I have been playing with a software called "Sage Blackjack simulator", I think it is about ten years old, but it seems really good. The only thing I don't like about it is that you can't choose the bankroll you start off with.
I just tried my first time counting cards with it, as it plays exactly like the games at my local casino (after changing a few settings). I used the plus minus count, with blackjackinfos strategy guide in the corner of my screen.
I think I counted properly and I did a loose divide in my head with the amount of decks left.
The first shuffle my count was constantly in the minus. The second shuffle I kept playing minimum bets until my count was at least plus ten for all the cards (about 4 decks left by the time I was plus ten, plays with six decks). The funny thing was though, when I was doing the minimum flat bets until I could figure out the count, my chip pile was going up. But when my count reached and then kept hovering around plus 15 and I upped my bets, I started losing money.
I thought that plus 15 even with around four decks left was enough of a positive count to start winning. I was playing by myself, no computers, so it took a long time, but I think my head would have exploded if I had to count OTHER peoples hands too.
So, was I counting wrong, betting wrong or is is this ten year old blackjack simulator not a good reflection of a real game?
I just tried my first time counting cards with it, as it plays exactly like the games at my local casino (after changing a few settings). I used the plus minus count, with blackjackinfos strategy guide in the corner of my screen.
I think I counted properly and I did a loose divide in my head with the amount of decks left.
The first shuffle my count was constantly in the minus. The second shuffle I kept playing minimum bets until my count was at least plus ten for all the cards (about 4 decks left by the time I was plus ten, plays with six decks). The funny thing was though, when I was doing the minimum flat bets until I could figure out the count, my chip pile was going up. But when my count reached and then kept hovering around plus 15 and I upped my bets, I started losing money.
I thought that plus 15 even with around four decks left was enough of a positive count to start winning. I was playing by myself, no computers, so it took a long time, but I think my head would have exploded if I had to count OTHER peoples hands too.
So, was I counting wrong, betting wrong or is is this ten year old blackjack simulator not a good reflection of a real game?