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Blackjack and Game Theory
Charlie explains the rules of Blackjack and how players are able to count cards.
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the point is to hit 21 without going over
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the game is ruled by conditional probabilities what you see affects what you're going to see
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if an ace has dealt then there's one less space in the remaining cards
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and knowing how the cards are likely to be dealt Works to the card counters Advantage because players
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can ask for a card whenever they want
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for the dealer must take a card when the total is below 17
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and can't take a card
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when the totals between 17 and 21
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so lower value cards
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favor the dealer because there's less likely chance that he'll be
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bus
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21
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the opposite is true for picture cards each of them are worth 10
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they favor the player
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because the more of them that are left in the deck the more chances
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for the dealer to bust
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24
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dealer busts
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keeping Exact Track isn't easy but card counters you certain techniques like
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these like assigning General values
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plus 1 4 cards 2 through 6
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minus 1 for picture cards Aces tens
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zeros for seven eight nine
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okay
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Larry
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well I'm sure you'll correct me if I'm wrong
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doesn't that allow the card counter to keep a tally
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yeah I number count favors a player they make their bets accordingly does not attract attention
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yeah of course it does
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sometimes with grave consequences
