I really like your comment "Don't let the highs get you too high and don't get the lows get you too low" That is an advice for not only blackjack but for life.
What you said there at the end is awesome I had my biggest winning day at cash game poker of my life on Wednesday, won just over $6,500 (a new house record for 10 hours at 1/3 blinds 200 max bet). By Friday I had almost forgot. Didn't even tell my parents for a long time. I just generated EV and left.
Maybe should talk about risk management. How much you spend on daily has a huge impact on risk. So many people don't know that you can only spend a little portion of your expected return.
I got backed off last weekend and the security made a joke about watching Blackjackapprentice videos when i tried to say Im not a math wiz or someone who could even learn to count cards..
Collin, are more casinos switching to CSM's these days? It seems as the population keeps going up they will use more of them and good games will be almost impossible to find. Thanks for all the great videos.
Games with CSM you can use TARGET & TARGET PLUS by Jerry Patterson. Also read his book "Break The Dealer" by Jerry Patterson available on Amazon. UCP (Ultimate Confirmation Process) by John Taoromino will help you with game entry and exit. Professor Ellis Clifton Davies have three books on shoe games including CSM "New Blackjack", "World Class Blackjack" & "Zero Proximity Betting" that would make you classify CSM game into 6 different types. You will then pick up the good games from the bad and how to bet in the better games. Ron DiBennedeto has put together well professor Ellis Clifton Davies work in his own book "Precision Blackjack". Another person to contact on these games is Kevin Smith (www.beatthecasino.com). He is a student/played a lot with both professor Ellis Clifton Davies and Ron DiBennedeto. My blackjack website is www.blackjacksa.com
Another great video separating the professional rules from all the myths and amateurs. Constantly learning how detailed the game can actually be played.
awesome advice and wisdom Colin! I sometimes think of it as this: If you have an edge like the casino has an edge, can you ever imagine a casino refusing any more bets because it made too much money? Would they close down the place cause they lost too much money in an hour or day? No, they want as much action as they can get, because over the long haul they will make more money than they payout. Again - thank you Colin for your wisdom.
That's not true that they think ALL BJ players are value players. If they did, they'd stop offering the game. The truth is that there are VERY few successful card counters playing today. Most people that think they are counting cards....aren't. At least they're not counting them well enough to maintain an advantage over the house and are probably losing MORE than the typical gambler playing hunches and playing without discipline.
I like those 4 reasons to quit a session I also like the reason that a bunch of aces and tens popped up on the first round of play to end a session especially if I'm tired or can also have one of the first 4 reasons to end a session it works well.
thats what i do, and what all small time players should do i go in with about 200$, win 200$ and stop, my friends go and gamble to have fun, i go to make money, there has been many times i had to w8 a few hrs for my friends to lose all their money, while im sitting on a few 100 Bills, thats when i go play penny slots
As an ex high stakes blackjack dealer one piece of advise I can give you is to never gamble on Thurs Friday Saturday or Sunday night's. Those are the nights that all amateur and 1st time players play. You want to have a fair chance to win play Monday Tuesday and Wednesday days that semi pro players play. I am sure that if you would have played at my table you would leave my table a loser every time. He'll I would even count along with you no matter what system you use.
i gamble on weekends, but never holidays, but i am an amateur, win about 500-700$ a month, there is a reason i play weekends with idiots, cuz i will pass on a BUST card and piss the table off, i rather have people mad at me for losing 5-10$ on a hand then 25$+ a hand
@@gregoryeverson741 Gregory I want to wish you a Happy New Year and continued success. Keeping your wins to 500$ - 700$ / month is a great strategy and keeps you under the casino radar. I applaud you on not being greedy and to exploit the weaknesses of bad players at the table to your advantage. I wish you continued success.
Just one question in regards to point one. Are you *always* generating positive EV or are you generating positive EV at positive counts (true or running depending on your system). I would think that if a shoe you're playing never goes positive [enough] you're EV for that shoe is neutral or positive.
Yeah, you're only generating positive EV during positive counts. My point is that every shoe is an opportunity to generate positive EV. Sorry for the confusion.
Blackjack Apprenticeship Love your videos man, very in depth analysis on the science behind blackjack as an expert or even as a beginner. Just a quick question regarding basic strategy and card counting. If you have a hard 12 against a dealer 4 with a running count of -3, would you hit or stay? Thanks for your help man, keep the videos coming🙌🙌
I would add if you got a so-called table captain at the table who is over reaching. The last time I played, so guy was telling people not to sit at the table if they were going to jump in and jump out. I think he was up a grand, but lost it. In one hand he split two's and had one or two more splits---and lost it all.
The casino near me has gone to the continuous shuffle machine. If that doesn't make card counting a non issue, totally impossible, I don't know what is.
Games with CSM you can use TARGET & TARGET PLUS by Jerry Patterson. Also read his book "Break The Dealer" by Jerry Patterson available on Amazon. UCP (Ultimate Confirmation Process) by John Taoromino will help you with game entry and exit. Professor Ellis Clifton Davies have three books on shoe games including CSM "New Blackjack", "World Class Blackjack" & "Zero Proximity Betting" that would make you classify CSM game into 6 different types. You will then pick up the good games from the bad and how to bet in the better games. Ron DiBennedeto has put together well professor Ellis Clifton Davies work in his own book "Precision Blackjack". Another person to contact on these games is Kevin Smith (www.beatthecasino.com). He is a student/played a lot with both professor Ellis Clifton Davies and Ron DiBennedeto. My blackjack website is www.blackjacksa.com
@@blackjackapprenticeshipgus6559 It does not hurt to be knowledgeable and be able to take advantage of excellent games that CSM sometimes bring. Card Counting is old news, Card Clumping is the language people talk this days if they know Blackjack.
Game Reserve Big 6 my apologies, I must be ignorant to AP on CSMs. Yes card counting has been around for decades, and is in that sense “old news,” but thankfully for me that “old news” still generates profits. ☺️
@@blackjackapprenticeshipgus6559 Thanks for that. Myself (professor of Orthopaedics and Spinal Surgery: Modern Casino Blackjack), professor Ellis Clifton Davies (Mathematics Professor : Zero Proximity Blackjack Betting, New Blackjack & World Class Blackjack), John Taoromino (UCP), Ron DiBinedetto (Precision Blackjack), Jerry Patterson and others left Card Counting after changes were made in 1979 by Atlantic City casinos. KEN USTON won the case against barring card counters. The casinos hired their own Mathematicians to counteract card counting. Card counting in the today's games work only on some single and double deck games. Read Stuart Perry's book "Las Vegas Blackjack Diary", available on Amazon. Any person who pants Card Counting against today's games knows very little about the game or is ignorant of the truth or in denial. Please contact dr David Schwartz (director at Centre of Gambling at UNLV) to give you Las Vegas and Atlantic City Blackjack Table Holds. You will be shocked. Please contact professor Ellis Clifton Davies who played with legendary card counter Ken Uston (RIP) in Atlantic City a few years before Ken died in Paris in 1989.
Probably a noob question, but I'm practicing basic strat with the app, and I've noticed there are more times that the app says to surrender than are listed on the basic strat chart on the app. It happens when my hand is two low numbers (I think it's either 2 & 3 or 2 & 4, or maybe happens in both of those instances). I guess I'm also unsure in general of what to do if my hand adds up to less than a hard 8. I first assumed you just hit, but I've seen the surrender correction pop up in the app some. Is there another chart on the website that I missed, or is there some rule I should go by regarding low numbers? P.S. I know that tables often don't offer surrender, but I was wanting to clear this up to avoid confusion down the road.
This video was 4 years ago ...but in 2023 I find it's tough to find a casino that has good deck penatration..they're back cutting 2.5 decks it's tough to find a good game
Yes. But it how they play. If you make a lot of off the wall type of plays the start to watch you closer. Remember casino also know how to count cards and see know when the correct play should be made. The casino has the ability to use software and the eye in the sky to track everything. I was a dealer at one point and I don't even understand a fraction of what happens. Above my paygrade. But at the casino every pit boss is required to keep a running count.
It would make it more of a challenge. But they are watching all the time and when you make calculate plays to throw them off. A lot of the time it will make you loss and losing hands is costing you money.
@@papadartman Damn that's rough. I couldn't imagine doing it for a living. I was up 275ish dollars once and I felt like they were all watching. I know they were 275 is nothing for them but still. Made me paranoid
Shuffle the 10 pointers away to the end of the shoe? Yeah I've experienced that too, although wasn't counting cards. Dealer kept bluffing with a face showing followed by many non tens. It cleared the table fast.
^hate you, lol, seen dealers take a FAT 1/3 of the deck for a cut and put it to waste, all i wanted to do was double my 200$ and leave, so i left with 350$ not 400$ freaking shady dealers, lol what happens to the tips we give dealers? i hope you get them
Regarding "invalid" reason 1. I find it reasonable to quit when ahead if you have no more time or strength to overcome the next low. It is not 100% logical but this way you don't risk going home with "i shouldve quit earlier..." "Now its just xy€/h for today"...
@@Blackjackapprenticeship Games with CSM you can use TARGET & TARGET PLUS by Jerry Patterson. Also read his book "Break The Dealer" by Jerry Patterson available on Amazon. UCP (Ultimate Confirmation Process) by John Taoromino will help you with game entry and exit. Professor Ellis Clifton Davies have three books on shoe games including CSM "New Blackjack", "World Class Blackjack" & "Zero Proximity Betting" that would make you classify CSM game into 6 different types. You will then pick up the good games from the bad and how to bet in the better games. Ron DiBennedeto has put together well professor Ellis Clifton Davies work in his own book "Precision Blackjack". Another person to contact on these games is Kevin Smith (www.beatthecasino.com). He is a student/played a lot with both professor Ellis Clifton Davies and Ron DiBennedeto. My blackjack website is www.blackjacksa.com
Games with CSM you can use TARGET & TARGET PLUS by Jerry Patterson. Also read his book "Break The Dealer" by Jerry Patterson available on Amazon. UCP (Ultimate Confirmation Process) by John Taoromino will help you with game entry and exit. Professor Ellis Clifton Davies have three books on shoe games including CSM "New Blackjack", "World Class Blackjack" & "Zero Proximity Betting" that would make you classify CSM game into 6 different types. You will then pick up the good games from the bad and how to bet in the better games. Ron DiBennedeto has put together well professor Ellis Clifton Davies work in his own book "Precision Blackjack". Another person to contact on these games is Kevin Smith (www.beatthecasino.com). He is a student/played a lot with both professor Ellis Clifton Davies and Ron DiBennedeto. My blackjack website is www.blackjacksa.com
You said to don't overthink heat. I think it's good advice as to not let it affect you in while playing, however I think diving deep, and establishing and creating methods to dodge and prolong casino detection & heat can be and is a significant factor for anyone counting
They made an updated video about internet casinos. Internet casinos have horrendous rules and poor penetration. They also have software that helps them know if you're counting cards and uses that information to refuse to pay players illegally via their terms of service and offshore location. Richard Munchkin stated that real advantage players don't look for opportunities at online casinos. There are way too many scams out there online.
Progressive, flat betting and 1-3-2-6 are not winning strategies. In fact, there is no betting system that wins in the long run. Even if you are winning, you are going to start losing eventually. If you want to win, try card counting. There are a lot of tutorials online on how to count cards.
Ransom Braaten Well, you should be only betting what you could afford to lose. However, if you want to win in the long run, you should not be betting based on whether or not you are winning. You should be betting based on whether or not the odds are in your favor. Card counting tutorials will teach you how you can tell.
Got it. Thanks! I've been trying to pick up card counting. Obviously takes practice, but why is the system +1 for low cards and high are negative. what would It do if I reversed. Just something where my brain cant count high cards as negative 1. Is there harm in reversing system or is there a reason it's set up that way?
What about profit targets, if you exceed your target leave, or play until you hit the minimum target of the day. Or if you’re down leave if your cash entry depletes 50% and don’t buy back in.
One day isn't long enough to reach the long-run average and be up. In fact if you quit like this before reaching your unusual highs, you can skew the distribution in a way that reduces EV per session. Per hand there's no memory so you can't affect anything, but if you change your number of hands/hours based on results then it can affect your weekly expectation.
Your number of the count if it gets that bad that you should quit that game? Like if account is negative 20 are you supposed to continue to bat minimum at that table takes a lot to turn a shoe around that's -20 early on
I tried counting at a full table when I was already up big prior with positive playing near the end of each shoe. Just decided to stick around as others joins bad idea obviously, the count changes to drastically and conditions changed.
The count is the count. It makes no difference whatsoever how many players are at a table. No actual card counter would say such a thing. The only problem with full tables is that is slows the game down and you see fewer hands.
I came up with another valid reason to leave. I was playing at Caesar's Palace when it was run by the mob, and I knew that fact. This was before shoes or card shufflers, using a single deck. The dealer shuffled the cards and dealt them. I was on a hot streak and was up maybe $200, back when that was real money. All of a sudden the dealer was changed and I started losing. I figured the mob had put in a dealer capable of stacking the deck, so I left. I made sure to keep with other people in well lighted areas when I left. I didn't want to end up broke and naked in the desert.
They use multiple decks(6) and burn cards unseen between hands. Then they change shoes halfway through. Now it is not possible to count cards to an advantage. Also leave if you are up and the pit changes the dealer. The only way to do 'this'(and other things) is when the games is over relaxed or too busy to follow their own rules. I personally caused a whole casino to retrain all their dealers in 'another game'. The Casino was actually very grateful and never backed me off. My demonstration was also with 'pennies' not 'dimes'. I asked directly and they told me I was not a conspicuous professional who was looking to exploit or take advantage. They then added that 'the eye in the sky' did not complain. A free room and 5 buffet tickets were offered and I politely declined and went home.
The reality of blackjack is, the house and the player have exactly the same odds. I've played blackjack professionally for a few years, but eventually the casino/home life balance got too one sided, so I chose my family over the casino, so I moved on to other things. So why does the house always seem to win then? The house advantage comes in a couple different forms and on of them is the long game. The house simply has more money than the average person to play with, so while they can afford to lose for 1, 2 or maybe 12 hours straight, you as a player, cannot. The house also plays with a very specific set of rules, of which they don't deviate. The house also brings you "free" alcohol. Why? They want to fuzzy your brain a little to gain an even bigger advantage. I would take their drinks, but I would only get cherry Pepsi's. This way I would have a chance to get up and walk around on my way to the restroom and let my brain relax a little. I would play a progressing betting strategy, where I would double my bet every hand I lost. My goal was to win 1 hand in every shoe, which I would always do. I never played a shoe where I lost every hand dealt from it. The faster the dealer, the more I would make per hour. I've been backed off more times than I can count and one time I was asked to leave as I walked in the front door. Casino's know they cannot beat this type of system, so the only thing they can do is back you off.
I‘m confused here. If your a AP player it is recommended to put in the hours due to the positive variance in card counting. If you only play perfect basic stratagy you will lose in the long run. But, it doesn’t mean you will deplete your bankroll. Please advise
Onni Herlevi do you mean side bets? Consider side bets to be an entirely separate “game” that could become beatable in some circumstances. Check out the older video on this channel about the Lucky Ladies sidebet for example. Always know exactly what you’re doing before you play them or you’re just giving the casino money. Check out Wizard or Odds for some good info on existing side bets
"we can't look at the past to choose the future" - oh yes we can, that's how true proffessionals play this game, the ones who count cards are accepting the fact that they don't know how to play it
What about Matthew McConaughey as a lawyer defending an accused card counter which he is not? Answer Follow · 0 1 Request See who you have requested This question may need editing This question may need editing to correct phrasing o
I have a feeling this guy posts all these videos and has his school to fund a gambling addiction! "Okay now I've got the money to try and really perfect this game, but nope, 6 months later the casino edge caught up to me, lost all my gains and then some. I learned a lesson, the more you go, the more you lose!" Folks, casino always wins!
Dude stop making videos once I started listening to you my profits wayyyyy Down you’re talk about how the numbers will even out it’s a coin flip it will eventually even out is BS or I have the worst luck in the world which chances are you can’t win over and over without being lucky it’s luck not skill
My first blackjack sessions ended when I ran out chips lmao
colin says remember that was Positive EV ! Even though you ran out of chips ! LOL
brenda hart once I’ve learned basic strategy I’ve been having great weekends at the casino
Same. 😂
Yeah losing all your money is a good reason as any! lol 😂
at 4:17 I can barely even watch the hand without counting all the cards hahaha
I really like your comment "Don't let the highs get you too high and don't get the lows get you too low" That is an advice for not only blackjack but for life.
1: your up $
2: your down $
3: pit boss gets wise to your card counting
4: diarrhea
close, lol
4: gotta get home b4 the wife finds out
always blame is on the drunk wife passed out in the room gotta check on her .. next day welcome back
5.The lady next to you clearly wants to smash
False, MOB.
6. You are in the middle of a stroke
What you said there at the end is awesome
I had my biggest winning day at cash game poker of my life on Wednesday, won just over $6,500 (a new house record for 10 hours at 1/3 blinds 200 max bet). By Friday I had almost forgot. Didn't even tell my parents for a long time. I just generated EV and left.
Maybe should talk about risk management. How much you spend on daily has a huge impact on risk. So many people don't know that you can only spend a little portion of your expected return.
Good point. If you spend all your profits, your risk will go up.
I got backed off last weekend and the security made a joke about watching Blackjackapprentice videos when i tried to say Im not a math wiz or someone who could even learn to count cards..
lol! I hope not too many casino personnel are watching these.
Collin, are more casinos switching to CSM's these days? It seems as the population keeps going up they will use more of them and good games will be almost impossible to find. Thanks for all the great videos.
Randy I would say no, there is not a definite increase in the use of auto shufflers
Games with CSM you can use TARGET & TARGET PLUS by Jerry Patterson. Also read his book "Break The Dealer" by Jerry Patterson available on Amazon. UCP (Ultimate Confirmation Process) by John Taoromino will help you with game entry and exit. Professor Ellis Clifton Davies have three books on shoe games including CSM "New Blackjack", "World Class Blackjack" & "Zero Proximity Betting" that would make you classify CSM game into 6 different types. You will then pick up the good games from the bad and how to bet in the better games. Ron DiBennedeto has put together well professor Ellis Clifton Davies work in his own book "Precision Blackjack". Another person to contact on these games is Kevin Smith (www.beatthecasino.com). He is a student/played a lot with both professor Ellis Clifton Davies and Ron DiBennedeto. My blackjack website is www.blackjacksa.com
Another great video separating the professional rules from all the myths and amateurs. Constantly learning how detailed the game can actually be played.
yes it's great for amateurs who don't know how to play but count cards
Very nice video, Colin check my mail, goodbye 👍
awesome advice and wisdom Colin! I sometimes think of it as this: If you have an edge like the casino has an edge, can you ever imagine a casino refusing any more bets because it made too much money? Would they close down the place cause they lost too much money in an hour or day? No, they want as much action as they can get, because over the long haul they will make more money than they payout. Again - thank you Colin for your wisdom.
Some casinos or paranoid of card counters.... they're suspicious they think all blackjack players are card counters!
For real my buddy was up only 2k and the pit boss was not having it
That's not true that they think ALL BJ players are value players. If they did, they'd stop offering the game. The truth is that there are VERY few successful card counters playing today. Most people that think they are counting cards....aren't. At least they're not counting them well enough to maintain an advantage over the house and are probably losing MORE than the typical gambler playing hunches and playing without discipline.
I like those 4 reasons to quit a session I also like the reason that a bunch of aces and tens popped up on the first round of play to end a session especially if I'm tired or can also have one of the first 4 reasons to end a session it works well.
Chris,when that happens,just take a break.Go eat some food.
As a casino dealer myself How does the pit allow you to video record in the casino?
movie footage? has a friend in surveillance? or footage from one of those caught on cam shows!!
Do you REALLY think he's in there alone?
Sounds perfectly reasonable. I think as a semi-casual player I just get tired sometimes and run with the winnings.
thats what i do, and what all small time players should do
i go in with about 200$, win 200$ and stop, my friends go and gamble to have fun, i go to make money, there has been many times i had to w8 a few hrs for my friends to lose all their money, while im sitting on a few 100 Bills, thats when i go play penny slots
I've watched most of your videos and the mini course. But what's the long run?
When all the short-term "luck" plays out and all you are left with is the math (aka EV).
its a big racket so be ware of the wolves.
Is it ok to ask the dealer to give you better penetration or will that tip them off that you are a card counter?
You can always ask, but it might be a giveaway that you're counting.
@@Blackjackapprenticeship Sometimes a dealer can be coerced into deeper penetration when you tip the dealer!
You guys are awesome👍🏻
Thanks man!
Colin, do you still play blackjack at casinos?
Food question
All good points. Well said.
did u how to card counting on baccarat ?
As an ex high stakes blackjack dealer one piece of advise I can give you is to never gamble on Thurs Friday Saturday or Sunday night's. Those are the nights that all amateur and 1st time players play. You want to have a fair chance to win play Monday Tuesday and Wednesday days that semi pro players play.
I am sure that if you would have played at my table you would leave my table a loser every time. He'll I would even count along with you no matter what system you use.
i gamble on weekends, but never holidays, but i am an amateur, win about 500-700$ a month, there is a reason i play weekends with idiots, cuz i will pass on a BUST card and piss the table off, i rather have people mad at me for losing 5-10$ on a hand then 25$+ a hand
@@gregoryeverson741 Gregory I want to wish you a Happy New Year and continued success. Keeping your wins to 500$ - 700$ / month is a great strategy and keeps you under the casino radar. I applaud you on not being greedy and to exploit the weaknesses of bad players at the table to your advantage. I wish you continued success.
Yep. Wednesday nights are perfect.
Tbh those days at the end of the week is when I’m mostly free and I don’t really like playing at the start of the week cuz of work
Is it possible to turn $100 into 2 thousand?
Scott pissed yes
You can turn 100 dollars into 100 million
No
Yes i seen someone turn 75 into 2600.... it can happen
Yes 100 to 8,000 in about two hours
Does going from hand shuffle to shuffle master mean conditions deteriorated?
J.Spice Tuck hand shuffle and auto shuffler are the same. Continuous shufflers though should be avoided
Just one question in regards to point one. Are you *always* generating positive EV or are you generating positive EV at positive counts (true or running depending on your system). I would think that if a shoe you're playing never goes positive [enough] you're EV for that shoe is neutral or positive.
Yeah, you're only generating positive EV during positive counts. My point is that every shoe is an opportunity to generate positive EV. Sorry for the confusion.
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Love your videos man, very in depth analysis on the science behind blackjack as an expert or even as a beginner. Just a quick question regarding basic strategy and card counting. If you have a hard 12 against a dealer 4 with a running count of -3, would you hit or stay? Thanks for your help man, keep the videos coming🙌🙌
Bryan Winkelman basic strategy is to stand. the deviation is to hit your 12 vs dealer 4 at any negative count.
Awesome to hear your from WA! You on the west or east side of the state?
What about Matthew McConaughey as a lawyer defending an accused card counter which he is not?
ok, I see a lot of wins posted here, what about loses?
Gamblers only remember the big wins, they forget the losses of loaned mony.
I would add if you got a so-called table captain at the table who is over reaching. The last time I played, so guy was telling people not to sit at the table if they were going to jump in and jump out. I think he was up a grand, but lost it. In one hand he split two's and had one or two more splits---and lost it all.
Colin, have you been to the Lucky Eagle in Rochester?
Maybe. 😉 Why do you ask?
CAN BEN AFFLECK COUNT CARDS ? Supposedly he was asked to leave a casino for counting cards, YES ?
You should’ve never played DD and stuck to shoes from the start, your run would’ve been longer
Why not?
Hey I live in the lower Puget sound. I love going to EQC and the Tulalip 🎰
The casino near me has gone to the continuous shuffle machine. If that doesn't make card counting a non issue, totally impossible, I don't know what is.
When "Lady Luck" is sittung at the table, I try to leave the table before she gets up! :)
do u ever tip ur dealer?
Comment is a year old, but there's a whole video on the channel about tipping in blackjack!
The problem is most casinos are getting constant shuffle machine....nobody can win!
Games with CSM you can use TARGET & TARGET PLUS by Jerry Patterson. Also read his book "Break The Dealer" by Jerry Patterson available on Amazon. UCP (Ultimate Confirmation Process) by John Taoromino will help you with game entry and exit. Professor Ellis Clifton Davies have three books on shoe games including CSM "New Blackjack", "World Class Blackjack" & "Zero Proximity Betting" that would make you classify CSM game into 6 different types. You will then pick up the good games from the bad and how to bet in the better games. Ron DiBennedeto has put together well professor Ellis Clifton Davies work in his own book "Precision Blackjack". Another person to contact on these games is Kevin Smith (www.beatthecasino.com). He is a student/played a lot with both professor Ellis Clifton Davies and Ron DiBennedeto. My blackjack website is www.blackjacksa.com
there are still PLENTY of casinos that don't use CSMs.
@@blackjackapprenticeshipgus6559 It does not hurt to be knowledgeable and be able to take advantage of excellent games that CSM sometimes bring. Card Counting is old news, Card Clumping is the language people talk this days if they know Blackjack.
Game Reserve Big 6 my apologies, I must be ignorant to AP on CSMs. Yes card counting has been around for decades, and is in that sense “old news,” but thankfully for me that “old news” still generates profits. ☺️
@@blackjackapprenticeshipgus6559 Thanks for that. Myself (professor of Orthopaedics and Spinal Surgery: Modern Casino Blackjack), professor Ellis Clifton Davies (Mathematics Professor : Zero Proximity Blackjack Betting, New Blackjack & World Class Blackjack), John Taoromino (UCP), Ron DiBinedetto (Precision Blackjack), Jerry Patterson and others left Card Counting after changes were made in 1979 by Atlantic City casinos. KEN USTON won the case against barring card counters. The casinos hired their own Mathematicians to counteract card counting. Card counting in the today's games work only on some single and double deck games. Read Stuart Perry's book "Las Vegas Blackjack Diary", available on Amazon.
Any person who pants Card Counting against today's games knows very little about the game or is ignorant of the truth or in denial.
Please contact dr David Schwartz (director at Centre of Gambling at UNLV) to give you Las Vegas and Atlantic City Blackjack Table Holds. You will be shocked.
Please contact professor Ellis Clifton Davies who played with legendary card counter Ken Uston (RIP) in Atlantic City a few years before Ken died in Paris in 1989.
Probably a noob question, but I'm practicing basic strat with the app, and I've noticed there are more times that the app says to surrender than are listed on the basic strat chart on the app. It happens when my hand is two low numbers (I think it's either 2 & 3 or 2 & 4, or maybe happens in both of those instances).
I guess I'm also unsure in general of what to do if my hand adds up to less than a hard 8. I first assumed you just hit, but I've seen the surrender correction pop up in the app some. Is there another chart on the website that I missed, or is there some rule I should go by regarding low numbers?
P.S. I know that tables often don't offer surrender, but I was wanting to clear this up to avoid confusion down the road.
Awesome question! Following!!
Always play the ancient astronaut. Never get caught.
This video was 4 years ago ...but in 2023 I find it's tough to find a casino that has good deck penatration..they're back cutting 2.5 decks it's tough to find a good game
I got a free ride at MIT? WTF? I'm out!
It was actually Harvard Med school he was trying to get a free scholarship to. He was at MIT
I should play this video while playing cards not to lose control
That's messed up, even if you were just getting lucky they blacklist you?
Yes. But it how they play. If you make a lot of off the wall type of plays the start to watch you closer. Remember casino also know how to count cards and see know when the correct play should be made. The casino has the ability to use software and the eye in the sky to track everything.
I was a dealer at one point and I don't even understand a fraction of what happens. Above my paygrade. But at the casino every pit boss is required to keep a running count.
@@papadartman so basically make calculated mistakes sometimes to make it look like you're not counting?
It would make it more of a challenge. But they are watching all the time and when you make calculate plays to throw them off. A lot of the time it will make you loss and losing hands is costing you money.
@@papadartman Damn that's rough. I couldn't imagine doing it for a living. I was up 275ish dollars once and I felt like they were all watching. I know they were 275 is nothing for them but still. Made me paranoid
people that count cards and are used to making lots of money, they dont react the same as regular people
I work at a casino in California as a dealer and we never ban card counters. We cut the cards in a way where it’s hard for the counters to count.
Shuffle the 10 pointers away to the end of the shoe? Yeah I've experienced that too, although wasn't counting cards. Dealer kept bluffing with a face showing followed by many non tens. It cleared the table fast.
^hate you, lol, seen dealers take a FAT 1/3 of the deck for a cut and put it to waste, all i wanted to do was double my 200$ and leave, so i left with 350$ not 400$ freaking shady dealers, lol
what happens to the tips we give dealers? i hope you get them
By policy we have to cut the shoe/deck a certain way. We keep our own tips at the casino I work at.
@@ryceryder85which casino do you work at? If you’re no longer there, which was it?
Casino M8trix in San Jose, California
Awesome
I have a question not related to the video about double deck. What is the affect of hand held double deck on EV? Is there any change at all?
Timothy Alvis whether the cards are coming out of a shoe or the dealers hand shouldn’t matter.
Great video!! Really like hearing some of your personal stories
Thanks man!
I go in with a set amount and a set amount to win. Win i reach either of those two, the night is over.
Aye you live in Washington. Have you been to ilanni yet?
I’m calling it a night!
i bet they dont back you off if your loosing too much.
Come to encore Boston
The Washington Indian reservation casinos are fantastic. My favorite places to play. So much better than Vegas and AC.
that ev again is this a foreign language
Regarding "invalid" reason 1.
I find it reasonable to quit when ahead if you have no more time or strength to overcome the next low. It is not 100% logical but this way you don't risk going home with "i shouldve quit earlier..." "Now its just xy€/h for today"...
Best is when the tables have turned
When is your book coming out Colin?!?!?
Ask Anthony Curtis (publisher at Huntington Press). I know we're getting closer, but it's looking less like March and more like April or May.
@@Blackjackapprenticeship Games with CSM you can use TARGET & TARGET PLUS by Jerry Patterson. Also read his book "Break The Dealer" by Jerry Patterson available on Amazon. UCP (Ultimate Confirmation Process) by John Taoromino will help you with game entry and exit. Professor Ellis Clifton Davies have three books on shoe games including CSM "New Blackjack", "World Class Blackjack" & "Zero Proximity Betting" that would make you classify CSM game into 6 different types. You will then pick up the good games from the bad and how to bet in the better games. Ron DiBennedeto has put together well professor Ellis Clifton Davies work in his own book "Precision Blackjack". Another person to contact on these games is Kevin Smith (www.beatthecasino.com). He is a student/played a lot with both professor Ellis Clifton Davies and Ron DiBennedeto. My blackjack website is www.blackjacksa.com
Games with CSM you can use TARGET & TARGET PLUS by Jerry Patterson. Also read his book "Break The Dealer" by Jerry Patterson available on Amazon. UCP (Ultimate Confirmation Process) by John Taoromino will help you with game entry and exit. Professor Ellis Clifton Davies have three books on shoe games including CSM "New Blackjack", "World Class Blackjack" & "Zero Proximity Betting" that would make you classify CSM game into 6 different types. You will then pick up the good games from the bad and how to bet in the better games. Ron DiBennedeto has put together well professor Ellis Clifton Davies work in his own book "Precision Blackjack". Another person to contact on these games is Kevin Smith (www.beatthecasino.com). He is a student/played a lot with both professor Ellis Clifton Davies and Ron DiBennedeto. My blackjack website is www.blackjacksa.com
You said to don't overthink heat. I think it's good advice as to not let it affect you in while playing,
however I think diving deep, and establishing and creating methods to dodge and prolong casino detection & heat can be and is a significant factor for anyone counting
Thank you very much! Great advice and very helpful!
Thanks man!
Your always very welcome! God bless!
How long does a back off or flat bet last? is it forever or do they say you can play again in 6 months etc?
It was the muckleshoot wasn’t it? Lol
Colin what are your thoughts about internet casinos?
They made an updated video about internet casinos. Internet casinos have horrendous rules and poor penetration. They also have software that helps them know if you're counting cards and uses that information to refuse to pay players illegally via their terms of service and offshore location. Richard Munchkin stated that real advantage players don't look for opportunities at online casinos. There are way too many scams out there online.
Lunch?
Is there a way to bet that works? How do you bet? Progressive as you win? Flat bet?
I've been trying 1-3-2-6 on fake blackjack app. It's been ok.
Progressive, flat betting and 1-3-2-6 are not winning strategies. In fact, there is no betting system that wins in the long run. Even if you are winning, you are going to start losing eventually. If you want to win, try card counting. There are a lot of tutorials online on how to count cards.
Would it be best to bet what you can afford? Normally, start at table min and every win add 1 unit
Ransom Braaten Well, you should be only betting what you could afford to lose. However, if you want to win in the long run, you should not be betting based on whether or not you are winning. You should be betting based on whether or not the odds are in your favor. Card counting tutorials will teach you how you can tell.
Got it. Thanks! I've been trying to pick up card counting. Obviously takes practice, but why is the system +1 for low cards and high are negative. what would It do if I reversed. Just something where my brain cant count high cards as negative 1. Is there harm in reversing system or is there a reason it's set up that way?
What about profit targets, if you exceed your target leave, or play until you hit the minimum target of the day. Or if you’re down leave if your cash entry depletes 50% and don’t buy back in.
One day isn't long enough to reach the long-run average and be up. In fact if you quit like this before reaching your unusual highs, you can skew the distribution in a way that reduces EV per session. Per hand there's no memory so you can't affect anything, but if you change your number of hands/hours based on results then it can affect your weekly expectation.
Great video. Helped me out a lot.
Mine end when I run out of $$
Your number of the count if it gets that bad that you should quit that game? Like if account is negative 20 are you supposed to continue to bat minimum at that table takes a lot to turn a shoe around that's -20 early on
There is nothing wrong with sitting out of the shoe and waiting until the next shoe.
Reason 5- Another player is so distracting that it takes you off your game no matter how hard you try to ignore him/her.
Probably falls under #1 here, if it's putting you at risk of playing suboptimally, you should get out of there.
Do you get the casino comp card to add comps to EV or not get it to avoid being tracked?
I would get a card at your local place, and avoid getting backed off there. And if you're on the road play unrated and spread like it doesn't matter.
It is also good to leave after a shuffle of low true count just to maximize ev a little.
I’m confused
Wait... You won $100,000 over your career? Hopefully the career was less than a year, because $100k is nothing over a period of years
I Am Claudis that was just one casino
@@davoman5781 Thanks for that, because i couldnt understand how he was teaching with 100k lifetime overall profit
@@Righttrackwrongtrain
I cant understand how you believe anything you see on the internet.
What makes you think I believe him? Its just not worth going back and forth about.
How do you know or find out how many decks are being played?
A1F pretty simple, just observe the new batch of cards before they go into the shoe. Or just ask the dealer how many decks it is
Ask the dealer.
I tried counting at a full table when I was already up big prior with positive playing near the end of each shoe. Just decided to stick around as others joins bad idea obviously, the count changes to drastically and conditions changed.
The count is the count. It makes no difference whatsoever how many players are at a table. No actual card counter would say such a thing. The only problem with full tables is that is slows the game down and you see fewer hands.
Always blackjack is a horrible game try baccarat
I came up with another valid reason to leave. I was playing at Caesar's Palace when it was run by the mob, and I knew that fact. This was before shoes or card shufflers, using a single deck. The dealer shuffled the cards and dealt them.
I was on a hot streak and was up maybe $200, back when that was real money. All of a sudden the dealer was changed and I started losing. I figured the mob had put in a dealer capable of stacking the deck, so I left. I made sure to keep with other people in well lighted areas when I left. I didn't want to end up broke and naked in the desert.
We can’t look at the past to chose our future.... why card count then
1. You set a goal and you achieved it. "I am going to win $60 today"
great tip, thanks for the vid!
Thanks Allen!
They use multiple decks(6) and burn cards unseen between hands. Then they change shoes halfway through. Now it is not possible to count cards to an advantage. Also leave if you are up and the pit changes the dealer. The only way to do 'this'(and other things) is when the games is over relaxed or too busy to follow their own rules. I personally caused a whole casino to retrain all their dealers in 'another game'. The Casino was actually very grateful and never backed me off. My demonstration was also with 'pennies' not 'dimes'. I asked directly and they told me I was not a conspicuous professional who was looking to exploit or take advantage. They then added that 'the eye in the sky' did not complain. A free room and 5 buffet tickets were offered and I politely declined and went home.
The reality of blackjack is, the house and the player have exactly the same odds. I've played blackjack professionally for a few years, but eventually the casino/home life balance got too one sided, so I chose my family over the casino, so I moved on to other things. So why does the house always seem to win then? The house advantage comes in a couple different forms and on of them is the long game. The house simply has more money than the average person to play with, so while they can afford to lose for 1, 2 or maybe 12 hours straight, you as a player, cannot. The house also plays with a very specific set of rules, of which they don't deviate. The house also brings you "free" alcohol. Why? They want to fuzzy your brain a little to gain an even bigger advantage. I would take their drinks, but I would only get cherry Pepsi's. This way I would have a chance to get up and walk around on my way to the restroom and let my brain relax a little. I would play a progressing betting strategy, where I would double my bet every hand I lost. My goal was to win 1 hand in every shoe, which I would always do. I never played a shoe where I lost every hand dealt from it. The faster the dealer, the more I would make per hour. I've been backed off more times than I can count and one time I was asked to leave as I walked in the front door. Casino's know they cannot beat this type of system, so the only thing they can do is back you off.
I‘m confused here. If your a AP player it is recommended to put in the hours due to the positive variance in card counting. If you only play perfect basic stratagy you will lose in the long run. But, it doesn’t mean you will deplete your bankroll. Please advise
Hey I have a question.
Is it worth putting some money to bonuses in blackjack or are the chances too low?
Onni Herlevi do you mean side bets? Consider side bets to be an entirely separate “game” that could become beatable in some circumstances. Check out the older video on this channel about the Lucky Ladies sidebet for example. Always know exactly what you’re doing before you play them or you’re just giving the casino money. Check out Wizard or Odds for some good info on existing side bets
David Y thanks!
I hit $4700 on a $12.50 straight side bet. All the casinos here in Tucson removed the side bet. They just have match the dealer now.
I love your channel...now, can you you delete it so we don't make too many card counters to where they have to change BJ forever!! :P
I feel u bruh
i learned about card counting when i was about 8yrs old, playing cards with grandma
"we can't look at the past to choose the future" - oh yes we can, that's how true proffessionals play this game, the ones who count cards are accepting the fact that they don't know how to play it
What about Matthew McConaughey as a lawyer defending an accused card counter which he is not?
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I have a feeling this guy posts all these videos and has his school to fund a gambling addiction! "Okay now I've got the money to try and really perfect this game, but nope, 6 months later the casino edge caught up to me, lost all my gains and then some. I learned a lesson, the more you go, the more you lose!" Folks, casino always wins!
cards do have memory, someday you will understand hopefully
Dude stop making videos once I started listening to you my profits wayyyyy Down you’re talk about how the numbers will even out it’s a coin flip it will eventually even out is BS or I have the worst luck in the world which chances are you can’t win over and over without being lucky it’s luck not skill
Clickbait?
Good rules tho