ADVANCED BLACKJACK STRATEGY
With our advanced blackjack strategy the players need to count the cards because this will increase the advantage of the players over the casino. In order to decide what his next bet to be, a player keeps track of the cards that have already been dealt or at least part of them, so that he may assume what the next card would be and adjust his next bet according to his assumption. After you have learned how to use the basic blackjack strategy and the intermediate blackjack strategy, and you have gained experience, you will have advantage over the casino and you will win.
Counting cards in blackjack is very complicated, a blackjack player needs to be very concentrated and quite a few people can do it and count all the cards. In all casinos, counting cards is not allowed and the casinos have the right to ban you but if you can count the cards you shouldn't be worried to use this ability because you will gain a very good advantage.
There is a rather simple blackjack counting system, called Hi-Lo, that will help you to count the cards in a game of blackjack effectively. You need to give each card a value, different from the value of the cards in the game. These values should be as in the chart below:
|
CARDS |
ACE |
KING |
QUEEN |
JACK |
10 |
9 |
8 |
7 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
|
VALUE |
-1 |
-1 |
-1 |
-1 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+1 |
+1 |
+1 |
+1 |
+1 |
The Hi-Lo blackjack counting system will help you keep track of the number of high and low valued cards that have been dealt during the blackjack game. As you can see 9, 8, 7 have a value of 0 and we do not count them because they are not so important to us. In a given moment of the blackjack game, you may have a bigger positive amount and a much smaller negative amount, for example. This means that there are much more high cards in the blackjack game (Ace, King, Queen, Jack, 10) than low cards (6, 5, 4, 3, 2) and having this in mind will help you a lot when you choose what to be your next bet. Counting cards in blackjack gives you an advantage when you know that there are more 10-valued cards in the game because you can start betting more, doubling and splitting.
Another blackjack counting system that is suitable for beginner blackjack counters is the KO counting method (Knockout count method). It is similar to the Hi-Lo except for the 7s that have value +1 here. This blackjack counting system is not balanced because as you can see from the table below there are more +1 values than -1. If your count gets to +3 and up, you should start raising your bets and the more it goes up the higher bets you will place. This is to be done because if your count is a big positive number, it means that there are more face cards and 10s in the deck and your chance of having 20 or 21 with the first two cards is getting bigger.
|
CARDS |
ACE |
KING |
QUEEN |
JACK |
10 |
9 |
8 |
7 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
|
VALUE |
-1 |
-1 |
-1 |
-1 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
+1 |
+1 |
+1 |
+1 |
+1 |
+1 |
Wizard Ace/Five is another blackjack counting system for beginner counters. It is quite simple to use because the counter needs to count the 5-s and the Ace-s only. It is considered that the removal of a 5 or an Ace from the deck has the biggest impact on the odds for the dealer and the blackjack player. The removal of a 5 from the deck improves the odds of the player, while the removal of an Ace improves the odds of the dealer (casino). For more information you can see the BLACKJACK ODDS.
|
CARDS |
ACE |
KING |
QUEEN |
JACK |
10 |
9 |
8 |
7 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
|
VALUE |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
An easier way to do this is to sum all values of the cards and depending on whether the total number is positive or negative you will know which cards predominate in the deck. If this is hard for you, you can also keep track of the high cards that have been dealt during the blackjack game, as this will also give you an advantage over the casino.
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