JSTAT
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Playing in the heart of the Las Vegas strip, card counting can be successful. Double deck blackjack is our game of choice, and the strategy is to play mostly when we have the advantage. Be prepared to walk at least a mile, so wear tennis shoes. The casinos we will hit are Bellagio, Paris, Bally's, Harrah's, Venetian, Treasure Island, and Mirage. Consider yourself a letter carrier, delivering and collecting on the route. A profit will occur in the long run, if the method used below is executed perfectly.
The Ten Count (JSTATII) is used in the extraction of the money from these gambling halls. The tens are -2 and non tens (excluding aces) are +1, the aces are side counted. The aces can be side counted on a double deck with a chip or a foot. The chip rotates clockwise with each ace. 1:30 with the first ace, 3:00 2nd ace, 4:30 3rd ace, 6:00 4th ace, 7:30 5th ace, 9:00 6th ace, 10:30 7th ace, back to 12:00 8th ace. The right foot can also be used instead of the chips to track aces by using the foot count. It sounds confusing, but with practice it's a piece of cake!
The $25 minimums are expensive, but the odds can be changed to our favor with blackjacks paid at 3:2. Buy a basic strategy card at one of the casinos gift shops. Don't deviate from basic strategy. One cannot enter during mid-deck at some joints, but leaving when there are more aces and tens played is permitted. Choose a table with 3 or 4 players and place $25. An ace should appear every 13 cards or about every round. If no aces appear and the count is around even, stick with $25 for the second round. Same goes if one ace was played and the count is +3 or more and two aces with +4. Leave the table if the count and aces described are not met. In the third round, bet $50 with 1) no aces played and at least a -9 count, 2) one ace with at least a -4 count, 3) two aces with a +4 count. Again, leave the table if these conditions are not met. The table has used a little less than a deck with 4 players including yourself. In the fourth round, bet $50 with three aces played (or less) and +4 or better, leave when these conditions are absent.
Table hop (betting from table to table) while counting a couple times before moving on to the next casino. Using this card counting strategy, our money is wagered when more blackjacks than normal are present. The dealer will get the same amount of blackjacks, but we are paid time and a half, this is our edge. It sure beats the "red eye" flight home, crying from tapping out our ATM cards.
Article published at http://www.examiner.com/x-18051-San-Francisco-Blackjack-Examiner~y2009m9d9-Card-counting-at-blackjack-Las-Vegas
The Ten Count (JSTATII) is used in the extraction of the money from these gambling halls. The tens are -2 and non tens (excluding aces) are +1, the aces are side counted. The aces can be side counted on a double deck with a chip or a foot. The chip rotates clockwise with each ace. 1:30 with the first ace, 3:00 2nd ace, 4:30 3rd ace, 6:00 4th ace, 7:30 5th ace, 9:00 6th ace, 10:30 7th ace, back to 12:00 8th ace. The right foot can also be used instead of the chips to track aces by using the foot count. It sounds confusing, but with practice it's a piece of cake!
The $25 minimums are expensive, but the odds can be changed to our favor with blackjacks paid at 3:2. Buy a basic strategy card at one of the casinos gift shops. Don't deviate from basic strategy. One cannot enter during mid-deck at some joints, but leaving when there are more aces and tens played is permitted. Choose a table with 3 or 4 players and place $25. An ace should appear every 13 cards or about every round. If no aces appear and the count is around even, stick with $25 for the second round. Same goes if one ace was played and the count is +3 or more and two aces with +4. Leave the table if the count and aces described are not met. In the third round, bet $50 with 1) no aces played and at least a -9 count, 2) one ace with at least a -4 count, 3) two aces with a +4 count. Again, leave the table if these conditions are not met. The table has used a little less than a deck with 4 players including yourself. In the fourth round, bet $50 with three aces played (or less) and +4 or better, leave when these conditions are absent.
Table hop (betting from table to table) while counting a couple times before moving on to the next casino. Using this card counting strategy, our money is wagered when more blackjacks than normal are present. The dealer will get the same amount of blackjacks, but we are paid time and a half, this is our edge. It sure beats the "red eye" flight home, crying from tapping out our ATM cards.
Article published at http://www.examiner.com/x-18051-San-Francisco-Blackjack-Examiner~y2009m9d9-Card-counting-at-blackjack-Las-Vegas
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