I thought I would start a thread on card counting.
Anyone sucessfully done this? What method was used? I was just looking at the Red 7 count as it seem fairly easy do.
Any thoughts?
Blackjack - card counting
Forget it unless you are on a single shoe deck, some U.S casinos do offer this, but it's rare these days and the table is watched closely.
To combat the effectiveness of card counting in the U.K, at least 6 decks are used at games of blackjack in casinos. On top of that, after each shuffle, the cards are cut and approximately a deck will never see play.
This is enough to remove any useful edge that counting would have given you.
To combat the effectiveness of card counting in the U.K, at least 6 decks are used at games of blackjack in casinos. On top of that, after each shuffle, the cards are cut and approximately a deck will never see play.
This is enough to remove any useful edge that counting would have given you.
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I checked the four casino's local to me. Grosvenor use an automatic shuffling machine so is obviously no good. The other three however use 4 decks and a traditional shoe. My understanding was that even with the level of penetration you describe counting is still very viable.blackmogu wrote:Forget it unless you are on a single shoe deck, some U.S casinos do offer this, but it's rare these days and the table is watched closely.
To combat the effectiveness of card counting in the U.K, at least 6 decks are used at games of blackjack in casinos. On top of that, after each shuffle, the cards are cut and approximately a deck will never see play.
This is enough to remove any useful edge that counting would have given you.
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Andy Bloch, the poker pro was at the infamous MIT and was a card counter
There was an actual documentary about the subject, The Hot Shoe and another that I don't recall the name of, when a group of about six created an electronic card counter in the late seventies and turned over major London casinos.
Andy Bloch, the poker pro was at the infamous MIT and was a card counter
There was an actual documentary about the subject, The Hot Shoe and another that I don't recall the name of, when a group of about six created an electronic card counter in the late seventies and turned over major London casinos.
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