A Simple Strategy For Counting Cards To Blackjack And Bringing The Advantage Of The Player Part.
Blackjack is one of the games where the house edge is lower. A card counting strategy (beware, saying that in casinos don't appreciate this practice is a euphemism!) Can not only clear the bank's advantage, but also bring the odds in favor of the player. A lot of literature covers this topic, as do some cinematographic films with much more emphasis (do you remember the film 21 with Kevin Spacey?).
The Ace-Five strategy is one of the simplest Blackjack card counting systems: it is easy to put into practice and in the right conditions can bring the advantage of the player on the table to around 0.5%.
Premise: the proposed system has a purely theoretical value since the probabilities can change based on many variables. It is therefore more a discussion for information purposes than a real scientific system.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
Determine what your minimum and maximum bets are. Generally the maximum bet is 8, 16 or 32 times the minimum bet.
At the beginning of each session, you start with a count of zero and a minimum bet.
1. For every 5 you see on the table, add 1 to the count.
2. For each Ace you see on the table, subtract 1 from the count.
3. If the count is equal to or greater than two, double your last bet up to your maximum bet.
4. If the count is equal to or less than one, then you make the minimum bet.
5. Use a basic strategy for blackjack to make game decisions. Under optimal conditions the Ace-Five system used with a maximum bet of 8, 16 or 32 times the minimum bet can guarantee the player a margin on the bench of 0, respectively 30%, 0.45% and 0.75%.
CAN YOU USE IT TO PLAY ONLINE?
Counting cards at blackjack in an online casino, where there are no eyes that can observe "unfair" behavior on the part of the player, seems to be a very simple undertaking, also thanks to the use of an IT support to keep track of the count .
Well, putting into practice a card counting system may actually not be that simple. Apart from the fact that in any case it is a forbidden practice and therefore inadvisable, there are some rules that can make these systems ineffective.
In virtual blackjack games, situations may occur in which at the end of each hand the cards are shuffled back into the deck. In other cases the cards can be reshuffled without this being communicated to the player. In other cases, an infinite deck could still be used.
The live blackjack games instead ... no, we weren't saying anything!
