My “Day I Left Pennsylvania” led me to some archived website posts (before blogs were invented) I had written many years ago. I’m re-posting them now. Bear in mind that most of the content in this series is over 5 years old. I have left the content more or less intact. I have removed some links and added some others — but that’s it. Enjoy!
A Primer to Card-Counting in BlackJack
You may remember seeing Rain-”Definitely Wapner, Definitely”-Man do some vicious 4-deck-shoe card counting in the movie Rain Man. This guide isn’t going to teach you how to memorize and play completely flawlessly, however I would like to at least educate you on some general strategies into how to best approach your betting amounts and whether to hit or stand on a total of X. These can at least tilt the odds a little bit less in the house’s favor. (You’ll never have odds in YOUR favor totally, because of the way the game is arranged. But we can at least decrease the house’s edge.) Read the rest of this entry »
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