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I agree. We can also practice keeping the running count with these kinds of videos.

At the time the count was around a true 5, despite making it terribly obvious that you are counting, splitting 10s is the correct call.

Ehh. Martingale does work. Just casino or total cash on hand limits the player. So you’ll see it work plenty. Just eventually the luck runs out and the odds favor the casino.

@@matthewalle2 The only way martingale works is, if you have infinite cash reserves, but even then its ridiculous, because what good is winning 1 dollar when you have infinite cash

@@MegaYouNiko isn’t that what I said? Cash and casino limits. Other wise it would work perfect lol

@@matthewalle2 then you didn't read the second half of my reply lol

Just… Buy a deck of cards..

Very similar to my betting strategy. Nearly identical. It’s a great system. Minimize losses while shopping for a win streak.

WhT do you mean how real variance is

It’s not a losing strat, it works until it doesn’t work.

That’s why he said it works until it doesn’t work, I’ve racked up 1500 with 50 dollars via online using martingale and other times 500 here 600 there, martingale works until it doesn’t, and the splits and Bjs along the well help to add more $$$

⁠@@TheFailedmessiahye i have martingaled from $1 all the way to $512 in baccarat just to win back and profit $1 lmao

Basic strategy chart depends on what the rules of the casino are, such as if the dealer hits on a soft 17 or not. Blackjack apprenticeship site shows a hybrid chart that works decently for most rules, but ideally you should use a chart specifically designed for the rules of your casino.

Actually you can include the cards on the table as well because although they're not in the discard tray, you have counted them, except for the hole card. So 54 cards

To be absolutely sure, do a count where you count every single card +1. If the cut was about 2 decks deep, then if your total count at the end is about 312 (6 decks = 52 * 6 = 312 cards) you have 8 decks total for the shoe.

The sheets are available for free on his Website. You have to submit your email adress tho.

Im not colin but i would say .....always 2-3 for bjs.. stand soft 17.... surrender available..... no continuous automatic Schufflers!!!! Six deck is definitely better than eight deck… I think two deck is the best odds maybe? And single deck with these rules would be great too,right? Although on single deck, you can't double ever-also no Michaud entry is great I prefer it

The BJA strategy chart is made to work with both H17 & S17 and iirc is very slightly suboptimal for both, but it was made that way with the intent for people to learn 1 BS chart and make up the difference by learning the counting deviations chart for the game they are playing

True +3

Because splitting 10’s will not make more money in the long run. Only when the count is very high does it become advantageous to split 10’s, and only when the dealer has certain cards.

The seat doesn't impact the outcome so it would have no impact in the long run. We discuss it more here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f9aWrKeSns7cZY0.html

Or do I double down on a 11 after knowing they don't have blackjack?

No, card counting doesn't work on CSM.

If you have hard 13 vs a dealer six you want to stand as you hope they have a 10 and bust. Also depends on the TC if I have a 2/3 against 2-6 and the TC is -2 or more I'll hit TC of 0 or 1+ I'll stand.

12 should always be staying against dealer 5 or 6 but when the count get the +3 it also stays against a dealer 2 and +2 stays against dealer 3 also.

@@Blackjackapprenticeship Thanks for the reply. Much appreciated. What I can't figure is, you guys are professional card counters and still hit 12 against a dealer 3/4/5. And according to the book, always stand against 13/14/15/16 (most of the time at least). Does this mean that in true gameplay, 12 against a dealer 3/4/5 is not 'that' bad? I mean- you guys are pros. You gotta know more about it than me, an amateur.

probably just because it's easier than tucking the second card under. doesn't really make a difference, statistically.

It would be a soft 12. However, with any dealer card up, splitting the aces maximizes EV for that hand. (The only deviation I can recall is that at a True -3 or below, A-A is a Hit against a dealer A)

There's a difference between "Automatic" shufflers and "Continuous" shufflers. Automatic shufflers work by playing with two separate shoes: one shoe for the play and one shoe being shuffled. Once the cut card has been reached, the dealer trades the current shoe with the now-shuffled shoe, and the old shoe gets shuffled while the new shoe gets dealt. Automatic shufflers save time and are beatable. Continuous shufflers work when the dealer places the discarded cards immediately into the shuffling machine, and the machine continuously shuffles any undealt cards with the newly-added discarded cards. Under these circumstances, at most three round's worth of cards are discarded at a time. Due to the lack of truly discarded cards, it's nearly impossible to achieve positive true counts.

You still divide by 8. To wrap your mind around why, just think of an extreme situation where you are playing a 100 deck game and 99 decks are cut out of play. All those 100 decks of cards have been shuffled together and you can't know how many low and high cards made it into the 1 playable deck. Therefore, just because 99 decks have been cut out, you can't treat it like a single deck game where you don't have to divide by anything to get the true count because even if a bunch of low cards get dealt out while you're playing, there can still be tons more left in the deck so you will never be in a situation where you'll want to bet high.

@@royjonzejr word. thanks

​@royjonzejr I love that explanation, it makes sense that way. Thank you!

Yeah just ignore the cut card when figuring tc.

The length of time it takes for a human to hand shuffle 6 or 8 decks is the reason that casino doesn't shuffle after every hand. Hand shuffling after every hand would nearly kill any advantage an advantage player has, but would kill the casino's own revenue. However, what casinos have moved to are Continuous Shuffling Machines--where the dealer plays one to three rounds, then shoves the cards into a machine that continually shuffles the shoe. Under such circumstances, it's rare that the true count would ever eclipse +1, so it does severely mitigate counting.

This is how it's traditionally dealt in Europe. I don't know how it affects edge, but it definitely means you'll get fewer hands from a shoe, because you have all the wasted cards on dealer BJ that wouldn't happen in an American dealt game

@@sicsemperevan It's the standard ENHC procedure, just find out. It seems that ENHC increases the casino’s advantage by at least 0.11 per cent.

This way gives an edge to the dealer, because the player is forced to make decisions about doubling and splitting before the dealer checks for blackjack, thus losing more money if dealer has blackjack.

You're never going to make that much on regular martingale - every win is just 1 betting unit profit. Reverse Martingale really gives you a high ceiling if you go on a heater since you actually make bigger profit on the streaks, but you're also guaranteed to lose your largest bet each streak

Order of operations say to surrender before split

Surrender at a true 1 8,8 v 10

@@rogerwalker3748 - i don’t think the app will let you do that without complaining and breaking whatever streak you had going.

Cards with holes are just ex-casino cards. When they "decommission" them they punch them so they can never find their way back into a casino game illegally.

Anything can happen short-term, but in the long run it's impossible to win using just basic strategy. If you aren't great at card counting, consider using a simpler system such as the Ace/Five count. You won't win, but you'll lose less money so your casino trips will be cheaper, and perhaps gain enough confidence to try better systems that actually win later.

@@noseboop4354 thanks for the Info! It will more than likely be short term, going to Vegas in a month! So I figured I'd give blackjack a shot and see how I faired in hopes of not losing all my money and walking out ahead atleast

@@suttonjohnson3847 Good luck, if it's just one trip you could definitely win big even with just basic strategy. Be careful of sidebets, the vast majority of them are sucker bets.