Landonut so are u banned now then?

@@thesuperiorbench6307 No, just no longer allowed to play blackjack anymore. They were super friendly about it as well. Small casino and everyone knew me.

It's a good feeling the first one or two times but it's not such a good feeling once you realize you need to travel 100 miles from home to get a game.

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I would really like help with 2 things if you can tell me 1stly if i sit at a table and the count starts going negative in the begining of the show at what TC do i leave? 2ndly can you give me an example of a betting ramp? That is the most essential concept I still have no idea wjat to do on (bet spread of 8 or 10 for example) I've heard (let's assume the game has rules for a disadavntage of around 0,54%) you only start incresaign your bet at TC of +3... And you'd bet TC -1 betting unit I've heard you increase 1 betting unit on TC +1, and then it grows fatser, like 4 units for +2, 6 for +3 10 for +4, 12 for +5... So I'm really not sure when I start increasign the bet, and if I do it 1 unit per TC or more "exponetially" Thank you in advance

Brandon T congrats on doubling the bank!! Keep generating EV and get them for even more!! Best of luck man!

How long did that take? 4k is a pretty low bankroll to start with...

@@SirJoelsuf1 we were there for 6 days bouncing to different casinos and we actually got to 8k in 5 days putting in less hours on day 3-5. We took day 6 off to relax and enjoy the rest of the trip.

@@mrvaultguy1118 that's great

If you could help me out: I'm playing in Europe and my bankroll is 1,000$ with a table min of 1$, the game rules are normal(H17, no surrender) double deck. What should my bet spread look like? What should I bet according to the true count? Back offs aren't a problem so I don't mind an aggressive spread. I would by the BJA pro-betting software but it's expensive and my bankroll is pretty small. Thanks 🙏.

Thanks

Awesome! Glad to hear it.

Blackjack Apprenticeship what do you think are the chances you could make a video about the illustrious 18? Can’t find anything easy to understand and trustworthy

Use the KO system, just as good as hi-lo and no deck estimation

You're never going to see half a deck left, much left 1/4. Congratulations, you know that dividing by 1/2 is the same as multiplying by 2 and dividing by 1/4 is the same as multiplying by 4. Now you're ready to graduate from 2nd grade.

We have a video on our Course at Blackjack Apprenticeship that is me doing exactly this.

William rai lmao same

BJA has a few videos on this but start here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i5ypgZid3amqYGg.html

Carnegie Pierre as far as adding the burn card to your running count, you would only do it if you were able to see it. Usually you won’t be able to see it so just don’t add/subtract anything from your running

Wonging in/out is one of the things you just have to start doing. Unlike perfect play, there really isn't a way to practice it. There's a million ways to do it though. If a table is full, go backcourt a different one if possible. If not, realize that someone will probably get up and leave pretty soon, giving you a chance to Wong in. No, it doesn't look strange to Stand behind the table and backcount. You could be any dumb gambler just "seeing how the cards are flowing."

@@Hooptrition So I basically have to have events perfectly line up where there's an open spot at a table long enough that I can wait for the count to go above say, true +1 without anyone taking the seat? In your experience does that happen often enough to actually get hours in?

@@jacobbrooks7670 in my 700 hours of blackjack, yes, it happens all the time.

very true!

Me too!! So cool to see a video on this confirming my studies. I colored each deck line a color of the rainbow leaving the top clear to practice my deck estimation

Zach Whiting lol that’s awesome!! Mine wasn’t rainbow colors just whatever sharpies I had laying around but it works ya know? Lol

You need to watch our video "How to Count Cards (and bring down the house)"

karl lee It actually should not affect your odds of winning. The chances of each card appearing on each hand is the same, regardless of the order dealt.

FERENC MONDIK Interesting. How accurate is it and how much would you bet at each count?

98% of betting correlation. My betting ramp strictly depends on my CVCX calculations based on penetration, decks, players, bankroll, Kelly factor etc.

Sometimes if I write a lot ill still post, but not that often

+Mondo LaStraka You are correct in the sense that I believe he is saying that you should round to the conservative side. When Colin talks about rounding down, I think he's talking about estimating the number of decks in the discard tray, which would effectively do what you are saying when it comes to estimating and rounding what's left to be played in the shoe. Essentially, if there is less than a full deck in the discard tray, you should NOT count it as a full deck, and round down. Example: If only 3/4 of a deck has been played and is in the discard tray, you should not round up to make it one full deck. So at this point, instead of counting the discard tray as 1 full deck, you should round down to 0 decks because a full deck has yet to be played.

I think they enjoy the idea of taking money from the casinos, rather than other players.

Poker players are always welcome, but their edge comes from always finding inferior competition. A card counter can consistently have the edge, though it comes with backoffs.

@@Blackjackapprenticeship This is the hard part of card counting , the deck estimation Mr Jones also the application of blackjack deviation when you are playing

Nah. Feel free to learn it, but all the teams I've run were Hi-Lo.

No. You are dividing by the total number of decks remaining in the shoe. Because that tells you the ratio PER DECK of high cards remaining. A running 14 with 7 decks remaining means that there's an average of 2 extra high cards per shoe (aka True 2).

John Garza it’s like anything else in academics, work, life, etc. just have to figure out how you like to study and put the hours in. For me, I made flash cards.

Accuracy of 100 is great! I'm not a CVBJ guy, so I can't tell you what is a good rating or speed for that drill.

yes, I would say find a better game. don't rule out 6 deck blackjack. I've often seen more valuable rules on 6 deck than double deck in the same casino.

They’ve taken over Britain pretty much ;(

They've completely taken over in Philippines. Hope they don't expand here, but I have seen some casinos actually take out CSMs and go back to hand shuffling. So, that is comforting.

That doesn't change your deck estimation. That is what we call "deck penetration", and it affects your Expected Value, but not your deck estimation.

Marko Soldo positive

+Marko Soldo I'm sorry, but if you have to ask that question, you do not understand card counting, the most basic premise behind it. You keep the count so you know when to change(increase, or decrease) your bets, and potentially change your playing decisions. If you do not know what the numbers mean, you do not understand card counting. To answer your question, you should increase your bet as the count goes HIGHER, more positive. But you should know that just because the count is high, it DOES NOT mean you are going to win, a high count only means that you have a very slight advantage in those situations, but it is still just a probability, you are merely playing the odds in those situations and you could still lose, it happens to the best of us, it's just part of the game. But if you are unwilling or unable to bet big when you have the advantage, you cannot win and should not be playing, unless you're just gambling and hoping to get lucky. However, a true advantage player, which is what a card counter is, does not count on luck to win, they do so using skill and consistency.

You do not need to. If the running count is negative, you are not going to increase your bets anyway so it does not matter what the true count is. Also, if the running count is less than how many decks there are, the true count definitely not high enough for you to get the edge since it needs to be at least +1 (maybe higher, depending on what rules you are playing it and what your playing decisions are).

If if you had a running 7 with and 8 deck shoe, you weren't in an advantage yet. Still negative.

Even if he was above a true 1, losing 4 hands in a row happens all the time! Card counting is a marathon, not a sprint.

@@Blackjackapprenticeship Very true

The cutting card does not matter, the math still works out, the question is where they place the card. This is called "deck penetration", the point in which the shoe will be removed from play and shuffled. Higher penetration will net you more EV due to your true counts becoming much higher once you reach past the half way mark. While lower deck penetration will lower EV due to the odds never swinging drastically in your favor in order to make money on your bet spread.

yes, those are continuous shuffle machines (CSMs), they are not to be played. there are 2 videos on the BJA channel about CSMs.

@@Hooptrition thank you very much

Logan Robertson I think that depends on your skill level on both. I have no skills in Texas Hold’em so for me, Blackjack is more profitable.

It’s easy to make $50 an hour counting cards, but you have to be very good at poker to make $50 an hour there. The big difference however is that a casino won’t “fire” you for being good at poker. So as long as you can get away with it then blackjack is more profitable, but at least with poker you can play forever.

You can usually tell by the discard tray, or ask another player, Ask the dealer. Or call ahead and ask.

True 2 means that the running count divided by the number of decks remaining equals two. Example: If you have a running count of +5, and there are 2.5 decks left to be dealt, you would have a true 2. This is different from the running count because if you have a running +2, and there are 4 decks left to be dealt, you would only be at a true 1/2. Since we start getting our edge as card counters at a true 1, the true count conversion and deck estimation are very important. I hope this helps :)

True 2 means +2 if it was single deck 6 decks at +12 is a single deck +2

貢獻iconic 75% penetration is fine but do not play any games with smaller penetration.

@@GaryLuKOTH ait but why dosn't casinos make the penetration 50% to prevent card counter?

貢獻iconic Some casinos, especially ones in UK, actually do add continuous shuffle machines or host games with bad penetration. I actually do not know why some casinos still offer games with deep penetration but I assume that it is because they do not realize that penetration can foil card counters or they are planning to just back card counters off if they catch them.

When the casino shuffles half way through the shoe they are not dealing to the 99.9% of people who can’t beat the game long term. It costs casinos a lot of money to not deal as far into the shoe as they can! Think of it as “unplugging” the game. Do they go around and unplug a slot machine while someone is playing it for several minutes? No way. But they “unplug” blackjack and shuffle early cause they’re so paranoid of the very rare and occasional good player.

You play against the dealer, not the other players. Other peoples play does not effect the quality of your play at all. The amount of times they "take" the dealers bust card is the same amount of times it takes the card that wouldnt bust the dealer and gives them one that would.

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