information into a usable form. Just what those point values are depends upon which counting system a player decides to use. In this school, I’ll be teaching the “High / Low” or “Plus / Minus” system but if you choose to learn another one, everything I’m going to teach still ...
1954:Lawrence Reverewrote that he developed a plus-minus type point count system where 9s,10s and Aces were -1, 8s were 0 and all other cards were +1. He did not know what his advantage was and only increased bets on high plus counts.[ 1980Lawrence ReverePlaying Blackjack as a Business...
The player keeps in mind a running total of the plus/minus count and wagers one unit if the count is +1 or lower and two units if it is +2 or higher. For multiple decks, the procedure is adjusted accordingly to +4 or lower and +5 or higher for four decks, and +6 or lower ...
The CSM I saw used four decks so, on a full table, there are actually quite a few cards played each hand and you could potentially get a true value of plus/minus one if you made the simplifying assumption that none of those would repeat. Maybe enough to skew the odds? Chuck from ...
because both dealer’s cards are “exposed.” Nothing could be further from the truth. The house takes the pushes (tie hands) and 7% of your hands in blackjack are pushes. You are adding 7% to your disadvantage, plus the house pays even money on blackjack, therefore adding to your ...
Revere Plus-Minus 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 -1 -1 .89 .59 .76 2.24 0 Revere Point Count -2 1 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 -2 .98 .56 .78 2.32 0 Silver Fox (Systems Research, Ita/Green Fountain, Revere) -1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 -1 -1 .96 .54 .69 2.19 0 Revere claimed he used thi...
Plus / Minus: (n). A generic label for a level 1 counting system, like Hi-Lo.Point Count: (n). An older name for the running count.QRRat Holing: (v). When a player secretly sneaks a portion of his chips into their pocket in order to hide from the casino how much he's ...
The dealer started dealing, and I started counting. Plus one, minus one, plus one… before I could get through all the cards on the felt, the dealer swept them up and dealt the next hand. I was stunned. I hadn’t counted all the cards. Not even close. ...
Allowing players to duel head-to-head rather than play against a dealer is first presented by the blackjack duel system. Presenting a part of the deck to the players and reducing th
The variation in the total number of cards used in playing, for example, four hands, is from 0 to perhaps 4 with proper play versus improper play, since many plus-minus situations develop. For instance, proper play of a given four hands may use up the exact number of cards as improper...