my understanding is that most players estimate the cards remaining to be dealt by glancing to the discard tray. this remainder is obviously required to calculate the true count.
has anyone tried to actually count the number of cards dealt instead of glancing at the discard tray?
thus as well as keeping the running count, the players counts the number of cards dealt and then subtracts this number from the total number of cards in the shoe. specific key numbers are memorised to indicate milestones e.g. 26 dealt cards indicate 3.5 decks remaining in a 4D game, 52 cards mean 3 remaining decks etc.
would this method be more accurate than glancing at the discard tray (particularly if playing in multiple casinos with differences in card thickness)?
would it be too onerous to track this as well as the RC?
has anyone experienced/tried this approach?
Thanks in advance for any comments.
has anyone tried to actually count the number of cards dealt instead of glancing at the discard tray?
thus as well as keeping the running count, the players counts the number of cards dealt and then subtracts this number from the total number of cards in the shoe. specific key numbers are memorised to indicate milestones e.g. 26 dealt cards indicate 3.5 decks remaining in a 4D game, 52 cards mean 3 remaining decks etc.
would this method be more accurate than glancing at the discard tray (particularly if playing in multiple casinos with differences in card thickness)?
would it be too onerous to track this as well as the RC?
has anyone experienced/tried this approach?
Thanks in advance for any comments.