counting and the basic stratigy trainer

[Chander]

I have been practicing my count with the Strategy trainer on this sight. I have it set to: Hit on soft 17 double any no insurance no surrender 6 decks. I have been using red 7 count. What I have noticed is that in most shoes I only get to a positive count for about 3-5 hands out of about 50.

Am I doing something wrong on the count, or is this normal?

 

[KenSmith]

The trainer is randomly dealt

 

[Sonny]

That sounds pretty normal to me. Some days you will play through several shoes without any positive counts! If you keep playing then you should begin to approach a theoretical rate of around 26% for positive counts. Card counting is a waiting game.

-Sonny-

 

[Chander]

The trainer is randomly dealt

By randomly dealt do you mean "shuffled" before the shoe, or is it not really 6 distinct decks?

 

[KenSmith]

Shuffled randomly, then dealt like normal whether one deck or six decks.