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The movie '21' is based on a great book called 'Bringing Down The House' which in turn is based on a true story. The events in the book happened in the 1980s back when it was much easier to count cards. The card counting team came up with a system that could be used just as long as there were only a couple of decks used and those decks were not shuffled frequently. They won millions.
The basic way they did it was to keep track of face and non face cards by giving them values of "+1" for face cards and "-1" for non face cards. When the plus value got quite high they knew there were more face cards in the deck than usual and they increased their bets with the help of their team mates who acted as if they were strangers to each other to throw off casino security.
These days though casinos have gotten much more sophisticated. They know how to identify card counters. They use several decks and frequently shuffle the cards making it hard for the card counters to keep track of the cards. And of course there is plenty of video surveillance. Card counting isn't illegal but the casino can ask you to leave if they suspect you're doing it.
So yes it's still possible but it's not as easy or profitable as it once was.
1 week ago
hahaha so in the movie the face cards are +1?
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The movie '21' is based on a great book called 'Bringing Down The House' which in turn is based on a true story. The events in the book happened in the 1980s back when it was much easier to count cards. The card counting team came up with a system that could be used just as long as there were only a couple of decks used and those decks were not shuffled frequently. They won millions.
The basic way they did it was to keep track of face and non face cards by giving them values of "+1" for face cards and "-1" for non face cards. When the plus value got quite high they knew there were more face cards in the deck than usual and they increased their bets with the help of their team mates who acted as if they were strangers to each other to throw off casino security.
These days though casinos have gotten much more sophisticated. They know how to identify card counters. They use several decks and frequently shuffle the cards making it hard for the card counters to keep track of the cards. And of course there is plenty of video surveillance. Card counting isn't illegal but the casino can ask you to leave if they suspect you're doing it.
So yes it's still possible but it's not as easy or profitable as it once was.
1 week ago
hahaha so in the movie the face cards are +1?