Counting of the cards in Blackjack is not an easy task, but if you know how to do it, it can give you a big advantage. If you know some mathematics basics it's possible to get to know the secrets behind it. When you know how to count cards you are dangerous for the casinos, because you basically switch the odds in favour of you instead of the Casino.
Card Counting is only possible in normal (land based) casinos and not in online casinos. In online casino the cards are shuffled after every hand. In a land based casino the cards are shuffled when they are finished. This means that you can use the card counting strategy in our online casinos because they are live casinos. Card counting is not a way of cheating the casino but the casino managers don't agree on that. They see it as cheating and if they find out that you counting cards they will kick you out of the casino.The object of card counting is to keep a formula so you know your position against the dealer. If the pack of cards are filled with picture cards it's in favorite of the player. The player can fold when he is on 13 points and knows that there are many picture cards to come. The dealer has to take a card when he has 13 points because he can only fold after reaching the 17 points. If there are more picture cards then the chances of the dealer to bust a higher.
There are different books about card counting which you can buy from sites like amazone. These can teach you the details and the perfect strategy for card counting. The idea behind card counting is to give +1 to cards of 10 points value and -1 to cards of 6 or lower (excluding the Ace). You keep the 0 as basic and when you get a 10 picture card you add 1 point. When you get a 6 or lower than you deduct 1 points. The higher the total score, the less picture cards are inside the game, which means more chances to win for the player. The player can increase his bets.
You can recognize a player who is counting cards of the strange bets he places and suddenly increases the best when there are many picture cards are left.
A few years ago counting cards was very effective because the casinos still played with 1 or 2 decks. Now they are playing with 6 decks and is it more difficult to use this strategy. If you want to try to use this strategy keep in mind that there are chances that you get caught and that your account will be closed. Don't play too long in the same casino and change your gameplay sometimes.
