If you want to learn winning blackjack, then read this. You will learn the basic strategies for card counting.
Week 1 of training begins with the scenario “Dealer opens on soft 17.”. During this scenario, both you and the dealer receive a hand of two cards each (17 and 8, as shown on the chart below).
After obtaining your cards, you see that the pair of cards you are holding is an Ace and a King. It is important to count the Ace and King, as these are the most important cards that can be utilized once the deck is opened. If you get two Ace and a King, you should stick with these two cards or to split. But, if you have two Kings, an Ace and a King, you can double down. Double down when you have 17-20 points. When you have 17-20 points, double down if the dealer has 13-17 points. If you have 17-21 points, you should always hit. Following this rule, if your cards total 15 points, you should take a hit if the dealer has nine or less points. With a 16-17 total, double down if the dealer has six or less points.
Week 1 ends with the scenario “Dealer closes for 30 spins.” Now, the card counters are feeling very confident. They have a plan to increase their winnings. They are expectant that when the dealer close s for 30 spins, they will have maximum points. But, they are wrong. The dealer close s for 30 spins and they still have 8-point cards. Here is why.
When the dealer has finished dealing their cards for the third time, if the total points are still 8-points or less, the card counters will keep betting. But, the players are aggressive. They bet big and the dealers are cautious not to chase them.
On the other hand, when the total points are between 11 and 16, the players bet cautiously. They are playing it safe. The reason for this is that there are still possibilities that the dealer could have a 17. And, the 17 is the most important card in the deck. The worst thing that could happen to the players is that the dealer could have more than 17 total points. When the total is less than 11, the players bet aggressively. They may win the hand, but they are not sure that they beat the house. Thus, they are betting aggressively because they are still playing it safe.
With the point being made for the first time, the players bet more aggressively.
They may not win the hand, but they will sure win more money than if they played it safely. The point made is that you must bet aggressively if your cards are good or if you don’t have good cards.
- Week 2 of training begins with the scenario “Dealer opens on soft 17.” If the dealer has done anything to open the scoring, the card counters will bet even more. They may even play aggressive during this opening round.
- If the dealer doesn’t open on soft 17, the card counters will bet more aggressively during the first two rounds. But, they will also become more cautious during the third round, and will only continue aggressive acts if the scoring in the fourth round is not a threat.
- Week 3 always begins with the scenario “Dealer opens on soft 17.” Once again, the card counters will bet more but will become more cautious in the third round. But, they will still play aggressive in the fourth round.
- Week 3 ends with the scenario “Dealer opens on soft 17.” Once again, the card counters will bet more but will become even more cautious in the fourth round. But, they will still play aggressive in the fifth round.
- Week 4 of training begins with the scenario “Dealer opens on soft 17.” Once again, the card counters will bet more but will become even more cautious in the fourth round. But, they will still play aggressive in the fifth round.
- Week 4 ends with the scenario “Dealer opens on soft 17.” Once again, the card counters will bet more but will become even more cautious in the sixth round. But, they will still play aggressive.
- Basically, the goal of the card counting method is to determine when the stores are about to run out of blackjack cards. This scenario is best illustrated with the following scenario.
Scenario #1
The player under the gun is receiving four cards.