Card Counting Practice
The card counting system used in this program is based off of the Easy Red 7 Count by Arnold Snyder. The basic premise is that when there are more high cards (T,J,Q,K,A) in the shoe than there are low cards (2,3,4,5,6 and red 7), then your advantage over the casino is greater than their advantage over you. Card Counting Systems: Hi Lo vs Hi Opt. Everything we’ve explained here is for the Hi Lo card counting system. The Hi Opt card counting system is almost the same thing except that in Hi Opt the deuces and aces are not counted. In other words, in Hi Opt both A and 2 are 0 instead of -1 and +1 respectively. Online Practice. Card counting is not easy to do. It is a skill that requires a lot of practice and also a thorough understanding of how the game of blackjack works.There are quite a few things that a player needs to be able to develop into a good card counter.
- Card Counting Practice Simulator
- Card Counting Practice Game
- Blackjack Card Counting Practice App
- Card Counting Practice Drills
'Purely from the perspective of a practice & training program,CVBJ-Lite is in a class by itself. Nothing on the market touches it,except for QFIT's full blown Casino Vérité, that this'lite' version is based on.' - Arnold Snyder, Summer2003 issue of Blackjack Forum.
Card Counting Practice
CVBJ-Lite has been updated and is now called CV Blackjack-Blueprint Edition.This is designed as a software companion to the excellent book BlackjackBlueprint by Rick Blaine. CV-Blueprint is a close cousin to the fullversion of Casino Vérité Blackjack. It uses the same ultra-realisticgraphics and play, but many of the 500 features in the full version havebeen removed and the price reduced accordingly. It still remains the bestsoftware rendition of casino blackjack for the purposes of card countingpractice available, except of course for the full version. And, it canbe later upgraded to the full version. Demos of both versions can be foundon the Card Counting Downloads Page for comparison.A more detailed description can be found on the CVBlackjack Page. The chart below briefly compares the features of thetwo products:
Graphics
Casino Verite Blackjack V5.5 | ||
| Table graphics | Photo-realistic, 3D look with realistic table, shoe and discardtrays. | Same |
| Card graphics | Cards are in 3D laying on the table at an angle. The tops are smallerthan the bottoms to indicate the angle. Dealer cards are smaller asthey are farther. Face cards are 64,000 color images. | Same |
| Chip graphics | One set of 3D chips. 18 different stacks can be displayed per playerto show realistic betting and payoffs. | Many sets and sizes of realistic looking chips. |
| Animation | Sophisticated chip and card animation to show the flow of payoffs,betting, insurance, side bets, card flow etc. Also the shoe and discardtray are independently animated. Also a professionally animated assistantto explain screens, provide warnings and point out errors. | Same |
| Table formats | One basic table format with modifications for over/under. | For card counting practice, three table formats. Also, different formats for multi-action andvarious side bet games. |
| Table sizes | One table size. 800x600. | Variable table sizes to fit the various monitor resolutions and aspects. |
| Seats | 4 | 1, 4, or 6. |
Strategies for Counting Cards
Casino Blackjack Verite V5.5 | ||
| Included Playing Strategies for counting cards | Basic, Knock-Out, Zen, Complete Zen, Unbalanced Zen2, Expert, Red Seven, Basic Omega II, Advanced Omega II, Hi-Opt I,Hi-Opt II, Basic High-Low, Complete High-Low, High-Low with Aces,Halves, Halves with Aces, KISS, Silver Fox, Spanish 21, Super Fun 21,Mentor, all with permission of the respective authors. | Same |
| Specialty Strategies | None | Support for Over/Under, Lucky Ladies, Red/Black, RoyalMatch, Hand Interaction, Double Exposure and hole carding. Customizedside bet strategies. |
| Support for unusual indexes | 45 special indexes supported (like stand unless 678possible) | Also up to 400 custom composition-dependent plays canbe added. |
| Expert Strategies supported | Insurance Cover | Insurance Cover, Multi-parameter tables, Counting byInference, different indexes by deck depth |
| Betting Strategy options | Standard betting, spread to multiple hands | Highly complex cover betting, spread to multiple hands,different betting schemes by deck depth. |
| Side Counts | None | In addition to multi-parameter counts, Ace side countfor betting or play, Insurance side count, O/U 13 side count, Separatebetting count |
Ergonomics
Card Counting Practice Simulator
Casino Blackjack Verite V5.5 | ||
| Method of play | Use mouse to signify plays with natural movements, Bet, DD, Insurance,split and side bets by dragging chips. Can also use keyboard, keypad,right-click or control bar. | Same |
Blackjack Rules & Variations
Casino Blackjack Verite V5.5 | ||
| Rules | About 100 | A few more |
| Specialty games | Over/under 13, Spanish 21, Double Exposure. O/U 13 includes differenttable graphics and animations | Over/under 13, Spanish 21, Lucky Ladies, Blackjack Switch, DoubleExposure, Royal Match, Red/Black, Super 7’s, Bust Out,Seven & ½, Super Fun 21, 21 Madness. Each side bet game includesdifferent table graphics and animations. |
| Custom Bonuses | No | Yes, custom side bets and bonuses with a new library of side bets. |
| Unusual plays | Partial Insurance, partial double down, surrender after double,hit after double | Same |
Stats
Casino Blackjack Verite V5.5 | ||
| Screen stats | In-depth pop-ups appear only when the mouse hovers over hot-spots.Removed otherwise to keep the table clean. Users can customize thepop-ups. | Same. Plus, on larger monitors a configurable dashboardwith custom mini-charts can be displayed. |
| Long-term stats | None | All plays logged to an included Access database. 21 tables can bedisplayed from the database. 20 charts also included. Queries canbe issued to display subsets of the data. Logs and subsets of logscan be displayed. Maintenance screen provided for database. All statsare divided into sessions within trips within users. |
| Error tables | Separate Play & Drill. You can set the drills to exercise youon errors made during play or drills. | Same plus you can keep error tables from session to session. Also,the cost of errors is caluclated and charted. and error logs are kept. |
Casino Database
Casino Blackjack Verite V5.5 | ||
| Included casinos | 740 casinos with 1,170 rule sets | 740 casinos with 1,170 rule sets |
| Maps | Same | |
| Trackjack Link | Can download rules from Trackjack online database if you are a subscriber. | Same |
Tools
Casino Blackjack Verite V5.5 | ||
| Calculators | Advantage calculator, Dealer Probabilities and TC calculators | Same plus a set of Risk of Ruin and Bankroll calculators. |
| Casino Journal | No | CVJournal allows posting of real casino results with custom fields,custom stats and various selection methods. Multiple players and multiplegames allowed. The ability to import and export journals to sharewith team leaders. |
| Strategy selection | CVSelect aides a user in strategy selection. | CVSelect aides a user in strategy selection. |
Shuffle
Casino Blackjack Verite V5.5 | ||
| Real shuffles | One simple real shuffle is included in addition to a random shuffle.Pop ups allow you to see contents of the discard tray and shoe. | Same |
| Shuffle animation | Can be turned on for the included shuffle. | Same |
| Full shuffle-tracking practice and analysis | Available as an add-in. | Available as an add-in. |
Drills (Learn how to count cards)
Casino Blackjack Verite V5.5 | ||
| Drills | Simple set of drills. | Practice counting cards with 38 drills including simultaneous sidecounts, full table drills, chip counting drills, count cards on twotables at once. |
| Cards | Four sets of cards depending on screen size. | Four sets of cards depending on screen size. |
| Discard Trays | Customizable discard tray | Customizable discard tray plus 95 large photographs of four differentstyle discard trays are included. |
| Stats | Simple | Long-term stats and charts to show card counting learning progressover time |
| Testing facility | No | CVTest testing facility to identify weak points and show detailedprogress over time. Create your own test scripts for your own purposesand import and export them to share with card counting team membersor use as a standard method of testing teams members. |
AdditionalFeatures
Card Counting Practice Game
Blackjack Card Counting Practice App
Casino Blackjack Verite V5.5 | ||
| Deck Biases | No | The problem with playing a BJ PC game, or in a casinoor with hand dealt cards at your kitchen table is that 95% of handsare easy. You really don't make great use of your practice time. Biasesforce unusual conditions more often than would normally occur. Severalbias methods are supported. The game also adapts to your errors makingbetter use of your time and speed the learning process. |
| Expert Methods | No | Six card peeking options, team play, warped card play |
| Casino Heat | No | A complex algorithm is included indicate the amountof casino attention that your play is drawing. |
| Hand Interaction | No | You can buy other players' splits and doubles and youwill be signaled when you make an incorrect play. |
| Realism | Tipping, Preferential shuffling, randomized penetration,random other player speed, dealer makes obvious plays option, dealerpoints out stupid plays option, different methods of other playerface down actions, tipping, markers | Same plus players come and go, differing methods ofhandling busted bet chips, randomly changing other player styles. |
| Dealer errors | None | Eight types of errors against which youare tested |
| Miscellaneous | Blackjack rounded up, many methods of calculating truecounts | Same plus Counter’s nightmare (makes counting cardsas hard as possible,) no numbers on cards option |
| Printed Manual | No | Professionally printed 120 page manual. |
| Price | $47 | $90 |
| Investment protection | Upgradeable to Casino Blackjack Verite V5 currently for $47 | You are already thereJ |
A more detailed description can be found on the CVBlackjack Page.
Blackjack Card Counter assists you in counting cards at online casinos that offer blackjack. It is best used with online casinos that offer blackjack with live dealers. And best of all, it’s absolutely FREE to use.
The card counting system used in this program is based off of the Easy Red 7 Count by Arnold Snyder. The basic premise is that when there are more high cards (T,J,Q,K,A) in the shoe than there are low cards (2,3,4,5,6 and red 7), then your advantage over the casino is greater than their advantage over you. Therefore, you should increase your bets when the advantage is in your favor.
Card Counting Practice Drills
This program makes it easy for you to count cards from your computer. Please read about the Easy Red 7 Count by Arnold Snyder before playing. It is also imperative that you understand and learn the basic strategy before playing.
In Blackjack Card Counter v2.1, we’ve added an additional card counting system based on Ken Uston’s SS Count, which is a little more complicated, but provides better odds. Better yet, with registration, you can add your own card counting strategies and/or load one of our 20 preset strategies. It’s that simple.
With the assistance of this program, you can make easy money playing online blackjack from the comfort of your own computer. It’s real, it works, and this is the first program of it’s kind…give it a try for yourself!
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