Card counting is a skill that can only to be learnt over time and experience. It is something that can only be done
when you are playing blackjack from a shoe.
This means that cards that have already been played get laid aside until the shoe is nearly empty. This way you
can count the cards that have left the game and you know what cards are left in the game. Once the shoe is nearly
empty, all the cards will get shuffled and placed back in the shoe for the next few rounds.
Many casinos nowadays have automatic shuffle machines, once a hand has been played the cards are
put straight back into the machine and they are then shuffled into the stock
for the next round. This way it is not possible to count cards as the card that you might just have played can reappear in the next round.
The whole concept of counting cards is something that we would all like to be able to do. Being a good card counter is not
difficult, just a question of practise and time. But being a card counter that is successful is the most difficult thing to become.
There are many different aspects to being successful, it is not just being able to count but think of all the different emotions
that you have to be able to control. If you have just lost 25 hands at 100 euro a piece, then you have to be able to stick with
the system and keep on going as if you where just starting. This may sound easy but it is not. There are any card counters
in the world but only a handful that are successful.
The whole system is based on statistics. If you know what has already left a stock then you have a better chance of knowing
what is coming. If you where to be playing blackjack with one stock and in the initial deal there where 8 cards with a value of
ten then you know that there are only eight, 10 valued cards left. With this knowledge you can change your way of playing so
that you can change the house edge to your advantage.
Before you get too enthusiastic about counting cards, try doing it at home and see how you get on.
