Card counting is used in blackjack, the most popular card game in the world. Although the practice has been lost in modern casinos, it is still possible to use in home games and with smaller groups. There is no way to control the cards you are dealt, and you can only guess whether or not the next card will help you. The concept of counting cards is still in practice, but with advanced strategies and card counting, players can actually gain a small edge over the casino. Here are some of the basic strategies and questions you should decide before learning to count cards.

Do you regularly play blackjack? Yes, I assume you know the basic rules. Have you ever played an online blackjack card game? If you have, you know that you can't sit there and keep a running count while playing online. Card counting is a skill that must be honed and perfected if you want to go home with a ton of money.

How do you keep a running count? There are two techniques. The first, and most well known, is to have a special window on your computer screen that will show the player a "raid" window (or any other window with a check mark) when cards are being dealt out. Have a program running on your computer screen that will capture the cards as they are dealt out and display a count in the window next to the cards. The other technique is capturing the data that racing bettors collect and play off into a separate window on your screen that is between the original playing cards and the current running count.

Once a card is dealt, you need to be sure that you record the running count on a series of numbers. You can break this down into a few different ways, but I recommend using the third grade math pattern found in most college books. An example would be: total = 10 + 6 + 2 + 1.

The running count will keep you from getting confused, but you need to be certain that you record the total as well as the highest value of the cards as they are being played out. Once you break this down, you will have a series of numbers that you can count in increments of 10 and you will be able to see what the "Live Rtp Slot" count is.

By record keeping, you are actually creating a blackjack spreadsheet. You are also putting yourself in the proper mental and physical state that you need to be in to pull off a successful card counting strategy. Why not record your running count every 10 hands or so? Just record how you are doing and if you are doing better or worse than everyone else, you will know if you need to adjust your strategy or not.

Some other methods of keeping track of the running count include crowning, or putting a positive number in front of the running count. This means that you are giving yourself more positive values to track, which will help you keep track of positive counts as well. By putting a positive number in front of the running count, you can zero out the high cards. This makes for easy visual reference of your progress.

The last thing you need is a watch or a T.I. in your listening ear. You also need to be able to pick out the normal fundamental counting. This is done by your eyes' reaction to the cards being dealt. If you see a pattern of cards being dealt the same way, then you know that you are on the right track.

By keeping these tips in your mind, you will give yourself a big advantage over the casino card counter. The low card coming out of the shoe is your big opportunity to jack up your chip stack. The high card coming out of the shoe is your Big Money. You need to know when to cherry pick and when not to make that next move. Make sure that you are positive in the moment of play and you are keeping a running count.