After knowing the true count....Blackjack?

Question

After knowing the true count

for example I got a true count of +5

my betting unit is 20

how much should I raise the bet to?

pls explain in detail thx

Answer 1

you want to raise it in the order of around 20 times your minimum bet.... soo here we would want to start pushing $400 a hand. Thats the simple answer...

Its get complicated because now your looking at playing 8 deck shoes and usually only to play half... so you need to know even your true count won't be 100% reliable so maybe we need to bring our spread down to account for that.

Also... now we need to work how we're going to get away with it? Heres a casino tip, computers track the true count now as well so its no longer even a matter of hiding it from the pit boss with some elaborate show... theres a computer which will alarm security personell that there may be a potential card coutner.. I would expect most of the major casinos have this set up by now.