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What Is The True Count? When counting cards in blackjack, your true count is the count normalized to a per deck number. Running Count Alone Is Not Enough In multideck games, simply keeping a running count isn’t enough for us to beat the game. In a balanced card counting system [...]

What Is A Betting Spread? A betting spread, or bet spread, is the amount by which a player varies their bets. In the case of card counting at blackjack, the player is varying their bet based on the true count. Betting spreads are usually expressed in a number of units. [...]

Hi‑Lo System Guide If you’ve watched any videos or read anything about card counting, it is almost certainly describing the Hi-Lo card counting system. It is the card counting system written about in the most popular card counting books, used by many of the most famous card counting teams, and [...]

How True Count Changes Your Edge For the hi-lo card counter (or really any card counting system that involves a true count conversion), all betting decisions are based on the true count. This is because the true count gives us an indication of how the edge has changed over time. [...]

Running Count in Blackjack: What It Is and How To Keep It Let’s start by answering a question. What is the running count in blackjack? When you’re counting cards in blackjack, the running count is the total value of the count, positive or negative, at any given time. This is [...]

Here's a snippet of my book "The 21st Century Card Counter: The Pros’ Approach to Beating Today's Blackjack" published September 2019, by Huntington Press. — Colin P.S. Read the full first chapter FREE here! Money Security and Travel      In the late stages of my first team, we found [...]

Last weekend marked the 10 year anniversary of my first Blackjack Ball. I still remember my first blackjack ball, nervously introducing myself to my heroes like Tommy Hyland, Richard Munchkin, Dr. Thorp, and Max Rubin before sheepishly retreating to a corner of the room. Now, I get to enjoy memorable [...]

Here's a snippet of my book "The 21st Century Card Counter: The Pros’ Approach to Beating Today's Blackjack" published September 2019, by Huntington Press. — Colin P.S. Read the full first chapter FREE here! Fear & Card Counting You know why you got into this: You want to take the [...]

Recommended Blackjack Bankroll and Money ManagementThere are three parts to blackjack money management: How to optimally bet (and the corresponding bankroll needed) Knowing how much to bring to a casino Knowing how to change your bets if you are losing My brother likes to joke with me whenever he knows [...]

By David "Loudon Ofton" Drury When you push your money into the blackjack circle and faced off against a dealer, you are playing the best odds in the house. You can even turn the advantage to your favor. But not so fast. If you thought it was merely the cards [...]