 |  | | | | Blackjack counting cards can help you win23 Aug 2005 Counting cards in blackjack is a way to increase your chances of winning. If you're good at it, you can actually take the odds and put them in your favor. As a general rule of thumb, a deck rich in 10's is better for the player, because the dealer will bust more often, and the player will hit a blackjack more often.
Most card counters keep track of the ratio of high cards, or 10s, by counting them as a +1 or a -1, and then gives the opposite +1 or -1 to the low cards in the deck. Some systems use a balanced count where the number of low cards is the same as the number of 10s.
That means that, all other things being equal, having one 5 gone from the deck gives a player a small advantage over the house. Having two or three 5"s gone from the deck will actually give the player a pretty significant edge over the casino, and this is when a card counter will usually raise his bet. The problem with counting 5s and nothing else is that a deck low in 5s happens pretty rarely, so gaining a big advantage and making a profit from that situation only comes on rare occasions. Any card between 2 and 8 that comes out of the deck increases the player's expectation. And all 9s. 10s, and aces increase the casino's expectation. But 8s and 9s have very small effects on the outcome.
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