number hands played in the long run.But in the short run, as the cards are dealt from the deck, the remaining deck is no longer complete. By keeping track of the cards that have already been played, gives you the ability to know when the cards remaining in the deck are advantageous for the player.ie. if alot of jacks have come out or twos you can rule those cards out.

With a blackjack card counting strategy you can:

can make larger bets when he has the advantage. For example, the player can increase the starting bet if there are many aces and tens left in the deck, in the hope of hitting a blackjack.

can use information about the remaining cards to improve upon the basic strategy rules for specific hands played. For example, with many tens left in the deck, the player may double down in more situations since there is a better chance of making a strong hand.

Blackjack card counting strategy systems don't require the player to remember which cards have been played. Rather, a point system is established for the cards, and the player keeps track of a simple point count as the cards are played out from the dealer.

Depending on the particular blackjack rules in a given casino, basic strategy reduces the house advantage to less than 1%. Card-counting, if done correctly, can give the player an advantage, typically ranging from 0 to 2% over the house.

In general

The basic principle behind card counting is the fact that high cards, particularly aces and tens, are better for the player and low cards, particularly 4s, 5s and 6s, are good for the dealer or house.

A high concentration of Aces and tens give a higher chance of Blackjacks and the tens also increase probability of a hand totalling 20, which are almost as good because the dealer must hit Blackjack or 21 to beat, and of splittable pairs also resulting in 20s.

A high number of ten value cards also makes the insurance bet more profitable since that is essentially a bet that the dealer's card is a ten . Low cards are good for the dealer, because the dealer must hit stiff hands (12-16) unlike the player who can hit or stand according to basic strategy. Tens bust all stiff hands and will increase the chance the dealer will lose, so a concentration of low values is safer for the dealer. A low count of Aces also decreases the probability of Blackjack.