See also the Canadian movie The Last Casino and the American movie 21 , which was based on Mezrich's book. The publication of Ken Uston's books and of his landmark lawsuits against the casinos, both stimulated the growth of blackjack teams Hyland's team and the first MIT team were formed in Atlantic City shortly after the publication of Million Dollar Blackjack and increased casino awareness of the methods of blackjack teams, making it more difficult for such teams to operate.

Hyland and Francesco soon switched to a form of shuffle tracking called "Ace sequencing. This made it more difficult for casinos to detect when team members were playing with an advantage.

In , members of the Hyland team were arrested for Ace sequencing and blackjack team play at Casino Windsor in Windsor, Ontario , Canada.

It was documented in court that Nevada casinos with ownership stakes in the Windsor casino were instrumental in the decision to prosecute team members on cheating charges.

However, the judge ruled that the players' conduct was not cheating, but merely the use of intelligent strategy.

Automatic shuffling machines ASMs or batch shufflers , that randomly shuffle decks, interfere with the shuffle tracking variation of card counting by hiding the shuffle.

Continuous shuffling machines CSMs , that partially shuffle used cards back into the "shoe" after every hand, interfere with card counting.

CSMs result in very shallow penetration number of seen cards greatly reducing the effectiveness of card counting. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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Blackjack and the law 1st ed. Oakland, CA: RGE Pub. Resorts International Hotel, Inc. Decent penetration with certain dealers.

Red chips? Of course not much money to make money but I intend to play and keep growing my BR by other means of income.

A: 1 Would spread be okay on a bankroll? If you're going to become proficient right now and look to go pro later, I would highly suggest running a SIM of your specific games to better get your bankroll requirements for professional play.

So there's your answer to question 1. I think every beginner counter should make at least a few casino trips using this spread.

After all the hours of intense practice, when you think you're really ready to put money on the line in the casino, I think the next step is to deploy the spread.

Do note this is NOT to make money; this is NOT to build your bankroll This is to give you LIVE experience actually counting, calculating true counts and actually implementing your bet spread.

You learn little things like: When you know the TC is changing this round and you might up your bet next round, if you win the hand pull your ENTIRE bet back while you think of what you want to bet instead of grabbing chips to ADD to the circle.

Because if there are chips in the circle and you're "thinking" then the dealer will just start dealing and you'll miss out on betting bigger.

Now if you pull your bet completely out of the circle while you decide what to bet then the dealer will wait for you to bet what you want. These small things to me are the reason one should use the spread; not to make money or build a bankroll.

The rest of the spread sheet will automatically update itself if you created it like I explained. Then you can look at your "Total Gain.

If you make a mistake or two per hour which newer people do or if you only get 70 hands per hour instead of you're not even making money at this table.

Hell, if you're getting 70 hands per hour AND you make 1 or 2 mistakes an hour, then you're LOSING money at this game! This is the common pit fall most new counters fall in to.

The most dangerous thing you can do is "think" you have a winning game and play for hours and hours and days when really you have a losing game!

If you're planning to build your bankroll you can play off of your theoretical bankroll. If we don't have the money, we'll save for a little bit, then make the next trip.

Should I go to the bathroom, leave the table I had just sat down 2 hands prior. Thanks for your great site. It is just as fun to learn about all the different aspects of the games as it is to use your advice and know I am playing the best game I can!

The index number of 16 against a 10 in most blackjack counting systems is zero. So if the deck were completely neutral you should stand, because you stand if the count is equal or exceeds the index number.

Yet the basic strategy tables tell us to hit. This seems to be a contradiction. Michael, a person asked you if they are not counting cards in blackjack, what difference does it make how many decks are being used.

You stated the difference had mostly to do with the number of stiff hands possible, due to the fact that if a small card came out it was more likely a large card would follow and vice-a-versa.

How could that be? Would it still not be a random event with the possibility of a small or large card coming out being equal, if you are not counting?

Is there software that will count cards as you input them? Can this be used to play online blackjack? Or does online blackjack shuffle after each hand?

Does losing a hand at blackjack increase the probability that the composition of the deck is in your favor?

More specifically, is your expected return on one hand ever positive after a given net loss since the last shuffle? Assuming you are good at estimating how many cards were left in the shoe.

Hi, wiz. Love your site, please keep it up. I have 2 questions would like to ask. Both times I did this the dealer yelled "table max" and the pit crew was suddenly watching the game very closely.

How close was I to getting backroomed in your opinion? Are there any published card-counting strategies for Spanish 21? If not, do you think the rules of Spanish 21 make it conducive to counting?

Why is there so much written about card counting strategies in BJ, if they are not as rewarding "as television and the movies make it out to be"? This seems highly illogical to me and is really puzzling.

I read somewhere that online casinos may shuffle the deck after every turn and that card counting then would be of no value. How can I find out for sure if a casino is doing this?

Since you are very well-known and respected for your expertise on gambling, statistics, house odds, etc, do local casinos still allow you to play at their Blackjack tables, since you obviously are an experienced counter?

How many "successful" card counters, i. At the same time, if I read you right, you seem to say that you think half the players in a strip type casino are successful counters.

That seems to be a contradiction. Maybe you meant one half of one percent? Assuming you see 10 or 12 players per hour that might be more in line with the math.

What are the pros and cons of burning a card on a blackjack shoe game, when a new dealer taps onto the table? Or do you not actually play at all?

I think a lot of your "readers" would be interested in that, but you may not want your hosts to know! I am a casual Basic Strategy blackjack player who would like to learn a counting technique that offers positive or even expected value.

Hopefully, my cards are representative of all cards played and thus the count of my hand is close enough to the true running count that I can adjust my wagering accordingly.

Do you feel that this could be a valid approach particularly against deck shoes or am I just a lazy guy looking for the easy way out?

What is the safest way for the house to deal double deck blackjack? Face up or hand held? Do you have any comment on the Blackjack Pro device for card counting?

What incentive does a dealer have to "tell on you" if he suspects you are card counting. Why would a dealer care if you are card counting or not? First of all thanks for the great site.

Is there no point in card counting if it is a single deck that is reshuffled after every hand? Is the Super Sevens side bet countable?

I was wondering how the house advantage would change if you played 5 hands at a time using basic strategy blackjack and card counting at an online casino.

Let me explain. I know the deck is shuffled with each hand, however you can count the cards of all hands leading up to the last hand - the 5th hand.

You can then use this information to help you modify your basic strategy betting. For example, not doubling down when the count is against you or hitting when you normally should stay.

Could this possibly shift the overall odds to the players advantage? I've been counting cards and things have been going okay. I only go to casinos on the East Coast, but last week I was on vacation in Vegas.

Well I went to the Barbary Coast where they had two-deck blackjack with pretty good rules. I got busted! Anyway I didn't say anything took my chips cashed out and left!

Now do I have to worry about them having identified me with any kind of face recognition software or anything? Do I have to worry on the East Coast?

Would you still let them play? You have made it known that you use card counting in casinos. Why do casinos let you still play in their casinos? Jason from Boston.

Wizard, I have been reviewing your site in preparation for a trip to Vegas, because it is the best gambling site period. I was intrigued by the analysis from your December 4, column about when to stand with 16 vs.

Being a math person myself I want to maximize the odds, but also understand the slim gain. Thanks for all you do! When counting cards, what seat has the best position to count cards on the table?

Nate from Marquette, MI. I know this will not change my results all that much, but I think it is a psychological barrier that many players wish to pass.

Erik B. In regards to your Wizard Ace Five Count , what effects does real casino play versus your simulation have on the bank role needed to have a reasonable risk of ruin.

More specifically, is your simulation played head to head with a dealer, where when the count is high you are betting the higher bets more times per shoe than at a real table where 6 players are using up cards when the count is high, resulting in fewer chances to bet when the count is high.

Thank you. Rich from Greenwood, IN. Are there any other basic strategy changes that have a meaningful impact to expected return at various counts?

Dan from Las Vegas. On your web page, you state that continuous shuffling machines reduce the house edge in Blackjack. Although I have no doubt that you have proven this mathematically, this result appears to be in conflict with the "Floating Advantage" concept described in Chapter 6 of Don Schlesinger's Blackjack Attack.

Basically, the "Floating Advantage" concept appears to indicate that the house edge decreases as more decks are removed from play regardless of the true count.

For me, it is difficult to reconcile the fact that the house edge can decrease when cards are immediately replenished when CSMs are used and also when cards are utilized and not replenished when shoes are used.

Can you comment on this observation? Mark from Mississauga. Spirit Mountain Casino in Grand Ronde Oregon added a side bet in the last 24 hours called "Field Gold The side bet can be between 1 and 25 dollars.

The pay table follows. Is it possible to combine the Ace-Five system with some form of penetration adjustment. Or is this just likely to draw more attention from the pit if they are looking for card counters?

Adam from Toronto. Do all card counting strategies tell you the same information? Or do the different systems consider different things to be advantageous to the player?

Shuffle and pull 1 card out of a deck face down and set it aside this can also be a cute magic trick at parties after people have been drinking , then flip cards over one at a time and count the rest of the deck.

When you can do this in less than 30 seconds ideally 20 then try a more advanced method of counting a deck down; flip over 3 cards at a time and count a deck down all the same.

Go on YouTube and find some slot machine noises to play in the background. Well, there are different times when counting that you do want to play differently because of this information.

These are called deviations or indexes because one is deviating from Basic Strategy according to the count. Again, these are changes in play because the count indicates the composition of the deck has changed i.

This is again memorization. It takes no special talent or skill other than remembering numbers. Hell, you'll find different rules at the SAME casinos!

Whether or not you can double on any two cards, double after split, what number of hands you can split to, surrender, or if the dealer hits or stands on soft 17 A-6 are all very important!

Enjoy this information provided by the Wizard on his main blackjack page at WoO note: this is in comparison to the benchmark rules 8D, S17, DAS.

What the effect means is the effect the rule has on the house edge. If one were to plug the rules in to the Wizards house edge calculator and find that a game has a.

Thus, if you find an 8 deck game without surrender that comes out to be. The same game, but with surrender, only carries a.

So one might think, for 6 or 8 decks early surrender or the dealer standing on 17 are commonly the biggest advantages I can get!

Wrong again. Penetration is how deep the dealer puts the cut card after a shuffle. That is to say, all of the cards after the cut card will not be played.

A game with deeper penetration will yield more variance in counts as fewer decks are left and more opportunities to have an advantage, and thus bet bigger.

To sum that up again, the more penetration you get, the more opportunities you'll get to bet bigger! This is the most valuable rule to the player, followed by the other rules as listed above.

I can not stress this enough. I have seen so many players ask over and over if they can beat a game. Without having the penetration to get good situations you will have to take full advantage of any situation you can.

This leads to very high bets in smaller positive counts which fluctuates your variance wildly requiring a huge bankroll just to sustain all of the natural swings of the game.

I want to expand on a playing condition briefly mentioned in the rules set above, which is the number of decks. As one could probably tell from the effects, the fewer number of decks a casino uses the better the game is for the player.

Example: 1 deck you are dealt an ace, there are 16 4x4x1 ten valued cards that could give you blackjack, and 51 cards remaining dealers card face down not counted yet.

Change that to an 8 deck game… There are 4x4x8 ten valued cards that could give you blackjack, but this time there are total cards remaining.

However, most of the lower deck games, such as double deck DD , quite often come with a higher table minimum. Every casino has a different tolerance for bet spreads, etc.

The common knowledge is that for a double deck game spreading anything over will get you heat. This is a skill that can only be honed with experience over time.

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