How Do You Count Cards?
Card counting is a strategy often used in Blackjack to give the player an advantage over the dealer. Most casinos bar players from using card counting apps and devices. Casinos also watch for players they think might be counting cards. Counting cards in your head is not illegal though some land-based casinos take measures to try to prevent it. Continuous shuffling machines keep shuffling cards after each hand to make it harder to count cards. Some casinos even resorted to violence in the past to deter card counters. Today, casino security may still ask someone suspected of counting cards to leave the table and play another game.Steps in Counting Cards
Counting cards in your head requires organization and memorization skills. You'll need to remember that in one deck, you have four cards, one of each suit. As counting cards is commonly used in Blackjack, it simplifies things thanks to multiple cards having a value of 10. You have four each of the cards valued 2 to 10. You have four Aces. You also have four Jacks, Queens, and Kings, which are all valued at 10 points. Therefore, in one deck, you'll be tracking:- Cards with a value of 2 – 4x
- Cards with a value of 3 – 4x
- Cards with a value of 4 – 4x
- Cards with a value of 5 – 4x
- Cards with a value of 6 – 4x
- Cards with a value of 7 – 4x
- Cards with a value of 8 – 4x
- Cards with a value of 9 – 4x
- Cards with a value of 10 – 16x
- Ace – 4x