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A portion of the expected profit comes from modifying playing strategy based on the known altered composition of cards. For this reason, a system's PE gauges how effectively it informs the player to modify strategy according to the actual composition of undealt cards. A system's PE is important when
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having the dealer reshuffle the cards whenever the odds favor the players. To comply with licensing regulations, some blackjack protection systems have been designed to delay access to real-time data on the remaining cards in the shoe. Other vendors consider real-time notification to surveillance
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The running count is the running total of each card's assigned value. When using a balanced count (such as the Hi-Lo system), the running count is converted into a "true count", which takes into consideration the number of decks used. With Hi-Lo, the true count is the running count divided by the
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composition of cards still to be dealt. Larger ratios between point values can better correlate to actual EOR, but add complexity to the system. Counting systems may be referred to as "level 1", "level 2", etc., corresponding to the number of different point values the system calls for.
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by keeping a running count of high and low valued cards dealt. They generally bet more when they have an advantage and less when the dealer has an advantage. They also change playing decisions based on the composition of the deck and sometimes play in teams.
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once they have entered the game. Some players will stay at the table until the game is shuffled, or they may "Wong out" or leave when the count reaches a level at which they no longer have an advantage.
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exponential rate as you add more side counts and the ability of the human mind is quickly overtasked and unable to make the necessary computations. Without any side counts, PE can approach 70%.
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2374:"TABLE GAME MANAGEMENT FOR THE SMALL CASINO, PART 2"
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2696:Zender, Bill (2006).
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2394:18 November
2357:17 November
2216:19 November
1239:Ben Mezrich
1183:introducing
3546:Categories
3521:Wiktionary
3473:Gaming law
3206:Bangladesh
3153:Martingale
3113:Strategies
2953:Blair Hull
2832:Spanish 21
2049:glsuite.us
1830:27 October
1366:3 November
1327:References
1166:references
1137:60 Minutes
1066:New Jersey
916:Chapter 11
904:pit bosses
860:New Jersey
798:Spanish 21
704:Advantages
579:situation.
484:Zen Count
294:Hi-Opt II
163:side count
158:multilevel
77:house edge
3552:Blackjack
3403:Australia
3265:Singapore
3221:Hong Kong
3166:By region
2948:Max Rubin
2928:Ken Uston
2881:Community
2771:Blackjack
2706:156916229
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1796:cite book
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1332:Citations
1129:Ken Uston
1080:American
1054:Detention
898:Detection
868:Ken Uston
742:Hollywood
666:June 2021
522:10 Count
370:Omega II
256:Hi-Opt I
52:blackjack
3501:Category
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3243:Pakistan
3211:Cambodia
3060:Cardroom
3020:Gambling
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1360:Archived
1310:See also
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1191:May 2012
983:MindPlay
768:roulette
744:version
426:0 or +1
126:Rain Man
55:strategy
3511:Commons
3396:Oceania
3370:Ontario
3361:Canada
3331:Ukraine
3301:Estonia
3285:Vietnam
3185:Nigeria
3079:Science
2857:Pontoon
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1471:10 July
1179:improve
1108:Before
1093:casinos
1076:History
937:buy-ins
446:Halves
154:level-1
137:Systems
18:Wonging
3466:Issues
3422:Brazil
3365:Quebec
3352:Mexico
3326:Turkey
3321:Russia
3316:Norway
3306:France
3294:Europe
3280:Turkey
3270:Taiwan
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408:Red 7
218:Hi-Lo
131:savant
114:count.
84:Basics
74:casino
3434:Games
3311:Italy
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3233:India
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3216:China
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