counting cards online

forgive me if this is an obvious question, but when playing blackjack online, why don't you make a note of each card as it is played? as you reach the end of the shoe, you should know what cards are left, and bet accordingly?

Because there is no end of the shoe. Although on-line sites may use 8 decks, they "shuffle" after every single hand.

Not true

The site Global-Player.com which offers many different types of blackjack games and tournaments does not shuffle after every hand.So you can count the shoe down if you so choose.Their one deck game is shuffled after every hand but not their shoe games.

interesting, thanks.

when there is shuffling, how do you know that the software isn't cheating you? i.e. rigging the odds even more in favour of the house?

Global_Player.com

Global_Player.com has approximately 70% penetration in their 6 deck shoe Blackjack tournaments and I presume the same is so for all their online BJ shoe games. Their card discard tray indicates empty when a shuffle is made so you know when to start a new count.

I also presume there is no way to be 100% sure an online casino's software is not cheating but the same can be said about a spouse.

I am pretty sure they aren't giving 70 percent penetration in their blackjack games. At most online casinos give you 10 percent penetration. Maybe the give 70 percent penetration in tournaments, but not in their regular games.

A couple months ago someone posted the penetration that they offered on their site. I think the best pen was 40-50%. 70% is probably only for tourneys.

How do you know that?

And what is penetration? English and BJ language is not my native.

There is one more

Actually, there is one more casino that offers penetration into deck. Shans Online Casino deals about 57% into the shoe before a shuffle. It's a bit slim, but it's compensated a bit with Early Surrender Vs dealer 10, hits allowed on Aces and resplit on Aces. Halves Count might be the system, with a spread of 1-20. And of course one will have to wong out on negative counts. Another good thing is that the minimum bet is 10 cents.