I, the first, have been seduced by the idea of becoming one of those characters in many Hollywood movies who can guess blackjack cards. But these movies have wanted to show that only mathematical experts are capable of doing it. A cinematic recommendation: Rain Man, it is worth seeing the performance of two monsters like Tom Cruise and, above all, Dustin Hoffman.
If you're still wondering why it's important to know how to count cards to blackjack is that you still haven't understood the value of having a blackjack strategy. We know that in online casino games the odds are against us (that's why the winner's prizes are so high), but that doesn't mean we can't add a few more odds to our favor, right?
But before we begin to explain the system of how to count blackjack 21 cards, we must warn you that casinos are very alert about the different computer systems that for many years, players used to guess which cards the dealer was going to present. Today, there are real security experts who are always on the lookout for this kind of trap.
How to count cards in Blackjack
Let's get to the heart of the matter, that's what you're reading this for. In other words, card counting is also called card readings and the main objective is to know which cards the dealer will present to you in the next move. In other words, to know in advance what decision to make.
It should be noted that counting cards in blackjack is intended for physical casinos with croupiers, although it should also be noted that currently blackjack games are played with six decks, which makes it even more difficult to implement this strategy.
In order to be able to count Blackjack cards, as almost everything in life, practice improves.
The best system to count blackjack cards
High-Low
It is the most used system to count blackjack cards. It's very simple: we can know which cards are still to come out as we see which cards are coming out. As the game is running, you mentally start to unfold what you are going to learn with the Hi-Lo strategy.
You must give a certain value to the cards that are yet to come out in order to follow this strategy:
Value of the card2-3-4-5-6 / Count value: +1
7-8-9 / Count value: 0
10-J-Q-K-A / Count value: -1
In this way, as the cards come out you start to count according to the value above. The higher the score the better for the player, since it means that there are still cards with a higher value, i.e. figures, aces and tens. And this in blackjack translates into a better chance of winning the game.
With practice you'll learn to recognize when there's an imbalance between the different groups of cards and therefore when to go for more cards or use a conservative strategy (and hopefully see how other players and croupiers go over 21).
First hands played barely provide crucial information, but we must be patient to increase the count and, therefore, the information about the game.
By way of advice, that's what we're here for, we can recommend a certain evaluation of your hand so that you know what to do. If your hand totals 12 to 16 points, you have a dangerous hand. And that's when you have to use your count:
Are there any more high value cards left? Alert!
Are there more low value cards left? Let's go for it!
Well, all that's left is to practice so that this count of blackjack cards is automatic and agile.
