counting by sound

COUNTING CARDS BY SOUND Blackjack Strategy Guide

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COUNTING CARDS BY SOUND

The basis of all card counting techniques is to

focus on examining which cards in are

currently in play and which are still in the

shoe. It doesn’t matter how many decks a

table used, because card counting can still

increase your statistical odds against the

house. Multiple decks do, of course,

decrease the rapidity of expectation of

keeping a running count, but the same

principles apply regardless.

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However, not all counting has to be done by sight.

One more subtle way of keeping a running

count is via the dealer’s voice. Many casinos

will train their dealers to mention the value of

the cards as they’re played on the blackjack

table as a kind of auditory confirmation of

what each player’s hand is.





This helps the card counter in a number of ways. Probably the most important way is that he can appear, at least to the pit bosses and the casino cameras, to be relatively uninterested in the happenings of the table.

In truth, a card counter would be keeping a careful count of everything that’s said at every moment in the game. But by being attentive to the power of sound, by being aware of what is being said and when, a card counter can effectively dupe the house by feigning ignorance of the game.





Now, it needs to be said that once a card counter

starts raking in tidy sums of cash, the casino

will take notice. But it’s free play before then,

and aim here would be to stay at the table for

as long as possible before being asked to

leave.





Olaf Vancura and Ken Fuchs in their book, Knock-

Out Blackjack: The Easiest Card-Counting

System Ever Devised, suggest that the best

way to make use of counting by sound is to

first be intentional about locating a dealer

who is specific about playing like this.

More: they suggest finding a dealer who

announces each player’s total after the first

two cards and then again after each and

every hit for each and every player.





After ascertaining the value of the first count

dealt to all players, they suggest that the

player intentionally direct his attention away

from the game.

“Look for a cocktail waitress,” they say, “chat

while facing the pit boss”, all the while

“mentally keeping track of the count based

on the dealer’s announcements.”





While it takes some time to mentally adjust your

brain to counting according to the dealer’s

pronouncements it can, in fact, provide the

perfect foil to pit bosses who tend to be

excessively prudent about latching onto and

subsequently prohibiting a casino’s most

costly players.





One of the most important principles, though, of

both counting by sight and counting by sound

is to avoid that overly stern expression that

casinos associate with the face of a counter.

Pit bosses are well attuned to spotting players

who have a visage of concentration and

focus. Do your best to seem relaxed, to be

enjoying the game, to be playing randomly. Be

amicable, and never ever appear overly

confident or proficient in your efforts.




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