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Card Counting
In order to achieve a long term advantage in Blackjack, a player must learn card counting techniques. Card counting requires only some very basic arithmetic, and no memorization at all. One of the most popular systems in use today is the point count system, which is also known as Hi-Low. Using this preferred method, a plus or minus value is allocated to each card in the deck, and then added up as each card is dealt. Any cards two through six will decrease your chances of winning, therefore you will designate a +1 value to each of these cards. Each time any of these cards is dealt to a player you will add +1 to your count. Conversely, tens and aces increase your chances of winning unless they are dealt to another player. Each ten and ace will receive a -1 value, which will be added to your count should these cards be dealt to someone else. Since sevens, eights, and nines really do not effect your chances of winning, you will not assign them a value at all.
As the cards are dealt, you will keep a running count of the exposed cards, and make wagers that are based on the current count total. The higher the plus count, i.e. the higher the percentage of tens and aces that remain undealt, means you have the advantage and should increase your bet. If you encounter a high minus count, you have a much greater disadvantage and should bet the minimum or leave the table. If the count is zero this means the deck is neutral and no one posesses an advantage.
These same rules also apply when playing a multi-deck Blackjack game. The only adjustment you will have to make is dividing the count by the approximate number of decks left to be played. In either game, single or multi-deck, the same point values are assigned and the same method will be used to make betting decisions.
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