Are you wondering how card counting can help you win at the game of Blackjack?  You might believe that you have to be a mathematics whiz at the game, but the fact is that you don’t have to be whatsoever.  If you can add and subtract one from just about any number you can become an expert card counter.

So, the process is really simple.  When a high card is dealt you’ll subtract one and when a low card is dealt you’ll add one.  The greater your count the more high cards that are still in the shoe and the more high cards that are in the deck the better the counting edge is for the player.  Many players couple this technique with keeping track of the number of decks of cards that are still in the shoe, which will give you an even better indication of how stacked the deck really is.

A lot of people think that they cannot possibly benefit from card counting because they have to memorize all of the cards in the shoe.  This is not possible for anyone to do and you do not need to memorize anything in the shoe.  You have to realize that card counters are simply making educated guesses based on adding and subtracting what they have seen come out of the shoe, in short when you are a card counter you will never know exactly what the next card will be, so you won’t be able to do things like hitting on 19 assuming that a 2 card will be next!  Counting simply gives the player an advantage, or as many refer to it, the counting edge.

Card counting has been in play for a long time, in fact it can be dated back to the 1950’s and 1960’s when it first began to get a bit of attention.  In fact, the first book on the subject was published in the 60’s when a mathematics professor wrote the book Beat the Dealer and today a lot of people use a counting system known as the hi-lo system, which is also simple and helps the average player keep track of the cards so he or she can change betting patterns to give them the counting edge.

There is a lot of information out there about card counting and many people have found that it is just what they need to give them the advantage when they are at a Blackjack table.  You don’t have to be a genius to put these strategies into play for you, you simply need to find the one that works best for you and implement it at every hand.

Click Here to Sign up and Play BlackJack