How exactly do you "count" cards?

Question

Ill probably never use it in my life, but I watched '21' yesterday and it bothered me because I didnt know how they were counting it.

Answer 1

theres 13 cards of every suit

theres a total of 4 suits. Hearts, Diamonds, Spades and clubs...

4 kings total (of every suit)

4 queens total (of every suit)

4 fives total (of every suit)

etc.

you keep track of what has been played.

Answer 2

hers the site i used to learn hoe to count cards i made $20,000 last week in vagas

Answer 3

i agree with joe.. it is simple if you have a ok  memory cause there is only 4 suits in a deck .. some places like casinos play with more then one deck but it is still the same .. you just got to remember what has been played if you play with 2 decks 104 cards then you know there is 8 k's 9 q's etc ..  then you break it down what counts as ten points kqj10  so that would be 32 cards right there that count as 10 if there are using 2 decks.. .. so your chances sometimes are greater if there is more then 4 ppl playing .. if not  it is really hard knowing what is coming if less then 4 ppl or playing..

Answer 4

Learn the rules of blackjack. (See Related eHow.)

Step2Learn basic strategy for a six-deck blackjack game with standard Las Vegas rules.

Step3Acquire and shuffle a normal deck of 52 playing cards.

Step4Deal out the cards as you would see them in a normal blackjack game in which players try to get as close as possible to 21 without going over.

Step5Notice the combinations formed and that cards often cancel each other out or make pairs.

Step6Learn the values of the cards: Aces and 10-value cards (kings, queens, jacks and tens) are worth -1; twos, threes, fours, fives and sixes are worth +1; and sevens, eights and nines are worth 0.

Counting and Betting

Step1Make a chart (or flash cards) of the rules of basic strategy and memorize it so that it becomes second nature.

Step2Count down the deck until you can do it in 25 seconds or less. Pairing cards, so that they cancel each other out, will make this easier.

Step3In the casino, bet when the true count is +2 or higher. Divide the count by the number of decks left in play to get the true count.

Answer 5

you have to be really good at math remember the scene where the guy holds up a nember and they have to say the probablilty its just like that.you have to be able to remember what cards have been played and be able to know how many cards are left and what the probablilty is to get a certain card.

Answer 6

I think they count the cards or something that are played so they know what cards could be left (like the total amount in the deck) I'm really not sure.