The Five-Six Count Strategies for Blackjack

Video Transcript

"I am Joe Marshall with Expert Village.com. and today we are going to learn how to win at Blackjack. The next system we want to discuss is known as the 5-6. That is when you will be keeping an eye out as the cards come out for 5s and 6s. Reason why you want to keep your eye out for this and count them as they are really bad cards, because they usually give you a total of 15 or 16, which is a rough situation to be in and once you know how many 5s and 6s have come out and how many are remaining, you are going to bet heavy or bet low. If a lot of 5s and 6s have come out in the beginning of the game, you are going to want to stop betting heavy because your odds of getting higher totals and the dealer busting are really good. If none of the 5s and 6s have been out and it is getting close to the end of the game you can tell because the amount of decks that are left in the shoe that you are dealing from, you are going to want to bet conservatively and just do minimum bets and try to survive until they shuffle the deck again. That is known as 5-6. If you do that in combination with your ace count, which isn’t as difficult as it sounds, it could be all done in your head. Your basic strategy is memorize as iron clad. Those things working together you have a good advantage and the longer you wait out for those good hands and bet heavy the more you are going to win. "