Card Counting Trainer
The ❽❽❽casino Interactive Card Counting Trainer is a software tool that will teach you how to count cards accurately ➤ No experience is required to use the tool.
- Select whether you want to practice with one deck of cards or six decks of cards.
- Using the sliding scale, select the speed (i.e., the number of rounds per minute) with which the cards will appear on the screen for you to count. Moving the diamond on the scale to the right will increase the speed, and moving it to the left will slow it.
- Click on the drop-down menu below “Ask me for the running count every” to select the number of seconds after which you want the drill to stop and ask you for the count. Choose from 10 seconds to 30 seconds, in five-second increments. There is also the “Never” option: meaning the drill will continue until all the cards in the deck(s) are played.
- When the drill stops at the point you selected, the trainer will ask you, “What is the Current Running Count?” Type in your running count and click the “Submit” button. For example, if you think the running is plus-five, type in “+5” and click “Submit.” If it’s minus-six, type in “-6” and then click “Submit.” After you type in the running count, the trainer will tell you whether you were right or wrong, if the latter, it will show you the actual running count. At the end of the drill, it will also compute your counting accuracy. Your goal is 100% accuracy.
- At any point during the drill, you can click the “Pause” button to stop the trainer. This will give you more time if you need it to count the cards. Clicking on the “Pause” button again will restart the trainer.
TIPS FOR USING THE TRAINER
- When you first begin to practice card counting, use the “Single Deck” mode, set the “Speed” to “Slow,” and select 10 or 15 seconds as the amount of time you’ll have to stop the drill and key in your count. Your first goal is to get a consistently accurate running count (i.e., speed isn’t the first objective).
- When you can achieve 100% accuracy in your count at the slow speed, gradually increase the speed of the drill. Don’t be surprised if you make mistakes in your count once you increase the speed with which the cards will appear and disappear on your computer screen. After consistently achieving 100% accuracy at a slightly higher speed level, keep incrementally increasing the speed and practicing until you again achieve 100% accuracy. Repeat this process until you can maintain 100% accuracy in your count at the fastest speed on the slide. You have the option to practice card counting using the six-deck mode as well, which you should do if you are planning to play and count in a six-deck game.
- As your accuracy improves, begin to cancel a high card (minus-one) with a low card (plus-one) in each round so that only the remaining cards are counted and added to your running count. This will increase your speed since you don’t have to “count” every high and low card.
MORE HELP
For more details on how to count cards – including the history of card counting, how to bet based on the count, how to deviate from the basic playing strategy based on the count, how to compute the true count in multiple-deck games, how to disguise your card-counting skills, and much more – consult the Ultimate Blackjack Guide
Written by Henry Tamburin Ph.D.
- INTERACTIVE CARD COUNTING TRAINER INSTRUCTIONS
- WHAT IS CARD COUNTING?
- HOW DOES CARD COUNTING WORK?
- HOW TO USE INTERACTIVE TRAINER
- TO START THE DRILL:
- TIPS FOR USING THE TRAINER
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