Things You'll Need:
- Regular 52 card deck
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Step 1
In order to count cards you will need to know the values of the cards.
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Step 2
Ace, King, Queen, Jack and Ten = -1
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Step 3
Two, Three, Four, Five, and Six = +1
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Step 4
Seven, Eight and Nine = 0
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Step 5
Now you need to begin counting the cards. Shuffle a deck of 52 cards and begin adding the cards. If you count the cards correctly you should end up at zero when the deck runs out. -20+20+0 = 0
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Step 6
The idea is that if the total number is low, say -10, then you know that a low card (2-6) is coming because you need to be at zero. So if you are showing 15 you can safely hit because the odds are that you will get a low card.
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Step 7
This way of counting take a lot of practice and needs to be done everyday. You want to make card counting second nature because in Vegas they use at least 5-6 decks at a time! So your addition and division skills need to be very sharp.
Comments
lydiabily said
on 12/27/2008 Very interesting. I always was curious how counting cards was done. Now I know.