My dad actually won a lot at blackjack in Vegas. The casino did get suspicious that they changed dealers, cards, made him go to a different table and kept a close eye on him. Thing is my dad wasn't counting cards because he doesn't know how, he was just having a really good night.
Traviiis48 it's not illegal but several casinos see it as cheating. And after winning a certain amount of money, you will be escorted to cash out and then the nearest exit. Casinos also have several systems in place to counteract card counters.
Not entirely true. Casinos will not immediately make counters cash out and force them to leave. Casinos want your money and they would prefer if costumers kept playing their "fair" games. But to make it "fair" for the casino, common stipulation after they detect counting would be to allow these players to continue playing, but not be able to change their bets. Either that or encourage them to try other types of games (where counting is obsolete).
stupidichigo99 From the casinos I have worked in and have played in, what I stated previously is the major consensus. The only other difference I've seen is that casino operations allow the counter to stay in order to win their money back, or if said counter starts tipping, which puts the casino in a very difficult spot.
stupidichigo99 Atlantic City cannot force players to leave a casino due to some court ruling that happened a long time ago. Of course the Blackjack rules there are poor.
The funny thing about card counting is, if someone else is card counting with you at a table (including a dealer or pit boss), then you both know that you're both card counting. It's a crazy phenomenon.
Anyone who’s been to casinos realizes how loud it is in there, and how fast the dealers move cards, and how much pressure when you have your money on the line.. anyone who pulls this off successfully is an extremely cool cucumber
Norm Macdonald; isten to John Lovitz or artie lange stories of him counting cards. Guy was the funniest comedian of all time ontop of a high Iq math genius whod ben counting cards since he was a little kid, best part was he pretended to be an idiot with all of his comedy. Rest in peace.
I’m visually impaired. I asked the dealer to tell me the other players’ cards. He asked why, I told him to count cards! Since I assume the casino doesn’t discriminate. Dude was not amused. No one told me their cards. Did get free drinks tho, so meh.
What makes it hard seems not to be the actual counting, but to make it appear like you're not counting. This means not moving your lips at all, barely moving your eyes and looking at the peripherals of your vision, all while constantly doing addition/subtraction and division on the fly.
The counting really even isn't the issue.. it's the bets you make when you believe you have the advantage. The second you begin to bet weirdly you will have every pitboss with half a brain watching you.. (they're all trained heavily when it comes to spotting counters) along with every camera and dealer. You can make all the weird faces you want while counting.. it's the weird bets that catch their attention.
Because you can get a 1% edge if you play perfectly and bet in right spots and ACTUALLY get the cards you need.. (It's still a game of chance regardless of the count). In other words.. With that $1,000 bank roll... you could make a whole $10 over a 2 hour session. Of course all this matters if you're actually able to find a casino that DOESN'T have auto shufflers or pitbosses watching your every move after making a weird $300 bet when you've been betting $25/$50 for an hour straight... i.e.. It's simply not viable anymore and tbh.. never really was. Unless you had a huge bankroll and played in groups.. 1% never really added up otherwise.
Cheers for this, I have been researching "basics of card counting" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you heard people talk about - Tonvelyn Xiylijah Trick - (Have a quick look on google cant remember the place now ) ? Ive heard some interesting things about it and my m8 got great results with it.
Well actually card counting is illegal at casinos or everywhere, its not really the way of the game. Edit: sorry, it was legal, but the casinos dont like that sorry!!
this is probably the best 5 min overall how to count card video I've ever seen. Everything is explained clearly without making it more complicated than it has to be. The hard part is execution which takes a lot of practice. but all the info you need is here.
orangehd3 Investing is a good way to look at it. But even with a high card count, one is not immune to a bad hand. Sometimes I will just use a low flat betting system, then bet bet high when my intuition tells me to.
So, at minute 5 when the running count was on 17, first hand was a +1, next hand was also a +1 and the next two hands were zero. The dealer's cards were +1,+1,+1 and the final card A for ,-1.how do you get 23 running count?
The way he is counting cards is the way an expert in math would do it. He went to MIT. The easier way to do it is the Wizard of odds. He teaches the simpler way. Learn that way first, then watch this video again.
you’ll get thrown off the balcony as soon as u sit on the blackjack table :) you can bring pen and paper to baccarat tho since it doesnt make a difference
This reminded me those bits on "The Big Short" where they had celebrities explaining Wall Street's inner works on a "water downed version" everything sounded quasi rational but in reality felt like listening to another language.
It takes a lot of practice...but there’s some pitfalls involved with counting. As Alan in the Hangover said, it helps if you have a spotter like in the movie 21. There is actually very little time when the true count is really in your favor. So you may spend hours trudging through negative counts or mostly even counts. Sometimes your deck will start off very high card heavy. Of course you have no way of knowing that, you’ve won most of your bets, but youve been min betting and now the deck is halfway done and the running count is -18. You also have to keep track of everything while small chatting, dealing with cocktail waitresses talking to you, and making the right moves. Ive been so caught up in my count that ive made the wrong move or added wrong on my total and stood when I should’ve hit.
True Story. Friend of mine is math genius. So he thought he would make a bundle by learning how to win in blackjack. He bought book and learned system. Went to casino with bunch of us and he was determined to win a bundle. All of us lost at blackjack except one. The math genius lost the most. The only one that won was drunk as a skunk . Go figure.....
i play using this technique 90 percent of the times unless i come in the middle of the shoe. it is not a technique where you win everytime,but where you are increasing your probability to win.He might be unlucky that day. It is like betting on 30 numbers on a roulette table and still losing
I sort of counted cards when I used to play blackjack, but I didn't count every single card with a point system. I just paid attention to trends. For example if there was a lot of low cards played, I knew the odds of a face card coming up increased, which gave me insight on how to bet. So I'd bet low to start every deck and just play normal, while watching for patterns, and then increase my bets accordingly. It was pretty successful for me, but would anger the other players at the table because I'd often play unconventional towards the end of the deck. For instance, say I had a 14 and the dealer had a 5 showing, the conventional method tells you to stay and let the dealer bust. But because I was paying attention to the high-low cards already played, and knew there was way more face cards played than low ones, I knew there was a bunch of low cards left in the deck. And thus if I didn't hit, the dealer was gonna get the low cards and beat me. So I'd hit and end up with like 19-20 and win, but it messed up everyone else at the table who were playing conventionally lol.
@@ysav3236 They always shuffled decks by machine at the casinos I played. Usually was 6-8 decks iirc. Shuffling doesn't really have any effect, as you just restart your process after every shuffling. You bet low at the beginning, then as you gather info of which cards have already been played, you can start betting more towards the end of the round. Then do the same process again after they shuffle.
Thank you for the SUPER simplified version, I'm not great at maths (yet, gotta start learning again lmao) and looking at the values is a lot easier than trying to count the total amount of + or -.
@@tsurin-2160 Of course. Without card counting (but otherwise playing the ideal strategy), you will - at average in the long run - lose something like 1% of the money you bet. With card counting, you will in the long run in the long run win 1% instead. (The exact numbers depend on the actual game rules.) The card counting gives you an idea of the approximate composition of the remaining cards in the deck; that is, whether the cards are in your or the house's favor (and so whether to bet high, or else to bet low or leave the table), plus it allows you to vary the strategy (for example, if the count is high - that is, there are a significant number of tens and aces left in the deck - it is more advantageous to double even when basic strategy tells you that you shouldn't do that). But no matter what, you don't know what the next card will be (that is, unless the dealer accidentally exposes it).
Watching this video in hoping to get a better grasp of the game, expecting to get sufficient skills to at least boast to friends, but in the end I still get nothing but an entertaining magic performance
If so, then this movie is for you. www.imdb.com/title/tt0478087/ I think it is more about how to do it but not how it works, it all comes down to math.
Counting cards only ever gives you a marginal advantage over the house. It will never be flashy or impressive even if you do pull it off. The only time your friends will be impressed is when you spend an entire weekend at the blackjack tables and end up a couple hundred up and maybe get kicked out of the casino.
I bet all of the Las Vegas casinos have a picture of him in the security surveillance rooms ready to give him the boot as soon as he enters their hotels 😂😂😂
He told me one time he picked up a friend at the airport and they drove over to MGM for breakfast. As they were walking in from the parking garage he heard a voice call out from behind: "Hey Mike! I hope you don't plan on playing today." Though we played together for about 6 hours at Mandalay Bay and Wynn no problems - mainly because he wasn't playing for serious money.
Ok, so at 4:44 he says running count is 17, then the next hand goes (6 and 7 for +1; 8 and 6 for +2; 7 and 9 for +2; 4 and 10 for +2; 2, 2, 4, and Ace for +4) for a total of +4, then he raises it to 23. Shouldn't it be 21?
slot machines are standard on a 60/40 payout. so you always lose there. for every dollar you put it in pays out 40 cents. so slot machines are a sure way to get money into the casino.
This is really something most people can grasp pretty decently if you actually spend a few hours on it one day (assuming you can count, add , & subtract). I’m not just saying this. It seems a lot more complicated than it is. I found this guy has done a better job than anyone explaining quickly how it’s done. I encourage anyone to read into it more. It is NOT illegal to use at a casino either. The worst that can happen is they back you off and ask/tell you to leave.
a simple way to beat blackjack is if you lose, just double your bet. Keep doing that until you win again and win back what you lost. Statistically, its hard to lose more than 6 hands in a row.
So, at minute 5 when the running count was on 17, first hand was a +1, next hand was also a +1 and the next two hands were zero. The dealer's cards were +1,+1,+1 and the final card A for ,-1. How do you get 23 running count?
Yes... I use this method all the time in the casinos and it works. However I count the aces and 2's as zero's. Which in turn makes things a bit easier. I win most of the time, but it can be a real grind when the count stays around zero. Not to mention the swings in the count can put you way ahead or way behind real fast. You just got to be ready for it if and when it happens.
I agree most of the time it can be a real grind. Since the true count is less than or equal to +1 about 70% of the time, you're either betting minimum or Wonging out often. Only about 0.5% of the time do you reach that max bet count when it get really interesting and you win or lose a lot in just a couple minutes.
Remember that casinos are private places aka they can kick you out whenever they want. If you’re obvious and they understand you are using this strategy, you’re out. I even heard that some memory champions are not allowed in because they can count the cards that have come out (which is also why they use more then 1 deck for each play).
I try to stick to a middle ground, more "vague" version of this (both because I suck at quick maths and also so I don't get kicked out for card counting and can still enjoy my time at the tables instead of stuck in my head), by just trying to keep track of if I've seen a 'more than average' amount of high or low cards. If you get one or two rounds with a lot of face and high cards, expect the next round or the round after to be mostly low cards. Definitely not foolproof or consistently accurate but its better than nothing.
I think you need to know how many decks the dealer mix in the bunch, and reset your count once you see the dealer reshuffles or bring out a new group of cards.
There are also deviations that come into play dependent on where the true count is. For the most part this is all you need to put the advantage in your favor but there are a few deviations that can increase your profit margins as well.
Absolutely.. And learn and understand that basic strategy will change depending on the table you are playing.. Whether single deck double deck or multiple deck shoes. Then will again also vary by table rules such as stand on all 17s stand on hard 17s surrender no surrender double after split no double after split etc etc
so what if I put tap sensors in my shoes. left foot is -1 and right foot is +1 and 0 is no tap, then tap both to get the count on my watch where the big had goes to the count and hour hand 12 is negative and 1 is positive count via Bluetooth connection. Or just have a really good memory.
Back in the late 80s I had a friend name Charlie while living in LA. He found out his dad in Ohio died and that he had an Autistic brother. He flew out there to meet him and found out he was good at counting cards. They went to Vegas to try his luck and sure enough won $80k before getting kicked out of the Casino. I think his brother's name was Raymond.
Gary Lu If a person has to ask what the count is, obviously that person isn't a card counter. Any true card counter knows what the count is at all times and wouldn't need to ever ask.
@@jamiemalokas3693 Actually, sometimes the very same dealers are also counting cards, or at least know the very basics of it. So they can easily detect any player who is trying to use this method against the casino, and next inform the pit boss.
Pause at 5:05 He was at +17 before this deal and moved to +23 after, meaning +6 for the round/hand (I play poker idk what it’s called in BJ). I only see +4 on the board unless he’s counting the ace as a low card.. don’t know why he would do that. Someone plz explain or did he flub
Keeping running/true count using Hi-Lo seems straight forward enough, it's the basic strategy of the game that melts me; can't remember all those plays.
Ah it's not too bad after some practice dude, I used to think the same as you! It's actually pretty simple if you practice every day for an hour or so. This is what I did and I became quite profitable.
The issue when I've played is that there are so many decks in the shuffler and they barely ever get past 1 deck before they resuffle making it difficult to get any 'true' value.
Easy. The more high cards you see being played means the lower the chances of you winning. Vice versa, the more lower cards you see being played means the higher the chances you have of winning so bet more. High = A,K,Q,J,10 and low is rest of deck. Aka 5v9. Table start with a huge advantage but it's card counting that'll give you an edge to even things out a bit.
My only question is how can you know how many decks are they using? Its not written down at the table that we specially using 9 decks at this table or something like that
Keep in mind everyone, that basic strategy is not as simple as it seems. It requires quite a lot of memorization and PERFECT execution in the game itself; not a moment's hesitation, and calculations must be quick.
The Casinos allow you to use a Basic Strategy Guide card and keep it in your hand providing you don't slow the game down too much so you don't have to memorize it.
I also went to MIT about 15 years before the MIT blackjack Team. I was a physics major. I first did this with another physics major, my study partner at MIT All he says here is true but he has neglected to tell you about the tables that tell you whether to split pairs, hit or stand, double down, soft double, etc based on what the true count is. "Your total" on the x-axis vs "dealer's Upcard" on the y-axis and every entry must be memorized for everything that can happen in a game of blackjack. I don't know why he neglected to tell you this incredibly important part of this. You will break even, even if you vary your bets, if you don't memorize these tables and apply them accurately, with one caveat. If you bet wildly meaning bet a lot when the count is in your favor, you can win some with his strategy of not using the tables. (Please respond WIRED.) There is a whole chapter devoted to counting cards in Reno and Las Vegas in my book "Striking It Rich: Golf in the Kingdom with Generals, Patients, and Pros". I ended up going to medical school and became a surgeon . I used the $250,000 I made counting cards to pay back my MIT loans and to pay for medical school. In case you're wondering, yes, Ben Mezrich stole my story for the movie "21".
@@dr.reidsheftalltruthinscie2007 and how did he accesse your story? man you should have copyrighted it instantly it's an insane life story. Do you think card counting is still viable nowadays?
it is simple, but most casino's use a csm (constantly shuffeling machine). This means counting cards doesnt effect the house advantage that much, unfortunally.
Constant shuffling machines don't change the count. Once a card is removed its removed. Thus if the deck is shuffled when the count is +15, the advantage is still there to the player because there are a large number of 10s, faces, and aces still in that shuffled deck. Shuffle the deck all you want, it doesn't change the probability and the count.
EJR77 The way a continuous shuffle machine works is that the cards are put back into the machine after every round and then the cards are reshuffled. So, no, you cannot count cards.
Tried this at the tables. Kicked me out immediately. He never said you couldn’t count out loud.
😂😂Lol I have a habit of counting with my hands. Very weak at maths. Asian myth is lies.
Lmao
Yeah if they catch u counting you’ll get thrown out
Lmao!!
Dummy! You need to count it using your fingers.
My dad actually won a lot at blackjack in Vegas. The casino did get suspicious that they changed dealers, cards, made him go to a different table and kept a close eye on him. Thing is my dad wasn't counting cards because he doesn't know how, he was just having a really good night.
Very relevant then lol
@@roberthodgon1327 to me it seems kinda relevant/interesting
Crazy how casinos have to take those precautions when someone is just getting lucky
@@dannynunez5793i mean you would as well if your game is made for you to lose more than you win
@@dannynunez5793what's crazier is they don't do that when you're getting unlucky
He made it sound so much easier than I thought it was.
It's literally all about being able to remember numbers on the fly...without looking suspicious
Traviiis48 it's not illegal but several casinos see it as cheating. And after winning a certain amount of money, you will be escorted to cash out and then the nearest exit. Casinos also have several systems in place to counteract card counters.
Not entirely true. Casinos will not immediately make counters cash out and force them to leave. Casinos want your money and they would prefer if costumers kept playing their "fair" games. But to make it "fair" for the casino, common stipulation after they detect counting would be to allow these players to continue playing, but not be able to change their bets. Either that or encourage them to try other types of games (where counting is obsolete).
stupidichigo99 From the casinos I have worked in and have played in, what I stated previously is the major consensus. The only other difference I've seen is that casino operations allow the counter to stay in order to win their money back, or if said counter starts tipping, which puts the casino in a very difficult spot.
stupidichigo99 Atlantic City cannot force players to leave a casino due to some court ruling that happened a long time ago. Of course the Blackjack rules there are poor.
The funny thing about card counting is, if someone else is card counting with you at a table (including a dealer or pit boss), then you both know that you're both card counting. It's a crazy phenomenon.
this is so true and funny when it happens
@@engineeringpoker6801 do you master the ability to count cards?
@@XaeXea yes
@@engineeringpoker6801 so how is you experience so far?
@@engineeringpoker6801 yeah how is it?
Anyone who’s been to casinos realizes how loud it is in there, and how fast the dealers move cards, and how much pressure when you have your money on the line.. anyone who pulls this off successfully is an extremely cool cucumber
@@sounduser why not
@@sounduserMany people have. You just need hundreds of hours practice to count cards fast enough so you can do it in real casino.
@@sounduser 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 there are many people that do.
Norm Macdonald; isten to John Lovitz or artie lange stories of him counting cards. Guy was the funniest comedian of all time ontop of a high Iq math genius whod ben counting cards since he was a little kid, best part was he pretended to be an idiot with all of his comedy. Rest in peace.
I’m visually impaired. I asked the dealer to tell me the other players’ cards. He asked why, I told him to count cards! Since I assume the casino doesn’t discriminate. Dude was not amused. No one told me their cards. Did get free drinks tho, so meh.
What makes it hard seems not to be the actual counting, but to make it appear like you're not counting. This means not moving your lips at all, barely moving your eyes and looking at the peripherals of your vision, all while constantly doing addition/subtraction and division on the fly.
The counting really even isn't the issue.. it's the bets you make when you believe you have the advantage. The second you begin to bet weirdly you will have every pitboss with half a brain watching you.. (they're all trained heavily when it comes to spotting counters) along with every camera and dealer. You can make all the weird faces you want while counting.. it's the weird bets that catch their attention.
Why is card counting frowned upon?
Because you can get a 1% edge if you play perfectly and bet in right spots and ACTUALLY get the cards you need.. (It's still a game of chance regardless of the count). In other words.. With that $1,000 bank roll... you could make a whole $10 over a 2 hour session. Of course all this matters if you're actually able to find a casino that DOESN'T have auto shufflers or pitbosses watching your every move after making a weird $300 bet when you've been betting $25/$50 for an hour straight... i.e.. It's simply not viable anymore and tbh.. never really was. Unless you had a huge bankroll and played in groups.. 1% never really added up otherwise.
Winning is frowned upon.
Which is why teams are so important.
Blackjack made me a millionaire..
I was a billionaire before that..
Lucky for you. I was have money before gamble. Now i've been poor
Wow women can do that too
Make you into a millionare when you were a billionare.
Sheesh 😂😂😭😂😂😭😂😭😂
@@michaelnorman4 Women Amirite
I beat casinos everyday...
By not going into them
Got distracted by the magic
WAKE UP
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For real! Who's the dealer?! Thats awesome
Anyone know the move at 1:20?
Cheers for this, I have been researching "basics of card counting" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you heard people talk about - Tonvelyn Xiylijah Trick - (Have a quick look on google cant remember the place now ) ? Ive heard some interesting things about it and my m8 got great results with it.
Me after watching the video:
Alright then, keep your secrets
How
Don’t worry you’re not dumb. This is just so intense
Intense. Like camping
@@ilikebeans3821 Intense. Like just sitting around doing nothing.
@@stevencvisuals that too
It’s not as bad as you think just takes practice
thank you my brain was hurting
I forgot to watch "how to play blackjack"
DMT 〉👽 😂😂😂😂 same
HAHAHAHAHA
gold comment haha
DMT 〉👽 bro can you see greys on dmt?
Same.
He must have a different set of cards to me. Mine all seem to have pictures of pokemon on them.
Lol, very nice!
Jammy Thing same here I guess their all -1
Hm...that's odd. Mine happen to say "Blue Eyes White Dragon"...
Jammy Thing respect
Same mine says plus 4 plus 2 and they are blue, green, yellow and red
2+2 is 4 -1 that's 3 quick maffs
rohan bhatia lol big shaq
im dead lmaoooo
😂😂👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🍻
rohan bhatia i just wanna punch u in the face
Tables not hot...table Neva hot!
So we just gonna ignore the fact that this guy is a master in the art of slight of hand??!
A lot of people are. I know kids who arent even 18 yet who do similar tricks to this guy
the dude talking and the dude doing the slight of hand are two different people
"sleight"
He isn't, he is okay
I kept rewinding back a bit to watch, lol
That’s why I keep losing....I thought you just wish really hard for the card you want.
Well actually card counting is illegal at casinos or everywhere, its not really the way of the game.
Edit: sorry, it was legal, but the casinos dont like that sorry!!
No its legal but they can refuse service if they find you counting
Lol
Lmaooo
@@AzureKite maybe the real cards are the friends we made along the way
this is probably the best 5 min overall how to count card video I've ever seen. Everything is explained clearly without making it more complicated than it has to be. The hard part is execution which takes a lot of practice. but all the info you need is here.
orangehd3 Investing is a good way to look at it. But even with a high card count, one is not immune to a bad hand. Sometimes I will just use a low flat betting system, then bet bet high when my intuition tells me to.
Bizmark D who are you fooling 😂🙄
So, at minute 5 when the running count was on 17, first hand was a +1, next hand was also a +1 and the next two hands were zero. The dealer's cards were +1,+1,+1 and the final card A for ,-1.how do you get 23 running count?
Just won $3,000 in Vegas just now after watching this in my hotel room about 5 1/2 hours ago.
@@NerdzombiediscoHow are you doing?
He lost me at 1 plus 1.
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You made it that far? He lost me at hello.
Chris Freely I think you meant herro
chillisdinho 🤣
Me too lol
Here's the short version you're looking for:
You can't do it.
I'm just some Canadian guy and I say Lmfao the first youtube comment to actually make me laugh for real 😂
LF the 'Read more...'
I'm just some Canadian guy and I say facts, it’s extremely hard to count cards
The way he is counting cards is the way an expert in math would do it. He went to MIT. The easier way to do it is the Wizard of odds. He teaches the simpler way. Learn that way first, then watch this video again.
Facts
Ok then , ill bring pen n A4 paper , an abacus to the casino with me.
Karpou idiot
r/woooosh
you’ll get thrown off the balcony as soon as u sit on the blackjack table :)
you can bring pen and paper to baccarat tho since it doesnt make a difference
HAHAHAHAHWHQ
This would make for a hilarious RUclips video tbh
I swear to God I thought counting cards just meant “oh Jack is 10, that means I need 11 more :)”
Quit my job today
thisaccountisfake ahhahahahahaha
somehow I think you're lying...
HMMMMMMM
I quit mine too. Then had to beg for it back after i realised i can't count
LO00O00OO0O0O0L REALLLY.... LO9O0O0L
@Connor Gaughan I hope you know counting is legal.
i still dont know what the fuck is going on...god damn im stupid
Ermano! Your not alone
you're*
@blah he just said he's stupid, no need to rub it in his face ;)
what exactly were you not getting?
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This reminded me those bits on "The Big Short" where they had celebrities explaining Wall Street's inner works on a "water downed version" everything sounded quasi rational but in reality felt like listening to another language.
Lol, Margo in the bath tub.
The big short is an amaizing movie.
It takes a lot of practice...but there’s some pitfalls involved with counting.
As Alan in the Hangover said, it helps if you have a spotter like in the movie 21. There is actually very little time when the true count is really in your favor. So you may spend hours trudging through negative counts or mostly even counts.
Sometimes your deck will start off very high card heavy. Of course you have no way of knowing that, you’ve won most of your bets, but youve been min betting and now the deck is halfway done and the running count is -18.
You also have to keep track of everything while small chatting, dealing with cocktail waitresses talking to you, and making the right moves.
Ive been so caught up in my count that ive made the wrong move or added wrong on my total and stood when I should’ve hit.
My I.Q level went to minus 1
Double it
You got iq?
True Story. Friend of mine is math genius. So he thought he would make a bundle by learning how to win in blackjack. He bought book and learned system. Went to casino with bunch of us and he was determined to win a bundle. All of us lost at blackjack except one. The math genius lost the most. The only one that won was drunk as a skunk . Go figure.....
i play using this technique 90 percent of the times unless i come in the middle of the shoe.
it is not a technique where you win everytime,but where you are increasing your probability to win.He might be unlucky that day.
It is like betting on 30 numbers on a roulette table and still losing
Maybe he should try with less distractions cause at that point he’s trying to prove himself to his friends.
If he is a math genius he knows he is not guaranteeing a win each session but increasing the probabilities in the long run
@@attantianirudh3784 tienes toda la razón brother de donde ere si sepuede saber
so... I should get drunk before my math final?? 🤔🤔
That's nice now skip to the part where I can summon Exodia to obliterate everyone
I didn’t understand a word of that but I still enjoyed every minute of it.
I sort of counted cards when I used to play blackjack, but I didn't count every single card with a point system. I just paid attention to trends. For example if there was a lot of low cards played, I knew the odds of a face card coming up increased, which gave me insight on how to bet. So I'd bet low to start every deck and just play normal, while watching for patterns, and then increase my bets accordingly. It was pretty successful for me, but would anger the other players at the table because I'd often play unconventional towards the end of the deck.
For instance, say I had a 14 and the dealer had a 5 showing, the conventional method tells you to stay and let the dealer bust. But because I was paying attention to the high-low cards already played, and knew there was way more face cards played than low ones, I knew there was a bunch of low cards left in the deck. And thus if I didn't hit, the dealer was gonna get the low cards and beat me. So I'd hit and end up with like 19-20 and win, but it messed up everyone else at the table who were playing conventionally lol.
I think that's the best way to play counting not always play out in ones favor
Try this with a machine shuffler lol
@@ysav3236 They always shuffled decks by machine at the casinos I played. Usually was 6-8 decks iirc. Shuffling doesn't really have any effect, as you just restart your process after every shuffling. You bet low at the beginning, then as you gather info of which cards have already been played, you can start betting more towards the end of the round. Then do the same process again after they shuffle.
This is the exact thing I do !!! Just pay attention to the deck and the cards coming out .. I try keep count but to many distractions
Thank you for the SUPER simplified version, I'm not great at maths (yet, gotta start learning again lmao) and looking at the values is a lot easier than trying to count the total amount of + or -.
Once the running count went over 21, I ran out of appendages to keep track of it. I also got kicked out for having my pants down at the table.
I used to count cards while dealing and tell players when to raise their bets in order to increase my tips whenever I was totally bored
Its still luck based isnt it? im completely new to this card counting strategy
@@tsurin-2160 Of course. Without card counting (but otherwise playing the ideal strategy), you will - at average in the long run - lose something like 1% of the money you bet. With card counting, you will in the long run in the long run win 1% instead. (The exact numbers depend on the actual game rules.) The card counting gives you an idea of the approximate composition of the remaining cards in the deck; that is, whether the cards are in your or the house's favor (and so whether to bet high, or else to bet low or leave the table), plus it allows you to vary the strategy (for example, if the count is high - that is, there are a significant number of tens and aces left in the deck - it is more advantageous to double even when basic strategy tells you that you shouldn't do that). But no matter what, you don't know what the next card will be (that is, unless the dealer accidentally exposes it).
Watching this video in hoping to get a better grasp of the game, expecting to get sufficient skills to at least boast to friends, but in the end I still get nothing but an entertaining magic performance
If so, then this movie is for you. www.imdb.com/title/tt0478087/
I think it is more about how to do it but not how it works, it all comes down to math.
Who in their right mind would watch a film with a meta critic score of 48
I know right? Fuck having your own opinion, am I rite guy.
SleepingDragon1st I get where you are coming from but ain't nobody got time for watching a movie that was said to be bad by an overwhelming majority
Counting cards only ever gives you a marginal advantage over the house. It will never be flashy or impressive even if you do pull it off. The only time your friends will be impressed is when you spend an entire weekend at the blackjack tables and end up a couple hundred up and maybe get kicked out of the casino.
I bet all of the Las Vegas casinos have a picture of him in the security surveillance rooms ready to give him the boot as soon as he enters their hotels 😂😂😂
He told me one time he picked up a friend at the airport and they drove over to MGM for breakfast. As they were walking in from the parking garage he heard a voice call out from behind: "Hey Mike! I hope you don't plan on playing today." Though we played together for about 6 hours at Mandalay Bay and Wynn no problems - mainly because he wasn't playing for serious money.
Ok, so at 4:44 he says running count is 17, then the next hand goes (6 and 7 for +1; 8 and 6 for +2; 7 and 9 for +2; 4 and 10 for +2; 2, 2, 4, and Ace for +4) for a total of +4, then he raises it to 23. Shouldn't it be 21?
thank god im not the only one who noticed this too
I made the same comment just now. If a pro like him makes that mistake, us mortals are done for.
I love how he spoke slowly as he explained it, and dealt the cards like a machine 😂😭😭
BUT DID YOU ACCOUNT FOR VARIABLE CHANGE?
BUT DID YOU ACCOUNT FOR SPACE TIME DILATION?
LOL.
AND THE CORIOLIS EFFECT??
Nice 21 reference.
That can be solved by reversing the polarity!
He lost me when he brought in my mortal enemy: division
Thank you. I'll stick with the slot machines
slot machines are standard on a 60/40 payout. so you always lose there. for every dollar you put it in pays out 40 cents. so slot machines are a sure way to get money into the casino.
That's not what 60/40 means, 60/40 would mean you'd get 80 cents per dollar. But your overall message is correct. It's not worth it.
Slots are the reason casinos make so much money, not blackjack. Stop throwing money way.
slots is basically lottery but you're wasting a whole day playing instead of just a few seconds to buy a ticket.
then again the wonder is when you will get lucky!
This is really something most people can grasp pretty decently if you actually spend a few hours on it one day (assuming you can count, add , & subtract). I’m not just saying this. It seems a lot more complicated than it is.
I found this guy has done a better job than anyone explaining quickly how it’s done.
I encourage anyone to read into it more.
It is NOT illegal to use at a casino either. The worst that can happen is they back you off and ask/tell you to leave.
Me during graduate school: Mastered calculus, linear algebra, and differential equations
Me now: Don't know how to add
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA this is me. Good with numbers and yet I'm pausing it just to freaking add.
He's probably talking slowly so idiots like me can understand.
Meanwhile he lost me at -1
Best video of card counting I've even watched !
5:36 and here's how to play 52-card pickup
The magic tricks blew my mind more than the counting!
Me watching this before playing blackjack on gta online xd
Same XD
I can't believe that XD
Same!!! Lmao
Same lol
The deck shuffles every-time in GTA online though
Wtf why am i watching this i don't even play blackjack
@arthur dias the power of dreams
@@minstrelofMir RUclips = Honda?
same
Video: plus 1 plus 1 minus 1 plus 1
Me: aight imma head out
a simple way to beat blackjack is if you lose, just double your bet. Keep doing that until you win again and win back what you lost. Statistically, its hard to lose more than 6 hands in a row.
Yeah no
So, at minute 5 when the running count was on 17, first hand was a +1, next hand was also a +1 and the next two hands were zero. The dealer's cards were +1,+1,+1 and the final card A for ,-1. How do you get 23 running count?
I know it's been two years but I was looking for the comment that pointed out the count was actually 21 lol
Same here... It's 21
I rewatched like 5x bc I assumed I was mistaken.
I’m watching this stoned and have not got a clue
Dito!
I watching this completely sober and I'm right there with you
I'm watching it stoned and I'm doing okay, I keep pausing and rewinding but I'm 60% through the video
Yes... I use this method all the time in the casinos and it works. However I count the aces and 2's as zero's. Which in turn makes things a bit easier. I win most of the time, but it can be a real grind when the count stays around zero. Not to mention the swings in the count can put you way ahead or way behind real fast. You just got to be ready for it if and when it happens.
I agree most of the time it can be a real grind. Since the true count is less than or equal to +1 about 70% of the time, you're either betting minimum or Wonging out often. Only about 0.5% of the time do you reach that max bet count when it get really interesting and you win or lose a lot in just a couple minutes.
You know he’s good when the thing below his name says ‘MIT’.
Remember that casinos are private places aka they can kick you out whenever they want. If you’re obvious and they understand you are using this strategy, you’re out. I even heard that some memory champions are not allowed in because they can count the cards that have come out (which is also why they use more then 1 deck for each play).
"Then you want to bet proportionately more"
Proceeds to slap two $5 down.
His magician skills caught my attention rather than his speech
I love the card mechanics and manipulations! Very entertaining along with the academic commentary!
Not gonna lie, watching this before going to watch “21” for the second time
I love that movie
That was a good movie,
I try to stick to a middle ground, more "vague" version of this (both because I suck at quick maths and also so I don't get kicked out for card counting and can still enjoy my time at the tables instead of stuck in my head), by just trying to keep track of if I've seen a 'more than average' amount of high or low cards. If you get one or two rounds with a lot of face and high cards, expect the next round or the round after to be mostly low cards. Definitely not foolproof or consistently accurate but its better than nothing.
It sounds like he is explaining it perfect but I didn't understand a thing... gotta watch it some more times before Vegas.
I think you need to know how many decks the dealer mix in the bunch, and reset your count once you see the dealer reshuffles or bring out a new group of cards.
There are also deviations that come into play dependent on where the true count is. For the most part this is all you need to put the advantage in your favor but there are a few deviations that can increase your profit margins as well.
Like what deviations??
Pro-tip: first learn basic strategy, then worry about counting.
Absolutely.. And learn and understand that basic strategy will change depending on the table you are playing.. Whether single deck double deck or multiple deck shoes. Then will again also vary by table rules such as stand on all 17s stand on hard 17s surrender no surrender double after split no double after split etc etc
oluja 100 perc correct
Finally, im ready to lose my money
Is nobody gonna bring up How good his sleight of hand is
so what if I put tap sensors in my shoes. left foot is -1 and right foot is +1 and 0 is no tap, then tap both to get the count on my watch where the big had goes to the count and hour hand 12 is negative and 1 is positive count via Bluetooth connection. Or just have a really good memory.
Back in the late 80s I had a friend name Charlie while living in LA. He found out his dad in Ohio died and that he had an Autistic brother. He flew out there to meet him and found out he was good at counting cards. They went to Vegas to try his luck and sure enough won $80k before getting kicked out of the Casino. I think his brother's name was Raymond.
Uhm sound like a movie I saw
Of all the jokes made in the comment section, this is my favourite!
Kmart sucks
5:07 shouldn't the running count be 21 if it was 17 before?
lmao yea wouldnt it be 21?
Can you ask the dealer what the count is so you don't have to follow it so closely?
fungidungie Johnson Why would he tell you? LOL
You can ask, if you want a good laugh. Why would the dealer count the cards?
Jamie Malokas It won’t be a good laugh when they back you off for counting cards.
Gary Lu If a person has to ask what the count is, obviously that person isn't a card counter. Any true card counter knows what the count is at all times and wouldn't need to ever ask.
@@jamiemalokas3693 Actually, sometimes the very same dealers are also counting cards, or at least know the very basics of it. So they can easily detect any player who is trying to use this method against the casino, and next inform the pit boss.
Okay I’m kinda lost, so you should bet higher when the numbers are high in plus and not minus?
does the running count reset after each play? And when should we start the count?
Wired is so good at making videos they sub in poker footage in a blackjack video.
Right? People are tossing chips into a pile, and sliding whole stacks in at every cut scene.
wtf I am lost at 0:05
Me too bro
Lmao why u watching if your not interested
Was paying attention to the technique then I noticed he was doing tricks n' shit.
Genuinely don’t know why people can’t understand this perfectly explained technique.
Because they don’t know basic strategy yet
Pause at 5:05
He was at +17 before this deal and moved to +23 after, meaning +6 for the round/hand (I play poker idk what it’s called in BJ). I only see +4 on the board unless he’s counting the ace as a low card.. don’t know why he would do that. Someone plz explain or did he flub
Thank you for being the only other person that noticed just goes to show that people really are sheep!! if he said 23 it must be 23!!
Keeping running/true count using Hi-Lo seems straight forward enough, it's the basic strategy of the game that melts me; can't remember all those plays.
Sam Bakula time and practice is all it takes.
Ah it's not too bad after some practice dude, I used to think the same as you! It's actually pretty simple if you practice every day for an hour or so. This is what I did and I became quite profitable.
The ending math is wrong. Start with +17. 6/7 = +1, 6/8 = +1, 7/9 = 0, 4/10 = 0, 2/2/4/A = +2. Net = +4 so add this to 17 is 21 and not 23.
HyperShin I noticed that too, how did they miss that??
ha I've been sat here getting wound up about it but that was what I thought too !
I caught that too, it must have been a test
Go out and count cards, Gentlemen.
had to pause and look at the comment section to confirm im not crazy.
Love how they used card tricks to visually represent what was being said.
“Find the true count to maximize your advantage” the kind of math we ACTUALLY needed in school 🤣
Isn’t high low what everyone uses that counts cards?
There are other more complicating methods i believe
They Will know in counting when I ask the dealer what's a 5 neutral or low
1-6 low, aces and faces high. Rest are seros
Casino: offers blackjack
Math teacher with a gambling problem: im bout to end this mans whole -career- house edge
How do you know how many decks a casino is using if it’s not displayed?
Rain man was quick with the math
The issue when I've played is that there are so many decks in the shuffler and they barely ever get past 1 deck before they resuffle making it difficult to get any 'true' value.
That's the point, they want to make it hard to count
I don’t count and still got kicked out of the casino for being lucky
it’s true.. casinos don’t tolerate winners, only losers
Easy. The more high cards you see being played means the lower the chances of you winning. Vice versa, the more lower cards you see being played means the higher the chances you have of winning so bet more. High = A,K,Q,J,10 and low is rest of deck. Aka 5v9. Table start with a huge advantage but it's card counting that'll give you an edge to even things out a bit.
My only question is how can you know how many decks are they using? Its not written down at the table that we specially using 9 decks at this table or something like that
you must learn to estimate by the size of the pile of cards the dealer has
Woah respect for the people who actually count cards
Keep in mind everyone, that basic strategy is not as simple as it seems. It requires quite a lot of memorization and PERFECT execution in the game itself; not a moment's hesitation, and calculations must be quick.
The Casinos allow you to use a Basic Strategy Guide card and keep it in your hand providing you don't slow the game down too much so you don't have to memorize it.
@@sanfranciscobay they allow that basic strategy guide, because they still have the edge with you using it!
I also went to MIT about 15 years before the MIT blackjack Team. I was a physics major. I first did this with another physics major, my study partner at MIT All he says here is true but he has neglected to tell you about the tables that tell you whether to split pairs, hit or stand, double down, soft double, etc based on what the true count is. "Your total" on the x-axis vs "dealer's Upcard" on the y-axis and every entry must be memorized for everything that can happen in a game of blackjack. I don't know why he neglected to tell you this incredibly important part of this. You will break even, even if you vary your bets, if you don't memorize these tables and apply them accurately, with one caveat. If you bet wildly meaning bet a lot when the count is in your favor, you can win some with his strategy of not using the tables. (Please respond WIRED.) There is a whole chapter devoted to counting cards in Reno and Las Vegas in my book "Striking It Rich: Golf in the Kingdom with Generals, Patients, and Pros". I ended up going to medical school and became a surgeon . I used the $250,000 I made counting cards to pay back my MIT loans and to pay for medical school. In case you're wondering, yes, Ben Mezrich stole my story for the movie "21".
That's pretty interesting. Would love to hear more.
@@handsome_jay_ that's basically it
@@dr.reidsheftalltruthinscie2007 and how did he accesse your story? man you should have copyrighted it instantly it's an insane life story. Do you think card counting is still viable nowadays?
my guy was teaching us how to break the system and showing off his magic tricks at the same time....
i knew i wasnt going to understand anything and yet i still watched the whole thing. not disappointed
it is simple, but most casino's use a csm (constantly shuffeling machine). This means counting cards doesnt effect the house advantage that much, unfortunally.
Constant shuffling machines don't change the count. Once a card is removed its removed. Thus if the deck is shuffled when the count is +15, the advantage is still there to the player because there are a large number of 10s, faces, and aces still in that shuffled deck. Shuffle the deck all you want, it doesn't change the probability and the count.
EJR77 The way a continuous shuffle machine works is that the cards are put back into the machine after every round and then the cards are reshuffled. So, no, you cannot count cards.
Anyone who can pull this off deserves to win big and casinos are foul for barring these geniuses.
He lost me at 0:00
Dont need such technique, ALL I NEED ARE THE HEART OF THE CARDS
Perfect basic strategy changes with the count. Low count = less chance of busting.
if u changing to poker size anyway in the end, why did u use bridge size in the beginning ?
now he will get kicked out of every casino that has watched this video